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Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated
Researchers working with data from the Internet Archive have discovered that a third of websites created since 2022 are AI-generated. The team of researchers—which includes people from Stanford, the Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive—published their findings online in a paper titled “The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet.” The research also found…
Supply chain attacks hit Checkmarx and Bitwarden developer tools
Two supply chain attacks, same day, same command-and-control domain Categories: Threat Research Tags: Supply chain, Sophos X-Ops, pipeline, Bitwarden, Checkmarx
Behind the Blog: Waiting in the Apple Store
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Tim Cook, Meta layoffs, and a very bad ad. EMANUEL: This week we experimented with the podcast format a little bit. We had just finished recording our…
Strengthening authentication with passkeys: A CISO playbook
Our passkey rollout took three tries. Here’s a playbook to make your implementation smoother. Categories: Security Operations Tags: CISO, playbook, toolkit, passkeys
Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
This week Sam unpacks how social media algorithms manipulate our emotions around everything from engagement rings to wedding dresses to babies, and what it feels like getting lost in the #Weddingtok sauce. Then, Emanuel breaks down a satirical but functional AI tool that rips off open source software. There’s a long history in “clean room”…
EMERGENCY BREAKING NEWS PODCAST: Tim, Cooked
Today after recording our normal weekly podcast, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason spontaneously began discussing the legacy of Tim Cook as Apple CEO, the #BreakingTechNewsofTheWeek. We got really riled up so decided to press record to discuss Tim Cook’s accountant energy, his legacy of creating different sizes and shapes of rectangle and square phone-like devices, and…
Sophos Firewall v22 MR1 is now available
Check out the full release notes for more details and a list of fixes. Categories: Products & Services Tags: Firewall, network, v22
Why Journalists Are Going Indie (with Maddy Myers)
This week, Sam is joined by Maddy Myers, editor-in-chief of Mothership. She’s also a co-host of the video games podcast Triple Click. Maddy launched Mothership with co-founder Zoë Hannah in January. It’s a queer and women-owned independent publication that focuses on gender and games. They discuss Maddy’s early days of games journalism at a (print!)…
Microsoft addresses 163 CVEs, 88 advisories for April Patch Tuesday
Following a long-established pattern, the fourth month of the year is one of the cruelest Categories: X-ops, Threat Research Tags: Patch Tuesday