Elon Musk accused of hypocrisy over doxxing
Elon Musk has been accused of hypocrisy after he appeared to search for Mark Zuckerberg’s home address on Google during a livestream. Musk had previously banned the ElonJet account, which tracks the movements of his private jet, claiming that it was “doxxing.” However, he has now been accused of doing the same thing himself by […]
Open source models race to beat GPT-4 on coding tasks
Two open source models, WizardCoder 34B by Wizard LM and CodeLlama-34B by Phind, have been released in the last few days. Both models are based on Code Llama, a large language model (LLM) developed by Meta. Wizard LM claims that WizardCoder 34B outperformed GPT-4, ChatGPT-3.5, and Claude-2 on HumanEval, a benchmark for evaluating the coding […]
Meta to open source GPT-5 level model
Meta has been open sourcing almost all of its AI creations in recent years, and the company has been praised for its commitment to open source. A new report however raised concerns about Meta’s plans to open source a GPT-5 level model. The report, which was posted on the X forum (formerly known as Twitter) […]
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Enterprise for businesses
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Enterprise, an enterprise-grade version of its popular generative AI chatbot. ChatGPT Enterprise is designed to meet the security and privacy needs of businesses, and it offers a number of features that are not available in the consumer version of ChatGPT. The features include encryption in transit and at rest, and it […]
Meta takes down Chinese propaganda network
Meta has taken down a massive network of fake accounts that were spreading pro-China propaganda on its platform. The company said the accounts were linked to “individuals associated with Chinese law enforcement” and were active on dozens of other platforms as well. The network consisted of 7,704 Facebook accounts, 954 Pages, 15 Groups, and 15 […]
Cyber Security Today, August 30, 2023 – More ransomware and MOVEit attack numbers, and an attack on a Rust repository
This episode reports on QR codes being used by threat actors, statistics on ransomware and MOVEit hacks
Chinese hackers target government agencies with Barracuda ESG zero-day
Chinese hackers targeted and breached government and government-linked organizations worldwide in recent attacks targeting a Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) zero-day. The attacks, which were motivated by espionage, were carried out by a threat actor tracked as UNC4841. The attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the ESG appliance to gain remote access to compromised systems. […]
Windows ‘blue screens’ not caused by August 2023 updates
Microsoft has acknowledged that the recent wave of blue screens affecting some Windows users is not caused by issues in its August 2023 optional updates. In a statement, Microsoft explained that the ‘UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR’ error wasn’t linked to KB5029351 and is isolated to a specific subset of processors. It is collaborating with device manufacturers and will […]
FBI takes down Qakbot
The FBI has taken down Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date. The botnet was used by ransomware gangs to infect over 700,000 computers worldwide, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The FBI was able to take down Qakbot by infiltrating the botnet’s infrastructure and redirecting traffic to servers controlled […]
Amazon CEO says remote work won’t work out
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned employees who don’t want to return to the office that it’s “not going to work out for you.” Jassy made the comments during a meeting with employees earlier this month. He said that the company’s decision to require employees to return to the office was a “judgment call” and […]
