LLMs and Tool Use
September 8 2023Last March, just two weeks after GPT-4 was released, researchers at Microsoft quietly announced a plan to compile millions of APIs—tools that can do everything from...
Read moreThe Hacker Tool to Get Personal Data from Credit Bureaus
September 7 2023The new site 404 Media has a good article on how hackers are cheaply getting personal information from credit bureaus:
This is the result of a secret weapon criminals...
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Cryptocurrency Startup Loses Encryption Key for Electronic Wallet
September 6 2023The cryptocurrency fintech startup Prime Trust lost the encryption key to its hardware wallet—and the recovery key—and therefore $38.9 million. It is now in bankruptcy. I can’t understand why anyone...
Read moreInconsistencies in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
September 5 2023Interesting research:
Shedding Light on CVSS Scoring Inconsistencies: A User-Centric Study on Evaluating Widespread Security Vulnerabilities
Abstract: The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is a popular method for evaluating the...
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Friday Squid Blogging: We’re Genetically Engineering Squid Now
September 2 2023Is this a good idea?
The transparent squid is a genetically altered version of the hummingbird bobtail squid, a species usually found in the tropical waters from Indonesia...
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Spyware Vendor Hacked
September 1 2023A Brazilian spyware app vendor was hacked by activists:
In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several security vulnerabilities that...
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Own Your Own Government Surveillance Van
August 31 2023A used government surveillance van is for sale in Chicago:
So how was this van turned into a mobile spying center? Well, let’s start with how it has more...
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When Apps Go Rogue
August 30 2023Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad.
With more official macOS features added...
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Identity Theft from 1965 Uncovered through Face Recognition
August 29 2023Interesting story:
Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after his sibling’s death as an infant, and used the stolen identity...
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