Mozilla will open Firefox for Android for more extensions (blog.mozilla.org)
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google (arstechnica.com)
It is perhaps another sign of how bad things have become with Google’s search results—full of algorithmically generated junk sites—that publications like CNET are driven to such extremes to stay above the sea of noise....
Downsides to chatgpt?
It just feels too good to be true....
Statc Stealer: Windows malware stealing information from web browsers and apps, including login data, cookies, web data, and preferences, stealing cryptocurrency wallets, credentials, passwords, etc. (www.zscaler.com)
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Saving Vivaldi Social from doom: A Sysadmin adventure (vivaldi.com)
AI's Role in Cybersecurity: Research Reveals How Large Language Models Are Shaping the Future of Phishing Attacks and Defense (i.blackhat.com)
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Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating (www.wired.com)
They knew when to hold em. Knew when to fold 'em. Just not when to walk away and when to run.
Pregnant Black Woman In The U.S. The Latest Victim Of Detroit PD Facial Recognition False Positive (www.techdirt.com)
Security experts discover flaw in the random-number generator used to create wallet private keys on Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x versions (milksad.info)
Bad actors are actively exploiting this flaw to steal funds from affected wallets on multiple blockchains, they say.
Reflections before the storm: the AI reproduction of biased imagery in global health visuals (www.thelancet.com)
PDF: www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X(2…
A Guide to Enhance Innovative Information with Indexing and Abstracting Services (www.acadecraft.com)
Abstracting involves the creation of a summarized and brief version of a text. Effective Indexing and Abstracting Services enhance information retrieval and access by making it easier for users to locate relevant information quickly. Visit Our Website For More Information www.acadecraft.com/…/abstracting-and-indexing/
The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data (www.confiant.com)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/1680837...
You can make top LLMs break their own rules with gibberish (www.theregister.com)
Paper & Examples...
[ESET Research] MoustachedBouncer: Espionage against foreign diplomats in Belarus, probably collaborating with the Belarus government, by tricking Windows OS (www.welivesecurity.com)
News article: techcrunch.com/…/belarus-hackers-target-foreign-d…...
CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking (www.theverge.com)
[Corp Blog] Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge (www.malwarebytes.com)
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Next-gen OSDP was supposed to make it harder to break in to secure facilities. It failed. (arstechnica.com)
[Corp Blog] AnonAddy has rebranded as addy.io (addy.io)
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[Corp Blog] Twitter Blue to X Phishing Breakout – Gridinsoft Blogs (gridinsoft.com)
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SQLedge - SQLite read replica of a Postgres primary DB (news.ycombinator.com)
SQLedge uses Postgres logical replication to stream the changes in a source Postgres database to a SQLite database that can run on the edge. SQLedge serves reads from its local SQLite database, and forwards writes to the upstream Postgres server that it’s replicating from....
Google fails to end $5 billion consumer privacy lawsuit (neuters.de)
Opinion | Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office (wapo.st)
WP gift link expires in 14 days....
A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/hguLn...
Open discussion among MIT professors about "The Impact of ChatGPT" (2023) [22min] (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/3650559...
😡Just learned that blocking a caller on android doesn't block their voicemails😡
How fucking stupid is that? Sorry, but not having a good morning. This is like when I found out you can’t set the number of rings either. Sometimes I just want to smash all my tech and go back to rocks, sticks, and leaves.