Researchers demonstrated multiple prompt injection attacks and content manipulation methods affecting Google Gemini, all in relatively simple ways that have previously compromised other AI systems.
The EU’s AI law has passed its last major hurdle in the European Parliament with massive support, and pending some final formalities in the coming weeks is about to go into force.
The total reported cost of cybercrime in 2023 was $12.5 billion; this number has tended to see leaps of two to three billion each year since 2019, when it was only at $3.5 billion. This is only the cost determined by incidents logged by the FBI, however.
Another leading ransomware gang appears to have folded to international law enforcement pressure, as BlackCat has closed up shop roughly three months after having infrastructure seized by an FBI-led coalition. The group has chosen to burn bridges on its way out, however, pulling an exit scam on its remaining affiliates.
The January attack on Microsoft was worse than initially reported, with an update from the company indicating the Russian hackers may have stolen source code and accessed private email exchanges between corporate accounts and customers.
Theoretical GenAI attack can corrupt the databases of the likes of ChatGPT and Gemini Pro, causing them to pass on a form of self-replicating malware that can be used to send emails and steal files.
Chinese smart cars pose a variety of potential national security risks, according to the Biden administration. The administration has expressed concern about Chinese smart cars being used as tools of international espionage and that a mass remote shutdown of electric vehicles could be used to cause destruction.
OpenAI contends that NYT essentially hacked ChatGPT to defend its copyright lawsuit. It notes that the paper may have had to use thousands to tens of thousands of prompts to get the chatbot to “hallucinate” part of an existing article.
The LockBit ransomware group has set up a new data leak site and also posted a long and defiant rant indicating that it intends to keep operating and that its leader, who goes by “LockBitSupp,” is not working with law enforcement as was previously reported.
China’s already vast teams of state-sponsored hackers are getting a boost from private outfits, new documents reveal. A document leak from one of these firms, one of many that compete for government contracts, shows how the Chinese hackers target overseas organizations.