General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

Despite total lack of specifics, rumored collaboration has everyone guessing.
Publish Date: 9/27/2023
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Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”

The modified firmware used by BlackTech is hard to detect.
Publish Date: 9/27/2023
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Spotify uses AI to clone and translate podcaster voices in new pilot program

Feature hopes to remove language barriers, but will speakers know if translations are faulty?
Publish Date: 9/27/2023
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Google quietly corrects previously submitted disclosure for critical webp 0-day

Previous CVE submission failed to mention that thousands of apps were affected.
Publish Date: 9/27/2023
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GPUs from all major suppliers are vulnerable to new pixel-stealing attack

A previously unknown compression side channel in GPUs can expose images thought to be private.
Publish Date: 9/26/2023
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Can you melt eggs? Quora’s AI says “yes,” and Google is sharing the result

Incorrect AI-generated answers are forming a feedback loop of misinformation online.
Publish Date: 9/26/2023
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ChatGPT update enables its AI to “see, hear, and speak,“ according to OpenAI

Image recognition and voice features aim to make the AI bot's interface more intuitive.
Publish Date: 9/25/2023
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Getty Images subscribers to get access to AI image generator

Getty will indemnify customers against lawsuits and pay artists on "recurring basis."
Publish Date: 9/25/2023
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3 iOS 0-days, a cellular network compromise, and HTTP used to infect an iPhone

Apple patches 3 zero-days after they were used in a sophisticated attack.
Publish Date: 9/23/2023
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Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters

No one mentioned that libwebp, a library found in millions of apps, was a 0-day origin.
Publish Date: 9/21/2023
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AI-generated books force Amazon to cap e-book publications to 3 per day

Amazon: "To help protect against abuse, we are lowering the volume limits we have in place."
Publish Date: 9/21/2023
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OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity

With better response to details and text, DALL-E 3 hopes to make prompt engineering obsolete.
Publish Date: 9/20/2023
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The Signal Protocol used by 1+ billion people is getting a post-quantum makeover

Update prepares for the inevitable fall of today's cryptographic protocols.
Publish Date: 9/20/2023
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Telling AI model to “take a deep breath” causes math scores to soar in study

DeepMind used AI models to optimize their own prompts, with surprising results.
Publish Date: 9/19/2023
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Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers

Google admits that Bard isn't always accurate; ropes in Gmail through new Extensions.
Publish Date: 9/19/2023
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Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks.
Publish Date: 9/18/2023
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Panos Panay, leader of the Surface and Windows teams, is leaving Microsoft

Will be replaced by Yusuf Mehdi, who has been leading the way on AI efforts.
Publish Date: 9/18/2023
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Funky AI-generated spiraling medieval village captivates social media

Graham: "This was the point where AI-generated art passed the Turing Test for me."
Publish Date: 9/15/2023
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How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse

Google's app for generating MFA codes syncs to user accounts by default. Who knew?
Publish Date: 9/15/2023
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Private AI summit with senators, titans of tech garners controversy

With 14 of 22 attendees being CEOs, some experts say key voices were missing.
Publish Date: 9/14/2023
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