Category: Shorts

Cyber Attacks Hit Ukraine’s State Bodies in Espionage Operation The findings show that some threat actors are still employing macro-based malware despite Microsoft disabling the feature by default in Office files downloaded from the web. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting state institutions in the country as…

N. Korean Lazarus Group Targets Microsoft IIS Servers to Deploy Ransomware The Lazarus Group actor has been targeting vulnerable versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers as an initial breach route to deploy malware on targeted systems. The malicious DLL is placed in the same folder path as a normal application and is then…

Legion Malware Upgraded to Steal SSH Servers and AWS Credentials An updated version of the ransomware called Legion comes with expanded features including the ability to compromise SSH servers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. It also can exploit SSH servers using the Paramiko module. Muir warns that misconfigurations in web applications are still the…

Android Screen Recorder App Found to Steal Data Google has removed an app called iRecorder – Screen Recorder from the Play Store because it has information stealing capabilities nearly a year after its release. ESET security researcher Lukáš Štefanko discovered the flaw in the app and reported it to the company. iRecorder is the work…

How to Choose a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Solution SAST solutions are an important part of a comprehensive application security strategy. Knowing what to focus on and what to look for can be confusing, but the industry standard is that static application security testing (SAST) solutions should provide centralized management for SAST, SCA, SCS,…

Instant Cameras, Evolved: This AI Model Can Personalize Your Images in Seconds Text-to-image models have been very successful in the field of image synthesis for several applications. One of the most important ones is that of which this technology can be useful for creating highly personalized avatars. The authors believe that their work has three…

AI Podcasts That Help You Generate Ideas AI podcasts are here, whether anyone asked for them or not. There are a few AI podcasts that have found audiences, at least for their first crop of episodes. One of them is called The Joe Rogan AI Experience. It’s a series of simulations of Rogan talking to…

Why Fake Drake Is Here to Stay Forever Have a Nice Future is a production of Condé Nast Entertainment. Its theme is optimism and optimism for the future. In order to help promote this message, the company sponsors a weekly entertainment show called Have a nice future that airs on Wednesdays. Themes are always a…

Opera is getting an AI side panel to match Edge Aria, an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, is coming to Opera’s sidebar. It can generate text, write code, answer questions, and more. According to a blog post on Opera’s website, Opera is testing an AI sidebar with its browser. In February, Opera added ChatGPT into its sidebar,…

AI systems that are able to generate new content are not just limited to open or closed Even with the recent releases of generative AI systems, the issue of how to release these systems remains unresolved. Systems can either be open source or closed source, and this is a binary question. Doing this work, I’ve…