For security, we have to stop picking up the phone
How do you know that the person on the other end of a phone call is really who they say they are? Earlier in July, a Ferrari executive was flooded with a barrage of WhatsApp…
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Found: 280 Android apps that use OCR to steal cryptocurrency credentials
Getty Images Researchers have discovered more than 280 malicious apps for Android that use optical character recognition to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials from infected devices. The apps masquerade as official ones from banks, government services,…
Nvidia’s AI chips are cheaper to rent in China than US
VGG | Getty Images The cost of renting cloud services using Nvidia’s leading artificial intelligence chips is lower in China than in the US, a sign that the advanced processors are easily reaching the Chinese…
WaveCore runs right through a concrete wall with gigabit-speed network signal
Enlarge / “Hmm, no signal here. I’m trying to figure it out, but nothing comes to mind …” Getty Images One issue in getting office buildings networked that you don’t typically face at home is…
Transport for London outages drag into weekend after cyberattack
Transport for London, the government body overseeing the U.K. capital’s public transit system, said it is experiencing online outages due to an “ongoing cyber security incident” set to drag into the weekend. TfL, which runs…
US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine
Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of the Ukrainian government and its allies and steal or destroy sensitive data on…
AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support
AT&T filed a lawsuit against Broadcom on August 29 accusing it of seeking to “retroactively change existing VMware contracts to match its new corporate strategy.” The lawsuit, spotted by Channel Futures, concerns claims that Broadcom…
US charges five Russian military hackers with targeting Ukraine’s government with destructive malware
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice accused five members of Russia’s military intelligence agency of hacking several Ukrainian government agencies, an unnamed U.S. government agency in Maryland, and computers belonging to 26 NATO countries,…
FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with defrauding streaming services of $10 million through an elaborate scheme involving AI, as reported by The New York Times. Michael Smith, 52, allegedly used AI…
Generative AI backlash hits annual writing event, prompting resignations
Over the weekend, the nonprofit National Novel Writing Month organization (NaNoWriMo) published an FAQ outlining its position on AI, calling categorical rejection of AI writing technology “classist” and “ableist.” The statement caused a backlash online,…