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hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/financially-motivated-hackers-are-helping-their-espionage-counterparts-and-vice-versa/">Financially motivated hackers are helping their espionage counterparts and vice versa</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Two players who mostly worked independently are increasingly collaborative. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-13T06:00:40-05:00" datetime="2025-02-13T06:00:40-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-13T06:00:40-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let 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href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/new-hack-uses-prompt-injection-to-corrupt-geminis-long-term-memory/">New hack uses prompt injection to corrupt Gemini’s long-term memory</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> There's yet another way to inject malicious prompts into chatbots. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-11T17:13:42-05:00" datetime="2025-02-11T17:13:42-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-11T17:13:42-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { 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class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/deepseek-ios-app-sends-data-unencrypted-to-bytedance-controlled-servers/">DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Apple's defenses that protect data from being sent in the clear are globally disabled. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-06T17:06:17-05:00" datetime="2025-02-06T17:06:17-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-06T17:06:17-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', 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href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/ransomware-payments-declined-in-2024-despite-well-known-massive-hacks/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ransomware-lock-150x150.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Illustration of a lock on a motherboard" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ransomware-lock-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ransomware-lock-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ransomware-lock-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 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hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/01/dell-risks-employee-retention-by-forcing-all-teams-back-into-offices-full-time/">Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> "Dell may be missing out on some great talent..." </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Scharon Harding</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-31T12:40:52-05:00" datetime="2025-01-31T12:40:52-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-31T12:40:52-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = 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dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/newly-discovered-flaws-in-apple-chips-leak-secrets-in-safari-and-chrome/">Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-28T15:56:32-05:00" datetime="2025-01-28T15:56:32-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-28T15:56:32-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 1/28/2025 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/newly-discovered-flaws-in-apple-chips-leak-secrets-in-safari-and-chrome/#comments" title="83 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" 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height="300" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2177158675-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="In this photo illustration, the Vmware logo is displayed on the screen of an iPad." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2177158675-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2177158675-500x500.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/01/a-long-costly-road-ahead-for-customers-abandoning-broadcoms-vmware/">A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> "We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought ‘em, we hated ‘em.” </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Scharon Harding</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-27T13:36:31-05:00" datetime="2025-01-27T13:36:31-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-27T13:36:31-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); 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security</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> J-Magic backdoor infected organizations in a wide array of industries. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-23T18:42:29-05:00" datetime="2025-01-23T18:42:29-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-23T18:42:29-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at 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decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/data-leak-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/data-leak-500x500.jpeg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/students-parents-and-teachers-still-smarting-from-breach-exposing-their-info/">Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span 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Turns out it's easy. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-08T18:46:10-05:00" datetime="2025-01-08T18:46:10-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-08T18:46:10-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; 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AI, of course. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Benj Edwards</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-12-26T07:00:25-05:00" datetime="2024-12-26T07:00:25-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-12-26T07:00:25-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 12/26/2024 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/2024-the-year-ai-drove-everyone-crazy/#comments" title="153 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 153 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2068341" data-id="2068341" class="relative group card-list-square post-2068341 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-information-technology category-security tag-data-breaches tag-health-care tag-ransomware"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/health-care-giant-ascension-says-5-6-million-patients-affected-in-cyberattack/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1283342786-150x150.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Medical Data Breach text write on keyboard isolated on laptop background" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1283342786-150x150.jpg 150w, 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text-gray-300"><span>Dan Goodin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-12-23T12:21:39-05:00" datetime="2024-12-23T12:21:39-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-12-23T12:21:39-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 12/23/2024 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/health-care-giant-ascension-says-5-6-million-patients-affected-in-cyberattack/#comments" title="68 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 68 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2067177" data-id="2067177" class="relative 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class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-12-20T17:01:34-05:00" datetime="2024-12-20T17:01:34-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-12-20T17:01:34-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 12/20/2024 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a 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