** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 12, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking News Threat activity this week shows one consistent signal — attackers are leaning harder on what already works. Instead of flashy new …
** The Hacker News ** Feb 12, 2026 Enterprise Security / Breach Prevention A new 2026 market intelligence study of 128 enterprise security decision-makers ( available here ) reveals a stark divide …
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh set of malicious packages across npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository linked to a fake recruitment-themed campaign orchestrated by the …
Some spam I just received: Greetings from the Illuminati World Elite Empire. We extend this invitation to individuals who are ambitious, talented, and determined to rise above limitations. The …
Arnett Jackson Bonner has multiple felony convictions. This means he cannot possess a firearm. Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), convicted felons may not “possess in or affecting commerce, any …
Sometime in the late 1980s, as an elementary schooler in the Soviet Union, I discovered in my family’s library a heavy, dust-laden tome. I still remember the brown-yellow-tinged paper, the thick …
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The Meta Research PhD Fellowship program awards PhD candidates conducting research on the cusp of emerging topics across computer science, engineering, and behavioral science. To support their …
Buck2, our new open source, large-scale build system , is now available on GitHub. Buck2 is an extensible and performant build system written in Rust and designed to make your build experience faster …
Health equity is a major societal concern worldwide with disparities having many causes. These sources include limitations in access to healthcare, differences in clinical treatment, and even …
We leverage two key techniques to aid convergence of this ill-posed problem. The first is a very lightweight, dynamically trained convolutional neural network (CNN) encoder that regresses camera poses …
Health datasets play a crucial role in research and medical education, but it can be challenging to create a dataset that represents the real world. For example, dermatology conditions are diverse in …
Google on Thursday said it observed the North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC2970 using its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini to conduct reconnaissance on its targets, as …
AI and Voter Engagement Social media has been a familiar, even mundane, part of life for nearly two decades. It can be easy to forget it was not always that way. In 2008, social media was just …
ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 9th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9800
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9802
Voice AI agents are reshaping how we interact with technology. From customer service and healthcare assistance to home automation and personal productivity, these intelligent virtual assistants are …
Today, we are publishing a new open source sample chatbot that shows how to use feedback from Automated Reasoning checks to iterate on the generated content, ask clarifying questions, and prove the …
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, February 5th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9796
Brian Hedden PhD ’12 has been appointed co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at MIT, a cross-cutting initiative in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, …
Antonio Torralba, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and faculty head of artificial intelligence and decision-making at MIT, has been named to the 2025 cohort …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 04, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Software Security Microsoft on Wednesday said it built a lightweight scanner that it said can detect backdoors in open-weight large …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 04, 2026 Malware / Endpoint Security Threat hunters have disclosed details of a new, stealthy malware campaign dubbed DEAD#VAX that employs a mix of “disciplined …
The Washington Post building. Picture: Shutterstock/Phil Pasquini The Washington Post is cutting one-third of all staff across the company including “substantial newsroom reductions”. “Nearly all” …
In the pursuit of solutions to complex global challenges including disease, energy demands, and climate change, scientific researchers, including at MIT, have turned to artificial intelligence, and to …
