Collaborate Disseminate
Mark and I took a break for the new year, but we’ll be back for a new episode of “The AI Fix” podcast at the usual time next week.
In the meantime, here is another chance to hear one of our favourite episodes again. The very first episode from April… Continue reading The AI Fix #31: Replay: AI doesn’t exist
In episode 30 of The AI Fix, AIs are caught lying to avoid being turned off, Apple’s AI flubs a headline, ChatGPT is available to people who haven’t left the 1970s, our hosts regret to inform you that an AI artist now has a personality, and ant-like ro… Continue reading The AI Fix #30: ChatGPT reveals the devastating truth about Santa (Merry Christmas!)
This week, we delve into the dark world of fake CAPTCHAs designed to hijack your computer. Plus, the AI safety clock is ticking down – is doomsday closer than we think? And to top it off, we uncover the sticky situation of Krispy Kreme facing a ransomw… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #398: Fake CAPTCHAs, Harmageddon, and Krispy Kreme
Online romance and investment scams are painful enough without its victims being described as “pigs.”
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading It’s time to stop calling it “pig butchering”
In episode 29 of The AI Fix, an AI company makes the bold step of urging us to “stop hiring humans”, Graham is wrong about GB AI, parents prepare their kids for the imminent Moxie-mageddon, Google releases Gemini 2.0, and a robot is found dead at work … Continue reading The AI Fix #29: AI on OnlyFans, and the bot that wants to be a billionaire
Rydox, an online marketplace used by cybercriminals to sell hacked personal information and tools to commit fraud, has been seized in an international law enforcement operation and its suspected administrators arrested.
Read more in my article on th… Continue reading Rydox cybercrime marketplace seixed by law enforcement, suspected admins arrested
Krispy Kreme, the dispenser of delectable doughnuts, says that it suffered a cyber attack at the end of last month which saw its IT systems compromised and has disrupted online orders in parts of the United States.
Read more in my article on the Hot… Continue reading Doughnut orders disrupted! Krispy Kreme suffers hack attack
Operation PowerOFF has disrupted what was anticipated to be a surge of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the Christmas period by taking over two dozen “booter” or “stresser” websites offline.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire S… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for-hire services disrupted in run-up to holiday season
A Canadian man is arrested in relation to the Snowflake hacks from earlier this year – after a cybersecurity researcher managed to track his identity, and a cryptocurrency-trading Instagram influencer is in trouble with the law.
All this and more is… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #397: Snowflake hackers, and under the influence
A man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to an illegal cryptomining operation that stole millions of dollars worth of cloud computing resources.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading “CP3O” pleads guilty to multi-million dollar cryptomining scheme