ChatGPT wrote code that can make databases leak sensitive information

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A vulnerability in Open AI’s ChatGPT – now fixed – could have been used by malicious actors Amir Sajjad/Shutterstock Researchers manipulated ChatGPT and five other commercial AI tools to create malicious code that could leak sensitive information from online databases, delete critical data or disrupt database cloud services in a first-of-its-kind demonstration. The work has …

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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

The US National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images A prominent cryptography expert has told New Scientist that a US spy agency could be weakening a new generation of algorithms designed to protect against hackers equipped with quantum computers. Daniel Bernstein at the University of Illinois Chicago says that …

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The cyber-lawyer who wants to teach everyone how to hack

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Scott Shapiro wants to teach the world how to hack. An expert on legal philosophy and the founding director of Yale University’s Cybersecurity Lab, his day job is to provide cutting-edge teaching for Yale law students on how the online world works and how to keep it secure. He believes that we can only effectively …

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Ukraine’s army of hackers failed to thwart Russia and quickly gave up

As Russia invaded Ukraine, much was made of Ukraine’s volunteer “hacktivist” army, but an analysis of cyberattacks against Russia suggests they achieved little more than minor digital graffiti Technology 1 September 2022 By Chris Stokel-Walker The role of the digital battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war is unclear Shutterstock/ViennaVecto​rs Ukraine’s highly touted “hacktivist” army abandoned cyber …

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