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Microsoft network breached through password-spraying by Russian-state hackers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Russia-state hackers exploited a weak password to compromise Microsoft’s corporate network and accessed emails and documents…
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Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list
Enlarge / A portion of the cover letter attached to Hans Reiser’s response to Fredrick Brennan’s prompt about his filesystem’s…
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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Enlarge / A photo of David L. Mills taken by David Woolley on April 27, 2005. (credit: David Woolley /…
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$40 billion worth of crypto crime enabled by stablecoins since 2022
Enlarge (credit: Anjali Nair; Getty Images) Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable value like the US dollar, were created with…
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Zuckerberg’s AGI remarks follow trend of downplaying AI dangers
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California,…
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Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password breaches in recent history
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nearly 71 million unique credentials stolen for logging into websites such as Facebook, Roblox, eBay, and…
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OpenAI opens the door for military uses but maintains AI weapons ban
Enlarge (credit: OpenAI / Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, ChatGPT developer OpenAI revealed that it is collaborating with…
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As 2024 election looms, OpenAI says it is taking steps to prevent AI abuse
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Benj Edwards) On Monday, ChatGPT maker OpenAI detailed its plans to prevent the misuse of…
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New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs across an entire ecosystem scrambling
Enlarge (credit: Nadezhda Kozhedub) UEFI firmware from five of the leading suppliers contains vulnerabilities that allow attackers with a toehold…
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AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents,” says Anthropic
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) Imagine downloading an open source AI language model, and all seems well at…
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