Fake investment ads persist on Meta’s social networks
Despite measures being put in place to block them, misleading and fraudulent investment adverts continue to be shown to UK consumers using Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms, according to...
Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors
Enlarge / If you're going to come at port 443, you best not miss (or forget to put a space between URL and port).Getty Images KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that...
10 e-commerce marketing strategies for your business
Without a clear e-commerce marketing strategy, organizations could face significant challenges as consumer behaviors change. E-commerce sales boomed in 2020 and beyond due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then,...
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data
It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data...
Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix
Enlarge / Two examples of Stable Diffusion-generated artwork provided by Apple.Apple On Wednesday, Apple released optimizations that allow the Stable Diffusion AI image generator to run on Apple Silicon using...
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices
Mayors' offices and courts in Russia are under attack by never-before-seen malware that poses as ransomware but is actually a wiper that permanently destroys data on an infected system, according...
Twitter ‘replacement’ Hive shuts off service in privacy alert
Hive Social, a social media network that has gained significant traction as a potential Twitter “replacement” after the latter was taken over by erratic tech billionaire Elon Musk, has...
OpenAI invites everyone to test new AI-powered chatbot—with amusing results
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a chatbot exploding forth from squiggly radial lines, as was foretold by the prompt.Benj Edwards / Ars Technica On Wednesday, OpenAI announced ChatGPT, a...
What is Google+ (Google Plus)? – TechTarget Definition?
What is Google+ (Google Plus)? Google+ (pronounced Google plus) was a Google social networking platform discontinued for personal use in 2019. Initially, the Google+ design team sought to replicate the...
Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data
Hive Social Hive Social, a social media platform that has seen meteoric growth since Elon Musk took over Twitter, abruptly shut down its service on Wednesday after a security advisory...