Jan 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Domain Security No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as…
One of my favorite trends in desktop PC design for the last couple of years has been what we call “The War on Cables,” wherein all the interior power and data cables are hidden on…
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is always a massive event that sees dozens of laptops announced, but CES 2025 was especially notable. Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm all made significant hardware announcements, and those announcements…
The text anticipated several modern AI safety concerns, including the possibility of machine consciousness, self-replication, and humans losing control of their technological creations. These themes later appeared in works like Isaac Asimov’s The Evitable Conflict…
Jan 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Cybersecurity Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative…
Jan 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Crime / Cryptocurrency The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko…
Microsoft has taken legal action against a group the company claims intentionally developed and used tools to bypass the safety guardrails of its cloud AI products. According to a complaint filed by the company in…
Microsoft and others forbid using their generative AI systems to create various content. Content that is off limits includes materials that feature or promote sexual exploitation or abuse, is erotic or pornographic, or attacks, denigrates,…
Apple is opening a new store at the Worldcenter in downtown Miami, Florida later this month, but even if you don’t live in Florida, you can take part in the celebration. To mark the new…
When the M3 MacBook Air came out, we summed it up pretty simply as “simply the best, but better” and we stick by that. While this is Apple’s most affordable laptop line, we still love…