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LameHug malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows data-theft commands in real-time
A novel malware family named LameHug is using a large language model (LLM) to generate commands to be executed on compromised ...
Malware-as-a-service caught using GitHub to distribute its payloads
The use of GitHub gave the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) a reliable and easy-to-use platform that’s greenlit in many enterprise ...
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AI Companies Want to Read Your Chatbot's Thoughts—And That Might Include Yours
A new paper from 40+ AI safety researchers proposes monitoring the "thoughts" of AI models before they act. Experts warn this ...
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Quantum code breaking? You'd get further with an 8-bit computer, an abacus, and a dog
Computer scientist Peter Gutmann tells The Reg why it's 'bollocks' The US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pushing for the development of post-quantum cryptographic ...