Suspect arrested in Snowflake data-theft attacks affecting millions

Suspect arrested in Snowflake data-theft attacks affecting millions

Canadian authorities have arrested a man on suspicion he breached hundreds of accounts belonging to users of cloud storage provider Snowflake and used that access to steal personal data belonging to millions of people, authorities said Tuesday. “Following a request by the United States, Alexander Moucka (aka Connor Moucka) was arrested on a provisional arrest…

New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright

New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright

On Friday, TriStar Pictures released Here, a $50 million Robert Zemeckis-directed film that used real-time generative AI face transformation techniques to portray actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright across a 60-year age span, marking one of Hollywood’s first full-length features built around AI-powered visual effects. The film adapts a 2014 graphic novel set primarily in…

Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run

Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run

On Friday, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that AI chipmaker Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, marking a seismic shift in the semiconductor industry and ending Intel’s 25-year run on the prestigious stock market index. The change takes effect on November 8. “The index changes were initiated to ensure a more…

Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings

Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings

On Friday, Perplexity launched an election information hub that relies on data from The Associated Press and Democracy Works to provide live updates and information about the 2024 US general election, which takes place on Tuesday, November 5. “Starting Tuesday, we’ll be offering live updates on elections using data from The Associated Press so you…

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive password spray attacks against users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, the company warned Thursday. The malicious network, made up almost entirely of TP-Link routers, was first documented in October 2023…

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak

The Colorado Department of State said it accidentally posted a spreadsheet containing “partial passwords” for voting systems. The department said there is no “immediate security threat” because two passwords are needed for each component, but it is trying to complete password changes by the end of today. There were reportedly hundreds of BIOS passwords accessible…

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on

One of the biggest bummers about the modern Internet has been the decline of Google Search. Once an essential part of using the web, it’s now a shadow of its former self, full of SEO-fueled junk and AI-generated spam. On Thursday, OpenAI announced a new feature of ChatGPT that could potentially replace Google Search for…

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals

After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren’t happy. To get a deeper look at the impact that rising costs and overhauls like the end…

Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed

Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed

Dropbox is laying off 528 employees in a move that will reduce its global workforce by 20 percent, CEO Drew Houston announced today. Houston wrote that Dropbox’s core file sync and sharing “business has matured, and we’ve been working to build our next phase of growth with products like Dash,” an “AI-powered universal search” product…

Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy

Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy

Researchers have found new versions of a sophisticated Android financial-fraud Trojan that’s notable for its ability to intercept calls a victim tries to place to customer-support personnel of their banks. FakeCall first came to public attention in 2022, when researchers from security firm Kaspersky reported that the malicious app wasn’t your average banking Trojan. Besides containing…