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- Executives targeted in mobile spearphishing attacksby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 20 December 2024 at 05:00
Executives are targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks, and security leaders share their insights.
- Internet-exposed HMIs are a risk to water facilities, CISA warnsby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 19 December 2024 at 09:00
Water and wastewater system facilities have been urged to secure internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs).
- 5M unique credit and debit cards exposed in data breachon 19 December 2024 at 05:00
The details of 5 million unique credit and debit cards were exposed in a data breach.
- Credential phishing attacks rose by 703% in H2 of 2024on 18 December 2024 at 17:00
A new report analyzes scam trends to help organizations prepare for threats in 2025.
- Nearly 400,000 WordPress credentials stolenby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 18 December 2024 at 05:00
A threat actor labelled as MUT-1244 has stolen more than 390,000 WordPress credentials.
- 58,000 individuals’ data exposed after Bitcoin ATM operator hackby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 17 December 2024 at 10:00
A United States Bitcoin ATM operator, Byte Federal, recently disclosed a cyber incident.
- 27 DDoS-for-hire operations shut down by law enforcementby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 17 December 2024 at 05:00
Law enforcement agencies across 15 countries have shut down 27 DDoS-for-hire operations.
- 5 Cybersecurity trends in 2024on 16 December 2024 at 13:00
2024 has seen a number of cybersecurity incidents, including high-profile cyberattacks and rapidly-developing artificial intelligence (AI).
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- 12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recapby Benj Edwards on 20 December 2024 at 22:01
Did OpenAI’s big holiday event live up to the billing?
- OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning modelsby Benj Edwards on 20 December 2024 at 19:31
o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks.
- The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heatedby Benj Edwards on 20 December 2024 at 15:44
Potentially groundbreaking AI releases have been coming in fast, sending experts’ heads spinning.
- Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI modelby Benj Edwards on 19 December 2024 at 21:49
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is Google’s take on so-called AI reasoning models.
- As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bankby Scharon Harding on 19 December 2024 at 20:41
Ingram Micro the latest to ditch VMware, but VMware’s still making money.
- New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than realityby Benj Edwards on 19 December 2024 at 20:10
“Genesis” can compress training times from decades into hours using 3D worlds conjured from text.
- A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movementby Benj Edwards on 19 December 2024 at 15:50
Will Tencent’s “open source” HunyuanVideo launch an at-home “Stable Diffusion” moment for uncensored AI video?
- Arm says it’s losing $50M a year in revenue from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoCsby Andrew Cunningham on 18 December 2024 at 19:40
At issue: Arm SoC designs that Qualcomm acquired when it bought Nuvia in 2021.
- Call ChatGPT from any phone with OpenAI’s new 1-800 voice serviceby Benj Edwards on 18 December 2024 at 18:42
1-800-CHATGPT telephone number lets any US caller talk to OpenAI’s assistant—no smartphone required.
- T-Mobile users can try Starlink-enabled phone service for free during betaby Jon Brodkin on 16 December 2024 at 17:08
Beta registration opened today, will enable texting in dead zones in early 2025.