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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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Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible
Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy ransomware debacle that has…
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“Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting firewall 0-day
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Highly capable hackers are rooting multiple corporate networks by exploiting a maximum-severity zero-day vulnerability in a…
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Words are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news
Enlarge / An image of a boy amazed by flying letters. (credit: Getty Images) Some weeks in AI news are…
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Intel’s “Gaudi 3” AI accelerator chip may give Nvidia’s H100 a run for its money
Enlarge / An Intel handout photo of the Gaudi 3 AI accelerator. (credit: Intel) On Tuesday, Intel revealed a new…
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Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Hardware sold for years by the likes of Intel and Lenovo contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability that…
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