Cybercrime
The rise of Dark LLMs: DDoS-for-hire cybercriminals are using AI assistants to mastermind attacks
Lawbreaking language models lower the barrier of entry for unskilled crooks and make it frighteningly easy to launch crime campaigns.
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ChatGPT
OpenAI boss Sam Altman vows to fix ChatGPT's em-dash addiction (and finally end LinkedIn's "is this AI writing" debate)
Will an upcoming GPT update finally stop the social media obsession with a punctuation mark that's become a meme of the AI age?
Opinion
Adapting to Digital Darwinism: Will AI create a permanent new class divide?
"LLMs, GenAI, predictive analytics and intelligent automation are pushing organizations to reassess who remains relevant in the digital economy."
Security
Microsoft blames China for SharePoint ToolShell attacks, governments and nuclear weapons agency targeted
Fear turned to panic as scary 9.8 CVSS vulnerability came under active exploitation by bad guys including nation-state attackers.
Tech culture
Crazy game: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's mysterious lost video games
We dig into the forgotten and semi-mythical titles starring the legendary Prince of Darkness, who died yesterday aged 76.
Ransomware
UK public bodies to be banned from making payments to ransomware gangs
"These new measures help undermine the criminal ecosystem that is causing harm across our economy."
Opinion
Retrofitting, not rebuilding: A sustainable approach to data centre expansion
Can refurbishing preloved facilities offer a greener, more economically conscious alternative to constant new builds?
Security
Sharepoint under attack: Microsoft rocked by "high-severity, high-urgency" Toolshell zero-day
"You should assume that you have been compromised at this point. Patching alone is insufficient to fully evict the threat."
LLMs
Local language models: Building a personal AI assistant with LM Studio
The first of a two-part series on how to spin up a large language model (LLM) using an ordinary, consumer-level home computer.
Opinion
Trust in the cloud: Building transparent data relationships in Europe
"Data sovereignty represents more than a technical solution - it's Europe's requirement in rebuilding trust in the digital age."
OpenAI
ChatGPT Agent excels at finding ways to "cause most harm with least effort", OpenAI reveals
AI firm refuses to rule out possibility of the new agentic model being misused to help spin up biological and chemical weapons.
Hacktivism
Europol leads global takedown of pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16)
Cops smash Moscow-linked group blamed for a number of DDoS attacks and believed to wield a huge botnet.