Category: Shorts

Stanford Researchers Introduce Gisting: A Technique for Efficient Prompt Compression in Model specialization is a technique for adapting pre-trained machine-learning models to specific tasks. Prompting is a key concept in this field, as it allows for more efficient use of limited training data and is crucial for achieving high performance. The paper presented by Stanford…

CISA Adds 3 Flaws to KEV Catalog, including Critical PaperCut Bug CISA has added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These include a MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability, a PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access Control Vulnerability, and a Google Chrome Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability. Threat actors have…

Lazarus X_TRADER Breach Impacts Critical Infrastructure Beyond 3CX Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group, has been found to have breached two critical infrastructure organizations in the power and energy sector and two other businesses involved in financial trading using a trojanized X_TRADER application. This attack is linked to the one targeting 3CX last month, and…

The unlikely connection between cyborgs and cherries: this AI approach uses reinforcement learning Robots are becoming increasingly common in our daily lives, from automated vacuum cleaners to drones delivering packages. As technology advances, they are starting to do tasks that were once limited to humans, such as picking a cherry from a tree. It is…

Google’s San Jose Campus on Hold Google has halted construction on its “Downtown West” campus in San Jose, California, which was slated to become 7.3 million square feet of offices, 4,000 housing units and 15 acres of parks. The project had the potential to be worth $19 billion and create 20,000 jobs. Google is currently…

Elon Musk’s net worth falls by $12.6 billion after wild Elon Musk lost $12.6 billion in net worth on Thursday, largely due to Tesla’s disappointing first quarter results and 9.8 percent drop in share price. SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft also experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its first test flight, and Musk removed blue checkmarks from…

Kubernetes RBAC Exploited to Mine Cryptocurrency in Large-Clusters A malicious attack campaign has been discovered exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to create backdoors, run cryptocurrency miners, and steal data. The attack chain starts with the attacker gaining initial access via a misconfigured API server and then using RBAC to set up persistence. The…

Google’s Bard AI chatbot can now help you code functions for Google She Google is updating its AI chatbot, Bard, to help developers write and debug code. Bard can generate code, debug existing code, explain lines of code, and even write functions for Google Sheets in over 20 programming languages. However, Bard may provide inaccurate…

Elon Musk removes labels from Twitter accounts after outlets flee the platform Twitter has removed the “government-funded” and “state-affiliated” labels from its platform, which led several news outlets to stop tweeting. This change came after a “suggestion” from Walter Isaacson, the author of Elon Musk’s upcoming biography. NPR, PBS, CBC, and BBC, who publicly criticized…

After ChatGPT Takes Your Job, Who Will You Be? A professional editor recently experienced first-hand the potential of large language models to automate certain jobs. This new AI capability has the potential to affect higher-paid and creative jobs disproportionately, with white-collar workers in particular being particularly vulnerable. This wave of automation is different from past…