Getty Images reader comments 10 with Share this story Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a widely used WordPress plugin that gives them the ability to take complete control of millions of sites, researchers said. The vulnerability, which carries a severity rating of 8.8 out of a possible 10, is present in Elementor […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
These angry Dutch farmers really hate Microsoft
reader comments 109 with Share this story As soon as Lars Ruiter steps out of his car, he is confronted by a Microsoft security guard, who is already seething with anger. Ruiter, a local councillor, has parked in the rain outside a half-finished Microsoft data center that rises out of the flat North Holland farmland. […]
The Download: toxic chemicals, and Russia’s cyberwar tactics
What are chemical pollutants doing to our bodies? It’s a timely question given that last week, people in Philadelphia cleared grocery shelves of bottled water after a toxic leak from a chemical plant spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of drinking water for 14 million people. And it was only last […]
Multi-die systems define the future of semiconductors
Few business leaders, however, are keeping pace with the latest developments in this arena. Multi-die technology is still an enigma to many executives. A recent poll by MIT Technology Review Insights asked business leaders about their awareness of this design strategy—and found that 62% of respondents are either uninterested, unaware, or only somewhat aware of […]
We’re inhaling, eating, and drinking toxic chemicals. Now we need to figure out how they’re affecting us.
Take lead, for example. While the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that there is “no safe level” of lead in children’s blood, the organization sets a blood lead reference value (BLRV) to help determine when levels are high enough to require medical intervention. In 2012, this level was set at 5 […]
3CX knew its app was flagged as malicious, but took no action for 7 days
reader comments 16 with Share this story The support team for 3CX, the VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users, was aware its desktop app was being flagged as malware, but decided to take no action for a week when it learned it was on the receiving end of […]
Griffin on Tech: Don’t hit pause on AI, regulate its use now
The Elon Musk-funded Future of Life Institute this week issued an open letter calling on artificial intelligence research labs to suspend work on their most advanced projects. Musk, who has described advances in AI as “summoning the demon” has tended to overestimate the pace of development of the field towards the artificial general intelligence (AGI) […]
AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti astounds with terrible beauty
Enlarge / Stills from an AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti that has been heating up the Internet. reader comments 61 with Share this story Amid this past week’s controversies in AI over regulation, fears of world-ending doom, and job disruption, the clouds have briefly parted. For a brief and shining moment, we can […]
Trojanized Windows and Mac apps rain down on 3CX users in massive supply chain attack
Getty Images reader comments 11 with Share this story Hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government have pulled off a massive supply chain attack on Windows and macOS users of 3CX, a widely used voice and video calling desktop client, researchers from multiple security firms said. The attack compromised the software build system […]
Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine
Enlarge / Locked out. reader comments 10 with Share this story Threat actors aligned with Russia and Belarus are targeting elected US officials supporting Ukraine, using attacks that attempt to compromise their email accounts, researchers from security firm Proofpoint said. The campaign, which also targets officials of European nations, uses malicious JavaScript that’s customized for […]