Category: Shorts

Microsoft Warns of Russian State-Sponsored Hackers with Destructive Intent The actor formerly known as DeV-0586 has been renamed Cadet Blizzard. According to Microsoft, the group has a track record of orchestrating destructive attacks, espionage, and information operations aimed at entities located in Ukraine, Europe, Central Asia, and, periodically, Latin America. Most of the companies they’ve…

New report sheds light on long-running intrusions on Ukrainian organizations by shuckworm The Russian threat actor known as Shuckworm has continued its cyber assault spree against Ukrainian entities in a bid to steal sensitive information from compromised environments, Symantec reports. The company details in a new report shared with The Hacker News. It seems clear…

Six percent of employees paste sensitive data into generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools The report titled Revealing the True GenAI Data Exposure Risk provides crucial insights for data protection stakeholders and empowers them to take proactive measures. It reveals that 6% of employees have pasted sensitive data into GenAI, with 4% engaging in this risky…

Alert: GravityRAT Android Trojan Steals WhatsApp Backups and Deletes Files This new campaign of malware, dubbed GravityRAT, exfiltrates WhatsApp backups and sends commands to delete files. It also uses legitimate chat functionality based on the open-source OMEMO Instant Messenger app. ESET explains more about the malware in a paper published today. GravityRAT is the name…

Malware Using New Tactics to Evade Detection and Anonymize Activities The threat actors behind the Vidar malware continue to make changes to their back-end infrastructure, indicating attempts to retool and conceal their online trail. The infection control company Team Cymru reports that the infections have increased their traffic from Moldova and Russia. The attack has…

Mind’s Eye: AI Model Can Reconstruct Brain Scans into Images This paper describes a new technique for analyzing brain activity and image data using artificial intelligence. Previously, scientists have tried to interpret brain scans using traditional methods such as magnetism and electrophysiology. In this paper, the authors explore the effect of artificial intelligence on the…

A Path to Efficient Compression in AI Text-to-Image Diffusion Models This paper describes a new technique for creating compact, faster diffusion models based on the concept of diffusion. At the heart of text-to-Image Diffusion Model lies the conceptof diffusion. To address this concern, several methods have been proposed to increase the efficiency of Stable Diffusion…

Meet AnythingLLM: An Application That Transforms Your Content into Rich Data for Enhanced AnythingLLM is an open-sourced application that attempts to be the easiest way for a customer to converse intelligently with documents, resources, etc., using a well-crafted UI. It uses Pinecone and ChromaDB for its data warehousing and the OpenAI API for its LLM…

Google Lens can now help identify skin conditions, according to the company. Google Lens can now identify skin conditions from a photograph. However, it warns that its results are informational only and not a diagnosis and says users should consult your medical authority for advice.” Google has been exploring the use of AI image recognition…

The customers might be human, but the audience is Google Dziura writes the meta-bids for Google Search. She demonstrates updating the page for a cannabis-themed apron using a Shopify AI text generator. The writing Dziura does for Google search couldn’t be farther from the writing she’s passionate about. These blogs are forgoogle search. According to…