Generative AI’s Biggest Security Flaw Is Not Easy to Fix
Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are vulnerable to indirect prompt injection attacks. Security researchers say the holes can be plugged—sort of.
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Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News, Security Roundup, Tech Industry, Tech News2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains
Read more: 2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted TrainsPlus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more.
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Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android
Read more: Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and AndroidPlus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise companies Ivanti, Cisco, and SAP roll out a slew of updates to get rid of some high-severity bugs.
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Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs
Read more: Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime GangsA WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member.
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The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests
Read more: The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing ContestsThe competitions, which are held on Russian-language cybercrime forums, offer prize money of up to $80,000 for the winners.
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The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System
Read more: The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway SystemThe sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.
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The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
Read more: The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat MessageA ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.
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The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
Read more: The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat MessageA ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.
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This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
Read more: This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the USThe US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.
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Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies
Read more: Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity CompaniesMusician Alex Pall spoke with WIRED about his VC firm, the importance of raising cybersecurity awareness in a rapidly digitizing world, and his surprise that hackers know how to go hard.
