Tag: security
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Strings of Nonsense Convince AI Chatbots to Abandon Ethical Rules
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Continuing previous coverage of development in AI systems, I wanted to share a study and demo from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco, California revealing a new spin on how chatbot safeguards are susceptible to attacks. AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Anthropic’s Claude don’t have…
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Privacy bug in Windows 11’s snipping tool
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Windows 11 built-in snipping tool allows users to take screenshots and perform basic image editing tasks, such as cropping, annotating, and highlighting. It also includes a redaction feature that enables users to remove sensitive information from an image before saving or sharing it. Despite being a useful tool, it has a vulnerability that could have…
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MFA is good, but not good enough
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Hackers attempt to log in to our online accounts daily by the hundreds. The extra protection layer provided by MFA to the sign-in process dramatically reduces the number of successful attacks. While we are relieved that MFA is doing a good job of keeping our online accounts safe, we need to continue to advise our…
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Online Ads cause privacy concerns
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Researchers discovered a new form of attack by exploiting ad networks’ data collection mechanisms, https://news.gatech.edu/news/2022/11/10/new-research-gives-users-another-reason-hate-unwanted-ads. Online advertising uses data points such as location and behavioral patterns to provide personalized banners. Thirdy-party ad networks use tracking cookies to collect this data, which, when correlated with unique identifiers like email addresses, allow advertisers to build extensive profiles of…