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  1. Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

    eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.

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  2. Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

    Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models."

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  3. Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware

    Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now.

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  4. Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

    YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.

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  5. LLMs keep leaping with Llama 3, Meta’s newest open-weights AI model

    Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training.

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  6. LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy

    Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords.

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  7. OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022

    How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art.

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  8. Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections

    To a lesser extent, China and Iran also peddle disinfo in hopes of influencing voters.

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  9. Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions

    Broadcom reportedly accused of changing VMware licensing and support conditions.

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  10. Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap

    One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.

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  11. Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts

    Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.

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  12. New UK law targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes

    Under new law, those who create the images would face a fine and possible jail time.

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  1. Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem

    Microsoft continues to get a free pass after series of cybersecurity failures.

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  2. Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M

    Indictment says man tricked cloud providers into giving him services he never paid for.

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  3. Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

    New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list.

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  4. Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible

    Hackers already received a $22 million payment. Now a second group demands money.

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  5. “Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting firewall 0-day

    No patch yet for unauthenticated code-execution bug in Palo Alto Networks firewall.

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  6. Words are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news

    Gemini 1.5 Pro launch, new version of GPT-4 Turbo, new Mistral model, and more.

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  7. Intel’s “Gaudi 3” AI accelerator chip may give Nvidia’s H100 a run for its money

    Intel claims 50% more speed when running AI language models vs. the market leader.

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  8. Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed

    Multiple links in the supply chain failed for years to identify an unfixed vulnerability.

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  9. AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.

    When the data was published in 2021, the company said it didn't belong to its customers.

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  10. New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand

    But it still needs trial and error to generate high-quality results.

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  11. Thousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to ensure yours isn’t one

    LG patches four vulnerabilities that allow malicious hackers to commandeer TVs.

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  12. Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

    While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy."

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  1. MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI

    "Permission is hereby granted" comes from Suno AI engine that creates new songs on demand.

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  2. Critical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation

    D-Link won't be patching vulnerable NAS devices because they're no longer supported.

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  3. German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating

    Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed.

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  4. Ivanti CEO pledges to “fundamentally transform” its hard-hit security model

    Part of the reset involves AI-powered documentation search and call routing.

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  5. Fake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains

    How one journalist found himself targeted by generative AI over a keyfob photo.

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  6. AI hype invades Taco Bell and Pizza Hut

    Everything is suddenly "AI" in corporate food marketing, and we may have hit peak buzz.

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  7. Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

    Summer 2023 intrusion pinned to corporate culture, "avoidable errors."

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  8. TSMC “still assessing” chipmaking facilities after 7.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

    TSMC makes most high-end chips for Apple, Nvidia, AMD, and others.

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  9. The fine art of human prompt engineering: How to talk to a person like ChatGPT

    People are more like AI language models than you might think. Here are some prompting tips.

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  10. Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack

    Outage occurs on same day as special election, but election offices remain open.

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  11. Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods

    Artists say AI will "set in motion a race to the bottom that will degrade the value of our work."

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  12. Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted 

    Industry groups aren't giving up hope for government intervention.

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