Nineteen Sophos Women Recognized by CRN’s Women of the Channel
CRN honors Sophos women whose channel expertise and vision are deserving of recognition.
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Hacker Broke into ‘Path of Exile 2’ Admin Account, Hijacked Wave of Characters
A hacker compromised an administrative account on the website for popular game Path of Exile 2, which allowed them to reset the passwords on dozens of players’ accounts, according to comments from developer Grinding Gear Games (GGG) made during a podcast on Sunday. This access would have given the hacker the ability to steal powerful…
A Slop Publisher Sold a Ripoff of My Book on Amazon
Like some (many? most? all?) authors I sometimes check how my book is doing on Amazon and other booksellers. Recently while doing that, I came across another listing on the online retailer: “SUMMARY OF JOSEPH COX’S DARK WIRE,” referring to the book I spent years researching, investigating, and writing. It cost $4.99. Curious whether this…
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s datacenters. The team pores over satellite imagery, building permits, and other local legal documents to build a map of the massive computer filled buildings springing up across the United States. They take that data…
An Amazon Delivery Confirmation Photo Is the Last Time a Palisades Resident Saw Her Burnt Down House
Ali Riley, a professional soccer player for the Angel City Football Club, lost her home in Los Angeles’s Palisades Fire. The last image she saw of her house standing was an Amazon package delivery confirmation photo, sent after the neighborhood’s mandatory evacuation order. Friday morning, Riley posted a screenshot of an Amazon delivery confirmation photo….
This Device Translates Thoughts into Real-Time Speech
Welcome back to the Abstract! This week has been a lot. This year has been a lot. THIS MILLENIUM HAS BEEN A LOT. That’s why there’s only good news in the column this week. We deserve it. Normally, I’m not a big fan of putting artificial stuff in our brains (see: plastic spoons). But I’ll…
Introducing GhostGPT—The New Cybercrime AI Used By Hackers
This malicious AI chatbot is being used by hackers to create malware and attack your data—here’s what you need to know about GhostGPT.
Critical Vulnerability in Meta’s Llama Framework Exposes AI Systems to Remote Attacks
A critical security flaw, CVE-2024-50050, has been discovered in Meta’s Llama Stack framework, a widely used open-source tool for building and deploying generative AI (GenAI) applications.
Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search Tool
The surveillance company Flock told employees at an all-hands meeting Friday that its new people search product, Nova, will not include hacked data from the dark web. The announcement comes a little over a week after 404 Media broke the news about internal tension at the company about plans to use breached data, including from…
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn’t Matter
The Department of Homeland Security now says that two weeks of critical surveillance footage from within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview detention center wasn’t actually lost in a “system crash,” but rather, was never recorded in the first place. It is also arguing that, had the footage been recorded, it would be irrelevant because prisoner…