11m ago
Ottawa man accused of running Kimwolf botnet arrested in Canada
Jacob Butler, 23, faces Canadian charges and a U.S. extradition case over an IoT botnet prosecutors say powered major DD...
By Mara Chen-Doyle/section
Security/
15m ago
Cannes Lions turns the ad business into a beachside ad for itself
At Cannes Lions, tech platforms, adtech firms and brands sold access to audiences, yachts and each other, according to 4...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
40m ago
Congress presses CISA over GitHub leak as key rotation drags on
Sen. Maggie Hassan and House Democrats want answers after credentials for CISA systems were exposed through a contractor...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
41m ago
Firms try ‘caveman’ plugin to trim AI token bills
404 Media reports that developers are using a terse-output plugin called “caveman” to rein in costly AI coding assistant...
By Dana Voss
52m ago
Ape laughter study traces the ‘ha ha’ rhythm back 15 million years
Recordings from humans and other great apes suggest timed laughter rhythms were already present in a shared hominid ance...
By Dana Voss
59m ago
Meta support bot trick reportedly exposed Instagram accounts to takeover
Pro-Iran hackers claimed they used Meta’s AI account recovery assistant to reset Instagram passwords and deface prominen...
By Dana Voss
1h ago
Henrico County tells staff to save power as electric bills jump 25%
The Virginia county, home to 37 data centers, expects electricity for government and school buildings to cost $5 million...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1h ago
GPT-4 impersonations beat real UK public figures in authenticity ratings
A PLOS One study found UK participants often rated AI-written answers as more authentic, coherent and relevant than real...
By Dana Voss
1h ago
404 Media reporter rents fake jet set to probe TikTok wealth LARPing
Jason Koebler staged a private-jet hustle video with fake Stripe alerts to show how easily online wealth theater can be...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1h ago
Researcher says Apple email masking flaw can expose real addresses
404 Media says it verified a Hide My Email vulnerability that can reveal addresses Apple’s privacy feature is meant to c...
By Dana Voss
1h ago
AI flower images are being used to sell fake seeds online
404 Media reports scammers are advertising seeds for nonexistent plants on Amazon, eBay and Etsy using AI-generated imag...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1h ago
CISA contractor exposed GovCloud keys in public GitHub repo
Researchers said a public repository tied to a Nightwing employee contained privileged AWS GovCloud credentials and inte...
By Dana Voss