Economy

Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past year, a flurry of destructive wiper malware from no fewer than nine families…

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China bans AI-generated media without watermarks

Enlarge / An unmarked AI-generated image of China’s flag, which will be illegal in China after January 10, 2023. (credit:…

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AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease

Enlarge / This is John. He doesn’t exist. But AI can easily put a photo of him in any situation…

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North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits

Enlarge / APT37, a group believed to be backed by the North Korean government, has found success exploiting the bits…

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Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork

Enlarge / An AI-generated watercolor illustration, now eligible for inclusion in Adobe Stock. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) On…

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No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you

Enlarge / An AI-generated illustration of an AI-hallucinated computer. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) Over the weekend, experimenters discovered…

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Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors

Enlarge / If you’re going to come at port 443, you best not miss (or forget to put a space…

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Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data

Enlarge (credit: Peach_istock via Getty Images) It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens…

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Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix

Enlarge / Two examples of Stable Diffusion-generated artwork provided by Apple. (credit: Apple) On Wednesday, Apple released optimizations that allow…

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Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices

Enlarge Mayors’ offices and courts in Russia are under attack by never-before-seen malware that poses as ransomware but is actually…

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