Nearly 1 million Windows devices were targeted in recent months by a sophisticated “malvertising” campaign that surreptitiously stole login credentials, cryptocurrency, and other sensitive information from infected machines, Microsoft said. The campaign began in December, when the attackers, who remain unknown, seeded websites with links that downloaded ads from malicious servers. The links led targeted...
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Trump Signs Order to Create a ‘Crypto Reserve,’ Adviser Says
The first-of-its-kind reserve would be anchored by a stash of Bitcoin the government already owns, estimated to be worth billions of dollars, the White House’s crypto czar said.
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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost $1.5 billion to North Korean hackers last month — and it all traced back to an account on a free digital storage service.
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StubHub Eyes Potential I.P.O. as Soon as This Year
The ticket reselling site joins the social chat app Discord and the artificial intelligence company CoreWeave in pursuing a public offering.
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Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms
Facing the looming threat of A.I. as a competitor, some publishers are considering an alternative to the internet’s all-powerful algorithms.
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How Dan Bongino Would Run the F.B.I., According to Dan Bongino
The newly appointed deputy director of the F.B.I. has a long history of criticizing the bureau and its leadership. He has promised “dramatic change.”
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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of examples. Their system tackles some types of abstract pattern-matching tasks using only the puzzles themselves, challenging conventional wisdom about how machine learning systems acquire problem-solving abilities. “Can...
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Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering what is likely to be the biggest denial-of-service attack ever seen, a security researcher inside Nokia said. The botnet, tracked under the name Eleven11bot, first came to light in late February when researchers inside Nokia’s...
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(BPRW) Brandcil Announces Exciting New Benefits in Upcoming Major Release
(Black PR Wire) San Francisco, CA – Brandcil, which has continued rapid development and innovation in social media management, is thrilled to announce an upcoming major platform release. Feedback from Instagram and TikTok users helped refine easy to…
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Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.
The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users.