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LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of…
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OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022
Enlarge / An AI-generated image from DALL-E 2 created with the prompt “A painting by Grant Wood of an astronaut…
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Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections
Enlarge (credit: da-kuk/Getty) Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and…
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Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into…
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Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap
Enlarge / Cans of Tab diet soda on display in 2011. Tab was discontinued in 2020. There has never been…
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Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts
Enlarge (credit: Matejmo | Getty Images) Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential compromise campaign that’s indiscriminately…
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UK targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes with new law
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the UK government announced a new law targeting the creation of AI-generated sexually explicit…
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Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem
Enlarge (credit: Joan Cros via Getty) When Microsoft revealed in January that foreign government hackers had once again breached its…
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Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two…
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Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them
Enlarge / The Framework Laptop 13. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Since Framework showed off its first prototypes in February 2021, we’ve…
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