General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Announcement does not include "a single voice from civil society or academia," says critic.
Publish Date: 6/8/2023
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It takes a lot of computing power to pretend to be human.
Publish Date: 6/8/2023
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Stop downloading or updating Minecraft mods for now, investigators say.
Publish Date: 6/7/2023
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Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex.
Publish Date: 6/7/2023
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Image-synthesis technique relies upon QR's natural error-correction properties.
Publish Date: 6/6/2023
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SQL injection attacks on MOVEit file-transfer service likely to get worse.
Publish Date: 6/6/2023
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Apple prefers using "machine learning," or just having AI work in the background.
Publish Date: 6/5/2023
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A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills.
Publish Date: 6/3/2023
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It was a bad week for millions of people who rely on Google for apps and Chrome extensions.
Publish Date: 6/2/2023
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"We've never run that experiment," says original source, who "misspoke."
Publish Date: 6/2/2023
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"Operation Triangulation" stole mic recordings, photos, geolocation, and more.
Publish Date: 6/1/2023
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"AFS Appliance" will avoid the cloud and place an AI language model on premises.
Publish Date: 6/1/2023
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Hidden code in many Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs.
Publish Date: 6/1/2023
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Poor patching hygiene is fueling a flurry of "downstream attacks" on other targets.
Publish Date: 5/31/2023
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Generative Fill uses AI to dream up larger versions of famous artwork.
Publish Date: 5/31/2023
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$15 billion valuation after Fidelity lowers value of its Twitter stake again.
Publish Date: 5/31/2023
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Ubuntu could join Fedora in offering an immutable desktop option.
Publish Date: 5/31/2023
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Attackers then went on to steal data from infected systems.
Publish Date: 5/30/2023
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Strategically vague statement on AI risk prompts critics' response.
Publish Date: 5/30/2023
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Spyware is sold to countries including Egypt, Indonesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia.
Publish Date: 5/26/2023
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