At the recent Future Combat Air and Space Capabilities summit, the head of AI testing and operations at the US Air Force said that during a simulation, an AI-controlled drone “killed” its human operator because it interfered with its task. Colonel Tucker Hamilton, head of AI testing and operations, gave a presentation in which he… Continue reading The AI-Controlled Drone Did Not “Kill” Its Operator Even During the Simulation. At Least for Now
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The Researcher Hacked His Own Bank Account by Imitating a Voice with AI
The journalist Vice Motherboard Joseph Cox hacked the bank account by imitating a voice with the help of AI, which proved that the voice ID used by banks in the USA and Europe is not a very safe way to enter the account. The system managed to deceive with the help of the voice, synthesized… Continue reading The Researcher Hacked His Own Bank Account by Imitating a Voice with AI
Fraudsters arrested for years running fake site to order assassinations
Romanian police have arrested five men behind the dark web’s most notorious assassinations sites: Besa Mafia, Camorra Hitman, and, more recently, Hitman Marketplace #1. The resource was fake, and the site administrators did not know any killers, but this did not stop them from taking from 5,000 to 20,000 dollars in bitcoins to search for… Continue reading Fraudsters arrested for years running fake site to order assassinations
Anonymous claims they hacked dozens of CCTV cameras in Russia
Anonymous hacktivists claimed on Twitter that they had hacked and gained access to dozens of external and internal security cameras in Russia, located, according to the hackers, in restaurants, offices, schools and so on. The feeds from the cameras are collected on a special site called Behind Enemy Lines, where various messages are superimposed on… Continue reading Anonymous claims they hacked dozens of CCTV cameras in Russia
Google fired dozens of employees for data abuse
The Vice Motherboard has obtained internal Google documents stating that the company has fired dozens of employees for data abuse. The documents describe investigations into cases where Google employees used their positions to steal, leak, or abuse data they had access to. According to these papers, between 2018 and 2020, the company fired dozens of… Continue reading Google fired dozens of employees for data abuse
Slack Connect DM new feature drew a barrage of criticism
This week Slack Messenger developers announced a new Connect DM feature that allows sending messages directly to any Slack user in any organization. The developers positioned it as a new and convenient way to communicate with business partners. However, users and cybersecurity experts did not like the new functionality included by default. The fact is… Continue reading Slack Connect DM new feature drew a barrage of criticism