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In episode 16 of The AI Fix, Mark and Graham meet GPT-4o1 and ask if it knows how many cousins Alice’s sister has, a top cop wants AI injected into his colleagues “like heroin”, Mark finds an AI that might actually be able to help with that, and our ho… Continue reading The AI Fix #16: GPT-4o1, AI time travelers, and where’s my driverless car?
A former boss of Ticketmaster has been sentenced after pleading guilty to illegally accessing computer servers of a rival company and stealing sensitive business information.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Ticketmaster boss who repeatedly hacked rival firm sentenced
Starting October 1, WordPress plugin and theme developers must enable 2FA. This move aims to boost security and help prevent supply-chain attacks from targeting millions of websites.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading WordPress plugin and theme developers told they must use 2FA
It’s a case of algorithm and blues as we look into an AI music scam, Ukraine believes it has caught a spy high in the sky, and a cocaine-fuelled bear goes on the rampage.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #384: A room with a view, AI music shenanigans, and a cocaine bear
A man from New York City has admitted to computer hacking and associated crimes after being caught with a laptop containing hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card details.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacker pleads guilty after arriving on plane from Ukraine with a laptop crammed full of stolen credit card details
In episode 15 of “The AI Fix”, Graham learns there’s one W in Mississippi, ChatGPT finds Mark’s G-spot, nobody watches Megalopolis, Alexa is unmasked as a “commie operative”, and our hosts learn that AI will soon need dedicated nuclear reactors.
Gra… Continue reading The AI Fix #15: AI robot butlers and gigawatt banana highways
Cicada (also known as Cicada3301) is a sophisticated ransomware, written in Rust, that has claimed more than 20 victims since its discovery in June 2024.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Cicada ransomware – what you need to know
There’s a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief.
Plus – don’t miss our featured interview with Maya Irvi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #383: The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue
In episode 14 of “The AI Fix”, Graham makes an apology, Mark wonders if suicide drones have second thoughts, people pretend to be robots, and some researchers prove that all you need for an AI to generate a somewhat usable version of the computer game … Continue reading The AI Fix #14: There are two Rs in “strawberry”, and an AI makes unsmellable smells
A former IT engineer is facing federal charges in the United States after his former employer found it had been locked out of its computer systems and received a demand for $750,000.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading IT worker charged over $750,000 cyber extortion plot against former employer