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Windows-Based Malware that Steals Sensitive Data Newly Uncovered A previously undocumented Windows-based information stealer called ThirdEye has been discovered in the wild. It uses the string 3rd_eye to beacon its presence to the C2 server. The arrival vector for the malware is presently unknown, although the nature of the lure points to it being used…

ProFusion: A Regularization-Free Framework For Detail Preservation In Text-to This paper describes a new technique for text-to-image generation based on machine learning. The goal of the paper is to reduce the time it takes to generate text from arbitrary text input and to provide greater customizationability. The authors believe that their approach can be useful…

Elon Musk urges support against rules on free speech online This TED Talk is packed with self-important drivel. Musk answers every question verbatim. He swears by his platform’s free speech principles and opposes the EU’s new regulations on platform liability that include requirements to block fake news and restrict online violence. When pressed by Christel…

AI-generated tweets more convincing than real people, research finds The study also explores how effective AI language models can be when it comes to informing or misleading the public. The participants were the most successful at calling out disinformation written by real Twitter users, even though they didn’t have very good training data on which…

Microsoft Plans to Acquire Square Enix in Order to Boost Mobile Game Pass As part of a big wave of acquisitions, Microsoft had considered adding Square Enix, the publisher behind the Final Fantasy series, to its Xbox portfolio. According to leaked documents, the company wanted to add more content to drive growth of Xbox Game…

Alert: Attackers could use new electromagnetic attacks to take control of drones Drones that don’t have any known security weaknesses could be the target of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks, potentially enabling a threat actor to gain arbitrary code execution and compromise their functionality and safety. This could allow an attacker to fully control one…

CryptosLabs Targets French-Speaking Investors in €480 Million Scam Ring Cybersecurity researchers have exposed the workings of a scam ring called CryptosLabs that’s made over €480 million in illegal profits by targeting French-speaking individuals in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg since April 2018. The ring uses fake landing pages and even impersonates French-dominant businesses to reach its…

How to Tackle AI and Cheating in the Classroom I spend the summer learning about how AI affects education, students and classroom spaces. Anyone who has used a spelling checker, language translation app, or heard a spoken text message has used language processing tools driven by AI technology. Most teachers keep up with technology to…

8Base Ransomware Increases Activity, Threatens U.S. and Brazilian Business RansomHouse and Phobos have teamed up to create a new ransomware threat called 8Base. It’s pretty easy to figure out: its code is exactly the same as RansomHouse’s Welcome page , and it infects all sorts of people in a wide variety of industries. That said,…

5 Things to Know About Securing OT Environments for CISOs In this chapter, Norton discusses the importance of securing the levels 2 and 3 of an OT environment. These are the operational layers that support the software and applications that run OT environments. Without these layers, security cannot be secured. Because of the always-up nature…