PureCrypter Deploys Agent Tesla and New TorNet Backdoor in Ongoing Cyberattacks
Since July 2024, a phishing campaign in Poland and Germany has used PureCrypter to deploy TorNet via TOR, evading cloud antimalware with advanced anti
HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
The Belarusian government is threatening three HAM radio operators with the death penalty, detained at least seven people, and has accused them of “intercepting state secrets,” according to Belarusian state media, independent media outside of Belarus, and the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna. The arrests are an extreme attack on what is most often a…
Industries in the Intelligent Age White Paper Series
The Industries in the Intelligent Age White Paper Series examines AI’s transformative role across diverse sectors, offering insights into challenges, opportunities and strategies for responsible innovation.
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots may be able to pass medical exams, but that doesn’t mean they make good doctors, according to a new, large-scale study of how people get medical advice from large language models. The controlled study of 1,298 UK-based participants, published today in Nature Medicine from the Oxford Internet Institute and the Nuffield Department of Primary…
AI to secure Oman’s sustainable future
Oman Vision 2040 enshrines the government’s commitment to digital transformation and technological innovation through the use of AI
The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys
It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to masses of…
Windows Charset Conversion Feature Exploited to Execute Remote Code
Security researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in Windows stemming from its “Best-Fit” character conversion feature.
Steam Doesn’t Think This Image Is ‘Suitable for All Ages’
Independent game developer Paolo Pedercini wanted to announce his new game Future? No Thanks! a few weeks ago, but said it was delayed because Steam found a screenshot it planned to share “had suggestive themes.” The screenshot? A low-polygon woman in a short dress with her legs closed together. Future? No Thanks! was meant to…
Podcast: Wildlife Cops Are Searching AI Cameras for ICE
This week we start with Jason’s story about how wildlife cops are doing Flock lookups for ICE. It shows that ICE is gaining access to this sort of information through pretty unexpected ways. After the break, Emanuel tells us all about the AI ban at Wikipedia. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph breaks down a set…