GitHub says hackers cloned code-signing certificates in breached repository
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GitHub said unknown intruders gained unauthorized access to some of its code repositories and stole code-signing certificates for two of its desktop applications: Desktop and Atom.
Code-signing certificates place...
MusicLM: Google AI generates music in various genres at 24 kHz
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an exploding ball of music. (credit: Ars Technica)
On Thursday, researchers from Google announced a new generative AI model called MusicLM that can create...
Massive Yandex code leak reveals Russian search engine’s ranking factors
Enlarge / The Russian logo of Yandex, the country's largest search engine and a tech company with many divisions, inside the company's headquarters. (credit: SOPA Images / Getty Images)
Nearly...
Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges
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For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically...
#GermanyRIP. Kremlin-loyal hacktivists wage DDoSes to retaliate for tank aid
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Threat actors loyal to the Kremlin have stepped up attacks in support...
Pivot to ChatGPT? BuzzFeed preps for AI-written content while CNET fumbles
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot typewriter-journalist hard at work. (credit: Ars Technica)
On Thursday, an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal revealed that BuzzFeed is...
Deepfakes for scrawl: With handwriting synthesis, no pen is necessary
Enlarge / An example of computer-synthesized handwriting generated by Calligrapher.ai. (credit: Ars Technica)
Thanks to a free web app called calligrapher.ai, anyone can simulate handwriting with a neural network that...
RSA’s demise from quantum attacks is very much exaggerated, expert says
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Three weeks ago, panic swept across some corners of the security world after researchers discovered a breakthrough that, at long last, put the cracking of the widely used...
With Nvidia Eye Contact, you’ll never look away from a camera again
Enlarge / Nvidia's Eye Contact feature automatically maintains eye contact with a camera for you. (credit: Nvidia)
Nvidia recently released a beta version of Eye Contact, an AI-powered software video...
Fearing ChatGPT, Google enlists founders Brin and Page in AI fight
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ChatGPT has Google spooked. On Friday, The New York Times...
OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership
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On Monday, AI tech darling OpenAI announced that it received a "multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment" from Microsoft,...
Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits
Enlarge / Holding up corporations, utilities, and hospitals for malware-encrypted data used to be quite profitable. But it's a tough gig lately, you know? (credit: ifanfoto/Getty Images)
Two new studies...
300+ models of MSI motherboards have Secure Boot turned off. Is yours affected?
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Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned...
Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History Museum
Enlarge / The Apple Lisa 1, released in 1983. (credit: Apple, Inc.)
As part of the Apple Lisa's 40th birthday celebrations, the Computer History Museum has released the source code...
Hacker group incorporates DNS hijacking into its malicious website campaign
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Researchers have uncovered a malicious Android app that can tamper with the wireless router the infected phone is connected to and force the router...
GitHub says hackers cloned code-signing certificates in breached repository
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GitHub said unknown intruders gained unauthorized access to some of its code repositories and stole code-signing certificates for two of its desktop applications: Desktop and Atom.
Code-signing certificates place...
QNAP addresses a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices
Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning customers to install QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical flaw impacting its NAS devices.
QNAP released QTS and QuTS firmware updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-27596 (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), that...
Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak
Schools' laptops are out if this one gets around, but beware bricking Users of enterprise-managed Chromebooks now, for better or worse, have a way to break the shackles of administrative control through an exploit called SHI1MMER.…
MusicLM: Google AI generates music in various genres at 24 kHz
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of an exploding ball of music. (credit: Ars Technica)
On Thursday, researchers from Google announced a new generative AI model called MusicLM that can create...
Russia's Sandworm APT Launches Swarm of Wiper Attacks in Ukraine
The incidents are the latest indication of the growing popularity of dangerous disk wipers, created to disrupt and degrade critical infrastructure and other organizations.
