The cryptocurrency exchange lost more than $1 billion in the second quarter.
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Phishers who breached Twilio and fooled Cloudflare could easily get you, too
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) At least two security-sensitive companies—Twilio and Cloudflare—were targeted in a phishing attack by an advanced threat actor who had possession of home phone numbers of not just employees but employees’ family members as well. In the case of Twilio, a San Francisco-based provider of two-factor authentication and communication services, the unknown...
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10 malicious Python packages exposed in latest repository attack
Enlarge / Supply-chain attacks, like the latest PyPi discovery, insert malicious code into seemingly functional software packages used by developers. They’re becoming increasingly common. (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have discovered yet another set of malicious packages in PyPi, the official and most popular repository for Python programs and code libraries. Those duped by the seemingly familiar...
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Setting our heart-attack-predicting AI loose with “no-code” tools
Enlarge / Ahhh, the easy button! (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) This is the second episode in our exploration of “no-code” machine learning. In our first article, we laid out our problem set and discussed the data we would use to test whether a highly automated ML tool designed for business analysts could return...
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SGX, Intel’s supposedly impregnable data fortress, has been breached yet again
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel’s latest generation of CPUs contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain encryption keys and other confidential information protected by the company’s software guard extensions, the advanced feature that acts as a digital vault for security users’ most sensitive secrets. Abbreviated as SGX, the protection is designed to provide a fortress...
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Crypto and the US government are headed for a decisive showdown
Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey | Getty Images) If you have paid casual attention to crypto news over the past few years, you probably have a sense that the crypto market is unregulated—a tech-driven Wild West in which the rules of traditional finance do not apply. If you were Ishan Wahi, however, you would probably not...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can’t think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
His success has inspired a new generation of conspiracy theorists, who have learned how to stay away from legal trouble.
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Plug-In Hybrid Cars Gain Ground in Race With Electric Rivals
There has been a surge in the sales of cars that can travel short distances on just electricity and have a gasoline engine for longer trips.
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4 iPhone and Android Tricks You May Not Know About
Keeping up with new software features can be a chore, but here are a few tools from recent updates that may be useful — and potentially lifesaving.