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4 Ways North Korea Is Targeting Security Researchers

SecureWorld News

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been working for several months to try to identify who is behind an ongoing campaign targeting security researchers, specifically those who work on vulnerability research and development at a variety of organizations. However, because they are heroes, they are also targets.

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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

SecureWorld News

One notorious hacking group from Iran uses particularly dirty schemes to fleece users, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG). According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S. Users were instructed to activate an invitation to a (fake) webinar by logging in.

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Healthcare CIOs Prepare To Safeguard Covid-19 Vaccines

The Accidental Successful CIO

As the leading vaccine candidates advance closer to use, CIOs at vaccine makers such as Pfizer are deploying GPS software for tracking distribution and plotting fake shipments in dummy trucks to confuse criminals. The good news is that CIOs understand that they may have a situation on their hands as Covid-19 vaccines become available.

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Timnit Gebru was fired from Google — then the harassers arrived

The Verge

Gebru suspected they were sock puppets, fake profiles created for the sole purpose of harassment, since many had popped up around her firing. To Gebru, the harassment wouldn’t be possible without Jeff Dean, who stayed quiet about the campaign for months, despite being tagged in numerous posts. “He Who is fired?

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What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?

Vox

CSA Archive / Getty Images Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and other tech companies are trying new ways to label content made by AI. On May 22, a fake photo of an explosion at the Pentagon caused chaos online. But in the short amount of time it circulated, the fake image had a real impact and even briefly moved financial markets.

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This bot plays hot tunes: Super Hi-Fi and WellSaid Labs use AI to create a lifelike DJ

GeekWire

As he turns from a Foo Fighters tune to the Smashing Pumpkins, Andy sounds just like your typical alternative-rock DJ — but his tag line is positively inhuman. Time for a commercial (it’s a fake ad , with deleted phone digits): [link]. What’ll be the playlist for the robot takeover? Bigstock Illustration / © mast3r).

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Instagram would be better off without Facebook

The Verge

From the onset, it boosted Instagram’s visibility by tagging photos posted to Facebook from Instagram with a link to the app and prompted people to follow their Facebook friends on Instagram. Instagram has, miraculously, avoided most of this blowback, although misinformation and conspiracy theories still thrive on the platform.