During a summer internship at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Ivy Mahncke, an undergraduate student of robotics engineering at Olin College of Engineering, took a hands-on approach to testing algorithms for …
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Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement
New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private …
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 26th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9826, (Thu, Feb 26th)
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 26th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9826
OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take …
[This is a guest diary contributed by Claire Perry ( LinkedIn )] PDF Version The structural integrity of modern society is predicated upon a dense and often opaque network of interconnected systems. …
Finding Signal in the Noise: Lessons Learned Running a Honeypot with AI Assistance [Guest Diary], (Tue, Feb 24th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Austin Bodolay, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Over the past several months, I have gained practical insight into the challenges of deploying and …
News diary February 16-22: Covid inquiry enters final stage, Baftas, Chinese New Year
Pamela Anderson at the Baftas in February 2025. Picture: Loredana Sangiuliano/Shutterstock The tenth and final part of the ongoing UK Covid‑19 Inquiry, titled “Impact on society”, begins on Monday, …
Boost in vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories as Australia prepares to roll out Pfizer booster for adults
Australia will begin offering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to eligible members of its adult population on November 8. News that the country’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods …
Videos of anti-vaccine healthcare workers being removed from jobs reinforce misleading claims
Several videos of anti-vaccine medical workers recording themselves being suspended or fired from their jobs at healthcare facilities have generated significant interest in the past few days. Most …
Facebook comment sections rife with misinformation following Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill announcement
Last week Pfizer published interim trial results for its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which the company said reduced the chance of hospitalization or death for some adults by almost …
Disinformation actors share misconstrued narratives about coronavirus spike protein to push vaccine skepticism
Vaccine misinformation concerning the coronavirus spike protein has again picked up in recent days. Vaccine skeptics and deniers have weaponized this medical term to deter people from trusting …
Breadcrumb Innovation & AI Technology AI Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed Feb 26, 2026 · Share x.com Facebook LinkedIn …
The Nightmare Returns in the Cloud: GeForce NOW Unleashes Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil Requiem’
GeForce NOW ’s anniversary celebration reaches a chilling crescendo as Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem creeps into the cloud — and the horrors look better than ever on a GeForce NOW Ultimate …
Reasoning large language models (LLMs) are designed to solve complex problems by breaking them down into a series of smaller steps. These powerful models are particularly good at challenging tasks …
Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world
Have you ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn’t work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like decor and personal accessories, generative artificial intelligence …
Studying gene expression in a cancer patient’s cells can help clinical biologists understand the cancer’s origin and predict the success of different treatments. But cells are complex and contain many …
ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9828, (Fri, Feb 27th)
ISC Stormcast For Friday, February 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9828
If you’ve ever done Linux memory forensics, you know the frustration: without debug symbols that match the exact kernel version, you’re stuck. These symbols aren’t typically installed on production …
In my previous blog post I mentioned the GetProcessHandleFromHwnd API. This was an API I didnât know existed until I found a publicly disclosed UAC bypass using the Quick Assist UI Access …
Poisoning AI Training Data All it takes to poison AI training data is to create a website: I spent 20 minutes writing an article on my personal website titled “The best tech journalists at eating hot …
LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords LLMs are bad at generating passwords: There are strong noticeable patterns among these 50 passwords that can be seen easily: All of the passwords start with a …
False comparisons have again been drawn between Nazi Germany and Covid-19 pandemic measures, this time prompted by the introduction of a lockdown for people in Austria who are not fully vaccinated. …
As the United States is poised to roll out its Covid-19 vaccine booster program for all adults, misleading information on social media around this latest development is likely to become the focal …
False claims and conspiracy theories about Omicron emerge online alongside the new variant
False claims and conspiracy theories about the new Covid-19 variant Omicron emerged online after the variant was reported by South Africa to the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 24. The WHO …
What does the rise of live, audio-based social media mean for identifying and moderating misinformation? We’ve taken a look at the platforms and their moderation policies, and offer some key takeaways …