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Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A critical vulnerability patched 10 days ago in widely used email software from IT security company Barracuda Networks has been under active exploitation since October. The vulnerability has been used to install multiple pieces of malware inside large organization networks and steal data, Barracuda said Tuesday. The software bug, tracked as...

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OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “AI taking over the world.” (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) released a single-sentence statement signed by executives from OpenAI and DeepMind, Turing Award winners, and other AI researchers warning that their life’s work could potentially extinguish all of humanity. The brief statement, which...

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Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days

Enlarge Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have found. An analysis Talos published on Thursday provides the most detailed...

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Green hills forever: Windows XP activation algorithm cracked after 21 years

Enlarge / With this background, potentially the most viewed photograph in human history, Windows XP always signaled that it was prepared for a peaceful retirement. Yet some would have us disturb it. (credit: Charles O’Rear/Microsoft) It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get...