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Microsoft Edge is sending the sites you visit to Bing Recent reports have revealed that Microsoft’s Edge browser is sending URLs visited by users to its Bing API website, and this feature is enabled by default. Reddit users were the first to spot this privacy issue, and Microsoft has since stated they are looking into…

“As an AI language model”: the phrase that shows how AI is AI language models have been predicted to cause a tidal wave of automated spam on the internet, but so far have not had a major impact. However, signs are emerging that AI is being used to power bots, generate fake reviews, and stuff…

A new vulnerability in the software used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) A high-severity security vulnerability impacting Service Location Protocol (SLP) has been discovered, which could be weaponized to launch volumetric denial-of-service attacks against targets. This vulnerability is said to impact more than 2,000 global organizations and over 54,000 SLP instances that are accessible over the…

Iranian Hackers Use a PowerLess Backdoor to Attack Israel Check Point, a cybersecurity firm, has identified a new wave of phishing attacks targeting Israel that is linked to an Iranian nation-state threat actor. The attack chain begins with an ISO disk image file that drops a custom in-memory downloader which then launches a PowerLess backdoor.…

Attack ad created by AI responds to Biden reelection announcement The Republican National Committee (RNC) has released an attack ad featuring AI-generated images to oppose Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. The ad shows a series of stylistic images of potential crises if Biden is re-elected in 2024, such as explosions in Taiwan and military deployments on…

Text-to-Image Models with Zero Effort: Text2Video-Zero is Generative AI models have made it possible to obtain unique, photo-realistic images and videos by simply describing what we want to see. Diffusion models are a key contributor to this and they take a text prompt and generate an output that matches that description. However, constructing such datasets…

1. Updating Vulnerability Management: The Transition Toward Exposure Management 2 Managing vulnerabilities in the constantly changing technological landscape is a difficult task. Legacy vulnerability management tools are insufficient and modern tools still face challenges in prioritization and limited resources. Modern vulnerability management integrates security tools to provide a more efficient and effective solution. Attackers leverage…

Google Cloud’s AI Workbench for Security Faster Threat Detection and Analysis Google has launched Security AI Workbench, a cybersecurity suite powered by Sec-PaLM, a specialized large language model (LLM). This tool is designed to leverage generative AI models to gain better visibility into the threat landscape, such as analyzing malicious scripts, flagging false negatives and…

Apple Devices Targeted by New RustBucket macOS Malware Lazarus Subgroup A North Korean threat actor, known as BlueNoroff, is suspected to be behind a new Apple macOS malware strain called RustBucket. BlueNoroff is part of the infamous Lazarus cluster, which is also tracked under various monikers and is known for its sophisticated cyber-enabled heists targeting…

The Andy Warhol Copyright Case Could Transform Generative AI Andy Warhol is credited with popularizing the idea of 15 minutes of fame, although he likely never said it. Warhol was an avid fan of new technologies and was influential in the world of advertising and art. Currently, there is debate over copyright issues regarding AI-generated…