Economy

September 16, 2022
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Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here are the basics

Enlarge / The Uber ride-sharing app is seen on a mobile phone. (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Uber employees…
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September 16, 2022
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Trojanized versions of PuTTY utility being used to spread backdoor

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers believe hackers with connections to the North Korean government have been pushing a Trojanized version…
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September 15, 2022
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Have AI image generators assimilated your art? New tool lets you check

Enlarge / An image of the “Have I Been Trained?” website featuring a search for one of its creators, Holly…
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September 15, 2022
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Microsoft Teams stores cleartext auth tokens, won’t be quickly patched

Enlarge / Using Teams in a browser is actually safer than using Microsoft’s desktop apps, which are wrapped around a…
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September 15, 2022
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New AI assistant can browse, search, and use web apps like a human

Enlarge / Still from a demo video showing ACT-1 performing a search on Redfin.com in a browser when asked to…
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September 15, 2022
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Ukraine’s cyberwar chief sounds like he’s winning

Enlarge (credit: Evgen Kotenko/Getty Images) Yurii Shchyhol doesn’t have a lot of time to spare. The head of the Derzhspetszviazok,…
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September 14, 2022
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Iranians hacked US companies, sent ransom demands to printers, indictment says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bill Hinton) Three Iranian nationals charged with hacking into US-based computer networks sent ransom demands…
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September 14, 2022
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China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content

Enlarge / Images generated by ERNIE-ViLG from the prompt “China” superimposed over China’s flag. (credit: Ars Technica) China’s leading text-to-image…
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September 13, 2022
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Breach of software maker used to backdoor as many as 200,000 servers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Fishpig, a UK-based maker of e-commerce software used by as many as 200,000 websites, is urging…
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September 13, 2022
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Artist uses AI to extract color palettes from text descriptions

Enlarge / A series of four example color palettes extracted from short written prompts by Matt DesLauriers. (credit: Matt DesLauriers)…
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