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Ještě před několika lety jsme bezpečnost vnímali především jako reakci na incident: narušení – poplach – zásah. Dnes se ale díky digitalizaci a AI posouváme do zcela jiné fáze. Bezpečnost je více proaktivní, řízená daty a spojená s provozem objektů. Jedním z klíčových trendů je využití AI a ...

Ještě před několika lety jsme bezpečnost vnímali především jako reakci na incident: narušení – poplach – zásah. Dnes se ale díky digitalizaci a AI posouváme do zcela jiné fáze. Bezpečnost je více proaktivní, řízená daty a spojená s provozem objektů. Jedním z klíčových trendů je využití AI a ...

Microsoft says it's rolling out a revamped Windows Insider Program experience as part of the broader plans to address performance and reliability concerns affecting Windows 11. [...]

Future

The People Do Not Yearn for AutomationNilay Patel | The Verge

“Not everything about our lives can be measured and automated and optimized, and it shouldn’t be. And so the tech industry is rushing forward to put AI everywhere at enormous cost—energy, emissions, manufacturing capacity, the ability to buy RAM—and locked into the narrow framework of software brain without realizing they are also asking people to be fundamentally less human.”

BIOTECHNOLOGY

AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials
Emily Mullin | Wired ($)

“In a technical paper [released earlier this year], the company touts that the [new IsoDDE] platform more than doubles the accuracy of AlphaFold 3. The startup has formed partnerships with Eli Lilly and Novartis to work together on AI drug discovery and is also advancing its own ‘broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines’ in oncology and immunology, Jaderberg said.”

Computing

We Might Finally Know How to Use Quantum Computers to Boost AIKarmela Padavic-Callaghan | New Scientist ($)

“They showed not only that this approach can work but that it would allow the quantum computer to process more data at a smaller memory cost than any conventional computer. The memory advantage is so large, in fact, that a quantum computer made from about 300 error-proof building blocks called logical qubits would outperform a classical computer built using every atom in the observable universe, says Zhao.”

Future

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire NationsMolly Taft | Wired ($)

“A Wired review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. …As tech companies race to secure massive power deals to build out hundreds of data centers across the country, these projects represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential climate cost of the AI boom.”

TECH

Anthropic Has Surged to a Trillion-Dollar Valuation on Secondary Markets, Overtaking OpenAIBen Bergman | Business Insider

“Desperate buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of secondary shares in Anthropic, driving the AI company’s valuation on some sites to $1 trillion, a price that would have seemed unthinkable even a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, traders Business Insider spoke with are seeing slumping demand for OpenAI, which is now trading at a discount to Anthropic, despite OpenAI being valued at $852 billion, more than twice Anthropic’s valuation in their most recent funding rounds.”

TECH

You’re About to Feel the AI Money SqueezeHayden Field | The Verge

“Ads, rate limits, feature restrictions, price hikes. The AI free ride is over. …To reach that bare minimum of 7 percent [return on invested capital], Gartner forecasts that large AI companies would need to earn cumulatively close to $7 trillion in AI-driven revenue through 2029, which is close to $2 trillion per year by the end of the period.”

Future

BMW Is One Step Closer to Selling You a Color-Changing CarAndrew Liszewski | The Verge

“The new BMW iX3 Flow Edition is potentially the most exciting of all of BMW’s concepts as it embeds the E Ink Prism technology directly into the structure of the vehicle’s hood panel, instead of just slapping it on top. The new approach has ‘undergone BMW’s stringent quality testing’ so that it meets the ‘requirements of automotive engineering and everyday use,’ according to a release from E Ink.”

Biotechnology

The FDA Gives the Green Light to the First Gene Therapy for DeafnessRob Stein | NPR

“‘That was like the most surreal moment a mother can feel when your son first hears your voice,’ [said Sierra Smith]. The treatment [Smith’s son] received was the one just approved by the FDA. …The FDA’s decision was based on the results from the treatment of 20 patients born with a defective version of a gene known as OTOF, which is necessary to transmit sound from the ears to the brain.”

Energy

Will Fusion Power Get Cheap? Don’t Count On It.Casey Crownhart | MIT Technology Review ($)

“Technologies tend to get less expensive over time. Lithium-ion batteries are now about 90% cheaper than they were in 2013. But historically, different technologies tend to go through this curve at different rates. And the cost of fusion might not sink as quickly as the prices of batteries or solar.”

Biotechnology

A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make EmbryosEmily Mullin | Wired ($)

“The process involves isolating sperm-making stem cells from testicular tissue and coaxing the cells into becoming fully-fledged sperm in a dish. Scientists have been attempting to produce sperm outside the body, known as in vitro spermatogenesis, for almost a century. A Japanese team was the first to produce viable mouse sperm in the lab in 2011, but making human sperm has turned out to be a more difficult task.”

Artificial Intelligence

Are OpenAI and Anthropic Moving Away From Reasoning Tech?Stephanie Palazzolo | The Information ($)

“Early signs point to both Spud and Mythos being more intelligent pretrained models, meaning they got smart during the initial part of the development process. Now, OpenAI’s upcoming Spud model is noticeably better at answering tough questions without relying on reasoning, said two people familiar with it.”

Future

Only Antimatter Provides the Energy We Need for Interstellar TravelEthan Siegel | Big Think

“If our goal is to eventually extend our reach not just to the other worlds of our Solar System, but to exoplanets around other stars, we’ll need a different, more efficient method of propulsion than chemical-based rockets can supply. The most efficient form of energy generation, theoretically, is to reach 100%, and only one fuel is capable of doing that: matter-antimatter annihilation. Here’s why that’s the ultimate dream, and how we might conceivably get there.”

Biotechnology

If a Bird Flu Pandemic Starts, We May Have an MRNA Vaccine ReadyMichael Le Page | New Scientist ($)

“It was roughly a year after the earliest cases of covid-19 before the first vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus were ready for roll-out. By then millions had died worldwide and economies were devastated. In the advent of a bird flu pandemic, we will be able to react more rapidly, because we should have an mRNA vaccine already approved and ready to go. A phase III trial of a such a vaccine is now getting under way in the UK and the US.”

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A threat group tracked as UNC6692 uses social engineering to deploy a new, custom malware suite named 'Snow' which includes a browser extension, a tunneler, and a backdoor. [...]

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When setting up network security systems, it is critical to ensure they work correctly and do not have flaws waiting to be exploited.

When setting up network security systems, it is critical to ensure they work correctly and do not have flaws waiting to be exploited.

Všimli jste si? Už bylo 1. dubna a Tesla nepředstavila produkční verzi Roadsteru. Ale to je v pořádku, protože Elon Musk už před termínem řekl, že dojde k odkladu. Mělo to být koncem dubna. Ale ani to nebude pravda. Když Tesla ve čtvrtek oznámila kvartální hospodářské výsledky, přišla řeč i na ...

With the increasing pace and complexity of digital attacks, analysts are turning to AI threat detection to stretch IT resources and keep out cyber threats. No matter the size of a company's operations, AI-driven data analytics tools can provide threat intelligence and enable cybersecurity professionals to select appropriate protection measures.

With the increasing pace and complexity of digital attacks, analysts are turning to AI threat detection to stretch IT resources and keep out cyber threats. No matter the size of a company's operations, AI-driven data analytics tools can provide threat intelligence and enable cybersecurity professionals to select appropriate protection measures.

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A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics - Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation - is also using custom malware in its data-stealing attacks, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. The threat hunters say they spotted a "large email campaign" in late December 2025. The attack started by spamming target organizations with an overwhelming amount of email traffic. Then someone posing as helpdesk personnel would reach out via Microsoft Teams to offer help with the email volume. The fake helpdesk worker prompts the user to click a link that supposedly installs a local patch that prevents email spamming. This directs victims to a landing page masquerading as a "Mailbox Repair Utility" complete with a "Health Check" button that, when clicked, prompts users to authenticate using their email and password, allowing the attackers to nab them. The credential-harvest script also uses a sneaky "double-entry" psychological trick that auto-rejects the first and second password attempts as incorrect. "This serves two functions: it reinforces the user's belief that the system is legitimate and performs real-time validation, and it ensures that the attacker captures the password twice, significantly reducing the risk of a typo in the stolen data," according to GTIG. The phishing page then performs a fake mailbox integrity check, which keeps the victim engaged while credentials and metadata are sent to an attacker-controlled Amazon S3 bucket and staged files continue downloading onto the user's machine. "By the time the user receives a 'Configuration completed successfully' message, the attacker has secured the credentials and potentially established a persistent foothold on the endpoint using these staged files," the Googlers wrote. The first stage downloads an AutoHotKey binary and an AutoHotkey script, which immediately starts performing reconnaissance and installs a malicious Chromium browser extension called SnowBelt. (It's not available through the Chrome Web Store - only via social engineering tactics.) Snow malware UNC6692 uses the SnowBelt extension to download its other custom "Snow" named malware, along with additional AutoHotkey scripts, and a ZIP archive containing a portable Python executable and required libraries. The Snow malware, we're told, operates as a modular ecosystem with three primary components: SnowBelt, SnowGlaze, and SnowBasin.  SnowBelt, a JavaScript-based backdoor delivered as a Chromium browser extension, gives the attacker an initial foothold and maintains persistence via the browser's extension registration system. It often hides behind names like "MS Heartbeat" or "System Heartbeat." SnowGlaze is a Python-based tunneler that runs in both Windows and Linux environments and manages the external communication. It creates an authenticated WebSocket tunnel between the victim's internal network and the attacker's command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, such as a Heroku subdomain.  It also disguises malicious traffic by wrapping data in JSON objects and Base64 encoding it for transfer via WebSockets, which makes it look like legitimate, standard encrypted web traffic.  Finally, SnowBasin is a Python bindshell providing interactive control over the infected system. It serves as a persistent backdoor, operating as a local HTTP server and typically listening on port 8000, allowing remote command execution, screenshot capture, and data staging for exfiltration. "This component is where active reconnaissance and mission completion occur," the threat hunters noted. "Attacker commands (such as whoami or net user) are sent through the SnowGlaze tunnel, intercepted by the SnowBelt extension, and then proxied to the SnowBasin local server via HTTP POST requests. SnowBasin executes these commands and relays the results back through the same pipeline to the attacker." These types of interactive social engineering tactics have proven very profitable for cybercrime groups like ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters. Google analysts, however, told The Register that there's no overlap between those crews and this new group, which it tracks as UNC6692.  Google's analysis of UNC6692 and its Teams-led social engineering campaign follows a warning from Microsoft about criminals abusing Microsoft Teams communications and impersonating helpdesk personnel to snare users and then remotely control and infect victims' machines.  Despite the similarities, Google's security researchers told us that the two campaigns don't seem to be related. They are a good reminder, though, of the increasing number of digital scammers using very convincing social engineering tactics alongside legitimate cloud services and tools to gain a foothold in organizations' IT environments. ®

Coming in cold with custom Snow malware

A previously unknown threat group using tried-and-tested social engineering tactics - Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk staff impersonation - is also using custom malware in its data-stealing attacks, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group.…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program by destroying uranium enrichment centrifuges. According to a new report published by SentinelOne, the previously undocumented cyber sabotage framework dates back to 2005, primarily targeting high-precision calculation software to tamper Ravie Lakshmananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]

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