“Please slow down”—The 7 biggest AI stories of 2022 December 26, 2022 Highlights from a year when generative AI went mainstream. https://bit.ly/3YIRUOZ Read more
Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit December 23, 2022 Data harvested by Cambridge Analytica was used for political campaigns. https://bit.ly/3jt65Hy Read more
LastPass says hackers have obtained vault data and a wealth of customer info December 22, 2022 Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought. https://bit.ly/3vccwkY Read more
Compromised dispatch system helped move taxis to front of the line December 22, 2022 Defendants allegedly conspired with Russians, drew as many as 1,000 daily trips. https://bit.ly/3Vkons3 Read more
Okta says source code for Workforce Identity Cloud service was copied December 21, 2022 Code stored on GitHub was copied after threat actor gained unauthorized access. https://bit.ly/3johisR Read more
Eufy publicly acknowledges some parts of its “No clouds” controversy December 21, 2022 Eufy changed some cloud behavior, admitted it can do more, ignored some issues. https://bit.ly/3GairNH Read more
Raspberry Pi 5 not arriving in 2023 as company hopes for a “recovery year” December 20, 2022 To avoid cannibalizing supply for other Pi products, the next model must wait. https://bit.ly/3YGUfJY Read more
Make your noisy recording sound like pro audio with Adobe’s free AI tool December 19, 2022 "Enhance Speech" uses AI to make poor-quality voice recordings sound professional. https://bit.ly/3G4F99X Read more
Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now December 19, 2022 Microsoft elevates security rating for vulnerability resembling EternalBlue. https://bit.ly/3PMhmPp Read more
Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York December 19, 2022 Passed with bipartisan support, the bill could die on Gov. Hochul's desk. https://bit.ly/3WxxzKi Read more
The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater December 19, 2022 Cyberwarfare is getting real. https://bit.ly/3Wkpvg6 Read more
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms December 17, 2022 Stable Diffusion-powered music generator processes sound in the visual space. https://bit.ly/3FE947u Read more
Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks December 16, 2022 MCCrash is specially designed to take down Minecraft servers and performs other DDoSes. https://bit.ly/3YrAfLt Read more
ArtStation artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork December 15, 2022 Users of popular portfolio site seek to castigate and disrupt AI-generated art. https://bit.ly/3FtRO4Z Read more
Meet Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you December 14, 2022 Custom typewriter hack uses Arduino, Rapsberry Pi, and GPT-3 to dramatic effect. https://bit.ly/3BZnZsb Read more
Microsoft digital certificates have once again been abused to sign malware December 13, 2022 Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so. https://bit.ly/3WaCYa6 Read more
China bans AI-generated media without watermarks December 12, 2022 China regulates generative AI tech with rules that aim to spur growth and ban deception. https://bit.ly/3YcNRu5 Read more
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease December 09, 2022 AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures. https://bit.ly/3V0ClPH Read more
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits December 08, 2022 There are still lots of ways to exploit Internet Explorer through a Word doc. https://bit.ly/3ux3SNM Read more
Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork December 06, 2022 AI-wielding artist must assert ownership and label each piece as "Generative AI." https://bit.ly/3iME0Li Read more
No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you December 05, 2022 ChatGPT-generated command line can create virtual files, execute code, play games. https://bit.ly/3Fwck6k Read more
Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors December 05, 2022 A command typo might have dismantled most of an advanced malware's network. https://bit.ly/3gZtWxK Read more
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data December 03, 2022 A handful of markets were responsible for trafficking most of the data. https://bit.ly/3XUfZBL Read more
Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix December 02, 2022 Creating AI-generated images on Macs, iPhones, and iPads just got a lot faster. https://bit.ly/3ujnAw7 Read more
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices December 02, 2022 CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data. https://bit.ly/3XRXTk1 Read more
Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data December 01, 2022 Site officials say site will be down for a couple of days. https://bit.ly/3OS2zCc Read more
My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop December 01, 2022 Revisiting the wonder and betrayal of online life circa 1992. https://bit.ly/3gKNEgR Read more