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The AOL hacking tool that invented phishing and inspired a generation
AOL’s most legendary hacker built his seminal app through trial and error—the same way he rebuilt his life.
How China’s Patriotic ‘Honkers’ Became the Nation’s Elite Cyberspies
A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage ...
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Novel malware from Russia’s APT28 prompts LLMs to create malicious Windows commands
Recent attacks by the state-run cyberespionage group against Ukrainian government targets included malware capable of ...
A programmer beat an OpenAI tool at coding. He says the AI made him push himself to win.
"Congrats to the champion for holding us off this time," OpenAI wrote after its model came second at the AtCoder Heuristics ...
UK ties GRU to stealthy Microsoft 365 credential-stealing malware
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has formally attributed 'Authentic Antics' espionage malware attacks to APT28 ...
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Clever DIYer Turns Old Memory Chips Into a CPU
If you have bins of old PC hardware sitting around—or if you just like DIY projects—this one’s for you. An intrepid YouTuber built himself a functioning processor using a collection of EPROMs, which ...