Category: Shorts

Elvis Director Baz Luhrmann Thinks AI Won’t Conquer Movies This is a very short scene. It shows Baz Luhrmann, an Australian writer, director, and producer talking to a robot. He asks the robot, Ai-Da, if he enjoyed the music of Elvis. Apparently everyone is dealing with the question of how to deal with artificial intelligence…

Are you underestimating AI chatbots? In the spring of 2007, Jim was one of four journalists anointed by Steve Jobs to review the iPhone. Looking back on his review today, I am relieved to say it’s not an embarrassment: I recognized the device’s generational significance. I am reminded of my failure of foresight when reading…

Google now wants you to focus on the featured snippets Google is now focusing on On Wednesday, Google introduced a major overhaul of its search results page that infuses the screen with artificial intelligence. The new version pushes the rest of Google’s links far down the page and away from the screen. This ecosystem relies…

Ruckus Wireless Flaw Used in Widespread Attack via Andoryu Botnet Andoryu, a botnet that attempts to use a flaw in the Ruckus wireless admin panel to gain access to devices, has been found. Andoryu was first discovered by Chinese cybersecurity firm QiAnXin. It uses DDoS attack modules for different protocols and communicates with its command-and-control…

Babuk ransomware source code sparks 9 different strains targeting VMware ESXi systems Several threat actors have capitalized on the leak of ransomware source code from a company called Babuk in September 2021 to build as many as nine different ransomware families capable of infecting VMware ESXi systems. These variants emerged through 2022 and 2023, which…

40 Arrested in Spanish Police Cybercrime Ring Take Down More than 300,000 victims were victimized in Spain by a gang called the Trinitarians, which defrauded more than 270,000 people and caused losses of over 700,000. The National Police of Spain said it arrested 40 men for their involvement in the organized crime gang. Some of…

A severe security flaw discovered by researchers has left over a million WordPress sites open to hij In this post, WordPress security writer Muhammad explains how a flaw has been disclosed in the plugin Essential Addons for Elementor that allows attackers to gain privileged privileges over websites. The issue, officially marked as CVE-2023-32243, has been…

1. How Attack Surface Management Supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management 2. Attack Surface According to Forrester, External Attack Surface Management (EASM) emerged as a market category in 2021 and gained popularity in 2022. The role of EASM in Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)Easm is distinct from similar market categories, such as cyber attack surface management (CAASM),…

New APT Group Red Stinger Targets Critical Infrastructure in Eastern Europe Malwarebytes has discovered a new type of malware actor dubbed Red Stinger that’s been terrorizing Eastern Europe since 2020. It’s been specifically targeting military, transportation, and critical infrastructure domains. These are some of the areas that were targeted in the report. A further four…

The Surprising Synergy Between Acupuncture and AI Health It’s not that there aren’t explanations for how the field of Chinese medicine works. At various points along these meridians, needles can be inserted to remove blockages, improving the flow of qi. All TCM treatments ultimately revolve around qi: Acupuncture banishes unhealthy qi and circulates healthy qi…