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Microsoft Security Blog

128 Seconds to disruption: Microsoft Defender stops ransomware at QNET

Microsoft Defender automatically isolated a compromised QNET endpoint in 128 seconds, stopping a multi-stage attack before the payload could persist or spread. The post 128 Seconds to disruption: Microsoft Defender stops ransomware at QNET  appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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The Verge Tech

How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired

The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It's a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, trigger criticism from the public, and project a certain frivolousness. Usually it is fast fashion companies or beauty brands flying out influencers with the goal of flooding social media with sponsored content. This time, it was a major AI

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The Verge Tech

Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is down to its lowest price ever

Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Memory and storage prices will be inflated for the foreseeable future, so we’re always happy to find a good deal on capable gaming hardware, like this discount on the Lenovo Legion Go S with a Z2 Go processor and SteamOS. Normally $1,137.41 (and selling for close to $1,000 at Best Buy), Lenovo has the handheld console on sale for just $635.54 when you use code EXTRASAVEAFF at checkout, the lowest price we’ve seen yet for

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The Verge Tech

‘Not healthy’ LLM use is more common than you think

Hank Green, a popular YouTuber and science communicator, said he is stepping back from production amid intense criticism over his use of AI. Green described his AI usage as "not healthy," but stressed that he used it for finding research sources and not to write scripts. Much of the ensuing firestorm in this corner of the internet has centered on how a creator can square a brand built on authenticity and credibility with a technology trained on the (often uncompensated) works of others, and whic

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The Hacker News

Greatness PhaaS Adds Device Code Phishing to Bypass MFA and Steal Tokens

The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has become the latest crimeware solution to add support for device code phishing, a rapidly growing cyber threat that abuses the legitimate OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and seize control of user accounts. "Greatness supports AiTM [adversary-in-the-middle] credential and

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