Monthly Archives: April 2024

Zombie worm continues to infect millions of IPs years after it was left for dead

Getty Images reader comments 2 A now-abandoned USB worm that backdoors connected devices has continued to self-replicate for years since its creators lost control of it and remains active on thousands, possibly millions, of machines, researchers said Thursday. The worm—which first came to light in a 2023 post published by security firm Sophos—became active in… Read More »

School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis

reader comments 122 On Thursday, Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, Dazhon Darien, and charged him with using AI to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, according to a report by The Baltimore Banner. Police say Darien used AI voice synthesis software to simulate Eiswert’s voice, leading the public to believe the principal… Read More »

Rafael Devers shares positive thoughts on Red Sox through 25 games

The Boston Red Sox have started the season off well, compiling a 14-11 record through the team’s first 25 games despite injuries to a number of talented players, including three of their five starting pitchers. Third baseman Rafael Devers just returned from his knee injury on Wednesday and promptly went 3-for-4 with a home run… Read More »

Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks

reader comments 16 Hackers backed by a powerful nation-state have been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls in a five-month-long campaign that breaks into government networks around the world, researchers reported Wednesday. The attacks against Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances firewalls are the latest in a rash of network compromises that target firewalls, VPNs, and… Read More »

Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules

reader comments 15 On Friday, a federal judicial panel convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the challenges of policing AI-generated evidence in court trials, according to a Reuters report. The US Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, an eight-member panel responsible for drafting evidence-related amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, heard from computer… Read More »