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With the release of Firefox 128 came the integration of a new experimental feature that Mozilla calls Privacy-Preserving Attribution. The feature is turned on by default, which means that users of the browser need to become active, if they want to disable it. Mozilla published a support webpage that explains that Privacy-Preserving Attribution is. Here…
All modern web browsers include password management functionality. It makes sense on first glance to integrate the functionality; most users sign-in to services on the Internet regularly. One of the main advantages of password managers in browsers is convenience. The browser recognizes new logins and prompts users to save the information. Similarly, it proposes to…
Nord Security, maker of the popular VPN service NordVPN, has published a new online tool. File Checker is a free online security tool to check files for malware. Online virus scanners are useful to check a small number of files for viruses and other unwanted code. Google-owned Virustotal is probably the uncrowned king of these…
European Facebook and Instagram users may breathe a sigh of relief, as their public data won’t be used by Meta for AI training for the time being. Meta published an update regarding the use of data from European users on Facebook. Here are the highlights: The decision does not change the handling of data from…
A team of security researchers at the University of Illinois published a study back in April 2024 that demonstrated the hacking capabilities of AI. Using OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, they discovered that exploit code could be generated for 87% of the tested 0-day vulnerabilities. This figure dropped to 7% if the CVE description was not provided….
Meta is notifying its users currently on Facebook about a privacy-impacting change that will to into effect on June 26, 2024. The company says that it is expanding “AI at Meta experiences” to the user’s region. AI refers to the “collection of generative AI features and experiences” at Meta. It includes Meta AI and AI…
Chrome 125 Security Update
Google has released quite a few security updates for its Chrome web browser in recent months. Besides the weekly scheduled security updates, Google has released updates to address 0-day vulnerabilities in Chrome. Today, Google released another security update for Google Chrome to address a 0-day exploit. The issue affects all desktop versions of Chrome and…
Just days after the weekly Google Chrome security update comes another security update for the web browser. This one unscheduled, as it fixes a 0-day security issue in Google Chrome that is exploited in the wild. Google Chrome users should update the browser immediately to protect the browser and their data. Here is how that…
AI tools are capable of writing exploits for publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities. A team of University of Illinois researchers analyzed the capabilities of different Large Language Models in this regard. It found out that OpenAI’s GPT-4 managed to create exploit code for 87% of the tested vulnerabilities. The figure dropped to 7% without access to…