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  1. Nasty bug with very simple exploit hits PHP just in time for the weekend

    With PoC code available and active Internet scans, speed is of the essence.

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  2. VMware customers may stay, but Broadcom could face backlash “for years to come”

    300 director-level IT workers making VMware decisions were questioned.

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  3. 7,000 LockBit decryption keys now in the hands of the FBI, offering victims hope

    The announcement could be good news for those whose data has been inaccessible.

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  4. DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service

    DDG offers LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral for factually-iffy conversations.

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  5. Russian agents deploy AI-produced Tom Cruise narrator to tar Summer Olympics

    With only weeks until the Games start, expect more to come, Microsoft says.

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  6. Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation

    Open letter argues for AI whistleblower provisions due to lack of government oversight.

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  7. London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack

    Attack takes out third-party testing and diagnostics provider critical to care.

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  8. Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place

    Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work.

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  9. Ticketmaster hacked in what’s believed to be a spree hitting Snowflake customers

    Researcher says Snowflake customers hit by mass scraping ... "but nobody noticed."

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  10. Nvidia jumps ahead of itself and reveals next-gen “Rubin” AI chips in keynote tease

    "I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to regret this," says CEO Jensen Huang at Computex 2024.

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  11. Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic

    "Alarmed" writers unions question transparency of AI training deals with ChatGPT maker.

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  12. Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

    Google: "There are bound to be some oddities and errors" in system that told people to eat rocks.

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  1. Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urges affected users to update ASAP.

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  2. Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

    "Ultra Accelerator Link" aims to connect high-performance GPUs and servers.

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  3. Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin

    Officials hope to sever a component crucial to the larger malware landscape.

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  4. Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

    An unknown threat actor with equally unknown motives forces ISP to replace routers.

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  5. OpenAI board first learned about ChatGPT from Twitter, according to former member

    Helen Toner, center of struggle with Altman, suggests CEO fostered "toxic atmosphere" at company.

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  6. Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin

    A flaw with the digital wallet and a bit of luck did the trick.

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  7. US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs

    911 S5 residential proxy service was composed of 19 million IP addresses.

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  8. OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

    Amid criticism, OpenAI's new "safety" team includes CEO; GPT-5 may be farther off than expected.

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  9. Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

    ShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows' full-disk encryption.

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  10. Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

    From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending "blinker fluid," Google's AI sourcing needs work.

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  11. Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world

    It's unclear how the malicious version of JAVS Viewer came to be.

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  12. Bing outage shows just how little competition Google search really has

    Opinion: Actively searching without Google or Bing is harder than it looks.

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  1. A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.

    For 4 days, the c-root server maintained by Cogent lost touch with its 12 peers.

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  2. EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype

    At MIT conference, experts explore AI's potential for "human flourishing" and the need for regulation.

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  3. Researchers spot cryptojacking attack that disables endpoint protections

    A key component: Installing known vulnerable drivers from Avast and IOBit.

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  4. New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

    Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

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  5. OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week

    Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company.

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  6. Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules

    Amendments contain loopholes that may blunt their effectiveness.

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  7. Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies

    Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching.

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  8. Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running

    A journey through busted tapes, the Internet Old Farts Club, and SPARCstations.

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  9. BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI

    An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone.

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  10. Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora

    Google's video-synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts.

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  11. Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach

    Ebury backdoors SSH servers in hosting providers, giving the malware extraordinary reach.

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  12. Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI six months after Altman ouster

    CEO Altman: "OpenAI would not be what it is without him."

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