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Researchers Uncover Windows Flaws Granting Hackers Rootkit-Like Powers 2024-04-22 at 12:46 By New research has found that the DOS-to-NT path conversion process could be exploited by threat actors to achieve rootkit-like capabilities to conceal and impersonate files, directories, and processes. “When a user executes a function that has a path argument in Windows, the DOS […]

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Google all at sea over rising tide of robo-spam 2024-04-22 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins What if it’s not AI but the algorithm to blame? Opinion  It was a bold claim by the richest and most famous tech founder: bold, precise and wrong. Laughably so. Twenty years ago, Bill Gates promised to rid the world

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Microsoft Warns: North Korean Hackers Turn to AI-Fueled Cyber Espionage 2024-04-22 at 10:31 By Microsoft has revealed that North Korea-linked state-sponsored cyber actors has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make its operations more effective and efficient. “They are learning to use tools powered by AI large language models (LLM) to make their operations

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Microsoft foresees a new type of AI PC: A Surface designed with help from machines 2024-04-22 at 10:02 By Laura Dobberstein For now, Redmond is dogfooding Azure for product simulations Microsoft has bragged that its own Azure HPC service was able to reduce the length of its Surface laptop design process – most notably for

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Zilog to end standalone sales of the legendary Z80 CPU 2024-04-22 at 09:18 By Simon Sharwood The processor that gave the world the ZX Spectrum and so much more is out of wafers Production of some models of Z80 processor – the chip that helped spark the PC boom of the 1980s – will cease

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Researchers claim Windows Defender can be fooled into deleting databases 2024-04-22 at 07:32 By Laura Dobberstein Two rounds of reports and patches may not have completely closed this hole BLACK HAT ASIA  Researchers at US/Israeli infosec outfit SafeBreach last Friday discussed flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky security products that can potentially allow the remote deletion

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Harnessing AI to bolster public sector cybersecurity 2024-04-22 at 07:16 By AI can become the foundation for a future where agencies can proactively identify, understand and address cyber threats before it’s too late. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Security isn’t convenient, and that’s a big problem in the age of AI 2024-04-22 at 07:16 By With threats looming, here are three considerations for consumers and businesses to protect data privacy in the age of AI. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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China creates ‘Information Support Force’ to improve networked defence capabilities 2024-04-22 at 06:32 By Simon Sharwood A day after FBI boss warns Beijing is poised to strike against US infrastructure China last week reorganized its military to create an Information Support Force aimed at ensuring it can fight and win networked wars.… This article is

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Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director 2024-04-21 at 18:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer Interview  Microsoft has a shocking level of control over IT within the US federal government – so much so that

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New RedLine Stealer Variant Disguised as Game Cheats Using Lua Bytecode for Stealth 2024-04-21 at 12:16 By A new information stealer has been found leveraging Lua bytecode for added stealth and sophistication, findings from McAfee Labs reveal. The cybersecurity firm has assessed it to be a variant of a known malware called RedLine Stealer owing

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Microsoft teases deepfake AI that’s too good to release 2024-04-20 at 18:19 By Thomas Claburn VASA-1 framework can turn a still image and a cloned voice file into a plausible video of a person talking Microsoft this week demoed VASA–1, a framework for creating videos of people talking from a still image, audio sample, and

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Lightweight LXQt 2.0.0 updates to same toolkit as KDE Plasma 6 2024-04-20 at 15:33 By Liam Proven 4-letter survivor’s move to Qt 6 means that, love it or hate it, Wayland is looming Version 2.0 of the LXQt desktop updates its foundations to Qt 6, as also used in KDE Plasma 6 – but still

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Tesla Cybertruck turns into world’s most expensive brick after car wash 2024-04-20 at 14:32 By Richard Currie Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’ The perils of turning cars into computers were laid bare by a hapless Cybertruck owner who claimed his ride was

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A knotty problem: Boffins working on fuel-efficient trajectories for space travel 2024-04-20 at 12:32 By Richard Speed Not yet the London Underground style efficient schematic we want, but it’s a start Boffins at the UK’s Surrey Space Centre have devised a way of determining the optimal route for spacecraft that doesn’t require the engines to

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Palo Alto Networks Discloses More Details on Critical PAN-OS Flaw Under Attack 2024-04-20 at 09:01 By Palo Alto Networks has shared more details of a critical security flaw impacting PAN-OS that has come under active exploitation in the wild by malicious actors. The company described the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS score: 10.0), as “intricate” and a combination of two

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Critical Update: CrushFTP Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Targeted Attacks 2024-04-20 at 09:01 By Users of the CrushFTP enterprise file transfer software are being urged to update to the latest version following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under targeted exploitation in the wild. “CrushFTP v11 versions below 11.1 have a vulnerability where users can escape their VFS

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Google squashes AI teams together in push for fresh models 2024-04-20 at 03:02 By Tobias Mann You can leave your personal vendettas at home – we have work to do, Pichai warns Google is consolidating the various teams working on generative AI under the DeepMind team in a bid to accelerate development of more capable

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SpaceX, Northrop Grumman reportedly working on US spy sat program 2024-04-20 at 01:31 By Dan Robinson LEO rising in US military: Close encounters of the recon kind SpaceX is understood to be working with aerospace and defense biz Northrop Grumman on a spy satellite program that provides the US military with improved intelligence imagery.… This

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Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped 2024-04-19 at 23:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Police say this appears to be a ‘deliberate act.’ Sacramento International Airport (SMF) suffered hours of flight delays yesterday after what appears to be an intentional cutting of an AT&T internet cable serving the facility.… This article is an excerpt

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