Rock band’s hidden hacking-themed website gets hacked
On Friday, Pal Kovacs was listening to the long-awaited new album from rock and metal giants Bring Me The Horizon when he noticed a strange sound at the end of the record’s last track. Being…
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OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee
On Monday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new “Safety and Security Committee” to oversee risk management for its projects and operations. The announcement comes as the company says it has “recently begun” training its…
Spyware app pcTattletale was hacked and its website defaced
U.S.-made consumer-grade spyware app pcTattletale has been hacked and its internal data published to its own website, according to a hacker who claimed responsibility for the breach. The hacker posted a message on pcTattletale”s website…
Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data
A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that debuted in 2007 with the release of Windows…
US pharma giant Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Cencora says it is notifying affected individuals that their personal and highly sensitive medical information was stolen during a cyberattack and data breach earlier this year. In letters to affected individuals sent…
Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers
Getty Images If you use Google regularly, you may have noticed the company’s new AI Overviews providing summarized answers to some of your questions in recent days. If you use social media regularly, you may have…
Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world
JAVS A software maker serving more than 10,000 courtrooms throughout the world hosted an application update containing a hidden backdoor that maintained persistent communication with a malicious website, researchers reported Thursday, in the latest episode…
Bing outage shows just how little competition Google search really has
Getty Images Bing, Microsoft’s search engine platform, went down in the very early morning today. That meant that searches from Microsoft’s Edge browsers that had yet to change their default providers didn’t work. It also…
A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.
For more than four days, a server at the very core of the Internet’s domain name system was out of sync with its 12 root server peers due to an unexplained glitch that could have…
EmTech Digital 2024: A thoughtful look at AI’s pros and cons with minimal hype
Enlarge / Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital delivers the opening presentation on the state of AI at EmTech Digital 2024 on May 22, 2024. Benj Edwards CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—On Wednesday, AI enthusiasts and experts gathered…