Category: Shorts

Critical Firmware Vulnerability in Gigabyte Systems Exposes Millions of Devices Researchers have found backdoor-like behavior within Gigabyte systems, which enables the UEFI firmware to drop a Windows executable and retrieve updates in an unsecure format. According to The Hacker News, the utility allows attackers to launch malicious code into the firmware and then download and…

ChatGPT Is Excluding Non-English Languages from the AI Revolution Not every American speaks a language, and not every English speaker, but the dominance of English in global commerce is real. That’s why non-English speakers are punished professionally. Pascale Fung would like to see AI change that, not further reinforce the primacy of English. She’s part…

A Romance Comedy Film Featuring a Rat Using Deceptive Web Sites to Launch Covert Attacks The threat actors behind the RomCom RAT have been using a network of fake websites advertising rogue versions of popular software to infiltrate targets. The remote access trojan has since been used heavily in attacks targeting Ukrainian state and military…

Barracuda Email Security Gateway 0-Day Flaw Alert: Hackers Expl Barracuda, an enterprise security company, has patched a flaw that allows attackers to backdoor its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances since October 2022. It previously patched the flaw, CVE-2023-2868, on May 19, 2023. In an updated advisory, Barracuda explains how Deception can detect advanced threats, stop…

Sonos One Speakers Have Critical Security Flaws; Hackers Win $105, The Sonos One wireless speakers could be potentially exploited to gain information disclosure and remote code execution, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) says in a report published last week. It details four vulnerabilities it has found. The most serious of these areCVE-2023-27352 and CVE-20 23-27355…

GANonymization: A Novel Framework for Preserving Facial Expressions in Face An This paper describes a new approach to face-anonymization that focuses on emotion recognition. The authors introduce GANonymization, a novel face anonymization framework that preserves facial expressions while removing identifying traits. They present four main components of the framework: face extraction, face segmentation, facial landmarks…

ChatGPT is a Lifeline for Some Autistic People ChatGPT is a chatbot that helps people like Madi Young, an autistic person, learn to communicate with others who are more neurotypical. Although ChatGPT has had some therapeutic effects on Young, she says, the true impact on patients is largely unknownMadison YoungMadi Young works as a consultant…

Microsoft’s $5.9 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard’s is facing regulatory scrutiny in Microsoft will appeal the decision to block its $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. The U.K. regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, will hold a hearing on the matter on July 24th. An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for August 2nd. This comes just…

Apple rumored VR headset screens could have ridiculously high-end This is some more info about the displays of Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset. According to a tweet from Ross Young, the CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, the AR / VR headset will be equipped with two 1.41-inch Micro OLED screens, each with 4,000 ppI…

Experts Warn That Runaway AI Is an Extinction Risk This one sentence statement by the Center for AI Safety addresses extinction from artificial intelligence: Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a priority over other societal-scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war, says a press release. Dan Hendrycks, director of the center…