AI models reflect, and often exaggerate, existing gender biases from the real world. It is important to quantify such biases present in models in order to properly address and mitigate them. In this …
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Introduction Imagine yourself a decade ago, jumping directly into the present shock of conversing naturally with an encyclopedic AI that crafts images, writes code, and debates philosophy. Won’t this …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 16, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking This week’s recap shows how small gaps are turning into big entry points. Not always through new exploits, often through tools, add-ons, …
A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. “The …
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9810, (Mon, Feb 16th)
ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9810
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 16, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers disclosed they have detected a case of an information stealer infection successfully …
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that carry out a Domain Name System …
This post is cowritten by Jeff Boudier, Simon Pagezy, and Florent Gbelidji from Hugging Face. Agentic AI systems represent an evolution from conversational AI to autonomous agents capable of complex …
** The Hacker News ** Feb 23, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Zero Trust As more organizations run their own Large Language Models (LLMs), they are also deploying more internal services and Application …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 23, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking Security news rarely moves in a straight line. This week, it feels more like a series of sharp turns, some happening quietly in the …
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is an active “Shai-Hulud-like” supply chain worm campaign that has leveraged a cluster of at least 19 malicious npm packages to …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 23, 2026 Threat Intelligence / Artificial Intelligence The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST) has targeted several …
The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf — a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices — recently shared a screenshot indicating they’d compromised the control panel for Badbox …
A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even …
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six “zero-day” vulnerabilities that attackers …
For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed …
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EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security
With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 21, 2026 Vulnerability / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Roundcube webmail …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 21, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / DevSecOps Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a …
A Russian-speaking, financially motivated threat actor has been observed taking advantage of commercial generative artificial intelligence (AI) services to compromise over 600 FortiGate devices …
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What does peer support in journalism look like: Insights from U.S. and international experts
Journalists are increasingly facing online abuse and psychological strain, yet many lack consistent support structures, like peer support networks. I was excited to moderate a panel of experts and …
If you’ve worked in a technical role in news for long enough, you likely remember when the “show your work” spirit was everywhere. Newsroom nerds shared code on GitHub, swapped tips on social media …
We attend a lot of journalism conferences. We’ve organized sessions, facilitated workshops, spoken on and moderated panels. Between us, we’ve probably accumulated more conference lanyards than …
Why do large companies sometimes lobby for regulation in their own industries? When major crypto exchanges advocate for licensing or tech companies urge regulation of artificial intelligence, the …
LLM-based chatbots’ capabilities have been advancing every month. These improvements are mostly measured by benchmarks like MMLU, HumanEval, and MATH (e.g. sonnet 3.5, gpt-4o). However, as these …