The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end
Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko Billy Restey is a digital artist who runs a studio in Seattle. But after hours, he hunts for rare chunks of bitcoin. He does it for the thrill. “It’s like…
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Before launching, GPT-4o broke records on chatbot leaderboard under a secret name
Getty Images On Monday, OpenAI employee William Fedus confirmed on X that a mysterious chat-topping AI chatbot known as “gpt-chatbot” that had been undergoing testing on LMSYS’s Chatbot Arena and frustrating experts was, in fact,…
Black Basta ransomware group is imperiling critical infrastructure, groups warn
Getty Images Federal agencies, health care associations, and security researchers are warning that a ransomware group tracked under the name Black Basta is ravaging critical infrastructure sectors in attacks that have targeted more than 500…
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot
On Monday, OpenAI debuted GPT-4o (o for “omni”), a major new AI model that can ostensibly converse using speech in realtime, reading emotional cues and responding to visual input. It operates faster than OpenAI’s previous…
‘Got that boomer!’: How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts
The incoming phone call flashes on a victim’s phone. It may only last a few seconds, but can end with the victim handing over codes that give cybercriminals the ability to hijack their online accounts…
Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites
Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms. TechCrunch discovered around four dozen “gov.in” website links associated with Indian states, including Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala,…
Google patches its fifth zero-day vulnerability of the year in Chrome
Google has updated its Chrome browser to patch a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code on end user devices. The fix marks the fifth time this year the company has updated…
Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out
The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records — Menelik — told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s servers. TechCrunch…
Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal
On Monday, Stack Overflow and OpenAI announced a new API partnership that will integrate Stack Overflow’s technical content with OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant. However, the deal has sparked controversy among Stack Overflow’s user community, with…
Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal info
For years, Dell customers have been on the receiving end of scam calls from people claiming to be part of the computer maker’s support team. The scammers call from a valid Dell phone number, know…