Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
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The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
At the 2023 Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, prominent AI tech companies partnered with algorithmic integrity and transparency groups…
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An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps
A vulnerability related to Amazon Web Service’s traffic-routing service known as Application Load Balancer could have been exploited by an…
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A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says
When Donald Trump’s presidential campaign publicly stated last week that it had been successfully targeted by Iranian hackers, the news…
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Your Gym Locker May Be Hackable
Thousands of electronic lockers found in gyms, offices, and schools could be vulnerable to attacks by criminals using cheap hacking…
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Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters
Professional cycling has, in its recent history, been prone to a shocking variety of cheating methods and dirty tricks. Performance-enhancing…
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Thousands of Corporate Secrets Were Left Exposed. This Guy Found Them All
If you know where to look, plenty of secrets can be found online. Since the fall of 2021, independent security…
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Google Researchers Found Nearly a Dozen Flaws in Popular Qualcomm Software for Mobile GPUs
Demand for graphics processing units or GPUs has exploded in recent years as video rendering and artificial intelligence systems have…
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ATM Software Flaws Left Piles of Cash for Anyone Who Knew to Look
There is a grand tradition at the annual Defcon security conference in Las Vegas of hacking ATMs. Unlocking them with…
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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
Security flaws in your computer’s firmware, the deep-seated code that loads first when you turn the machine on and controls…
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