2025 Informed: Cybersecurity – critical infrastructure becomes prime target
State-sponsored cyber warfare and its threat to critical infrastructure, zero-trust models, platform consolidation and quantum safety will be key topics for the year ahead
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Zyxel CPE Devices Face Active Exploitation Due to Unpatched CVE-2024-40891 Vulnerability
Critical zero-day vulnerability CVE-2024-40891 in Zyxel CPE devices is under active attack, affecting 1,500+ devices.
Weekly Cybersecurity Update: Recent Cyber Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Data Breaches
Welcome to this week’s Cybersecurity Newsletter, where we bring you the latest updates and key insights from the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity. In today’s fast-paced digital environment, staying informed is crucial, and our goal is to provide you with the most relevant information to navigate these challenges effectively.
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
A pseudonymous coder has created and released an open source “tar pit” to indefinitely trap AI training web crawlers in an infinitely, randomly-generating series of pages to waste their time and computing power. The program, called Nepenthes after the genus of carnivorous pitcher plants which trap and consume their prey, can be deployed by webpage…
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.” “[A] key irony of automation is that by mechanising routine tasks and leaving…
Behind the Blog: Chatbot ‘Addiction’ and a Reading List
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 wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film. EMANUEL: I would really love it if the people who accuse us of…
Video Elon Musk criticizes new AI ‘Stargate’ deal backed by Trump
The $500 billion infrastructure investment with the leaders of OpenAI, Oracle, MGX and Softbank is said to help build new data centers to power the next generation of artificial intelligence.
Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade
Kodak announced two new stocks of color film on Wednesday, in a move that has excited the photography world and which indicates that the photography giant is directly distributing still photography film again. “To help meet the growing demand for film, Kodak is excited to announce the launch of two color-negative films, KODACOLOR 100 and…
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
An erotic roleplay chatbot and AI image creation platform called Secret Desires left millions of user-uploaded photos exposed and available to the public. The databases included nearly two million photos and videos, including many photos of completely random people with very little digital footprint. The exposed data shows how many people use AI roleplay apps…