ChatGPT joins human league, now solves CAPTCHAs for the right prompt Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete? ChatGPT can be tricked via cleverly worded prompts to violate its own policies and solve CAPTCHA puzzles, potentially making this human-proving security mechanism obsolete, researchers say.… #theregister #IT

ChatGPT’s agent can dodge select CAPTCHAs after priming

: Could this bot-prevention technique now be obsolete?

Sorry, but DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000 Training costs detailed in R1 training report don't include 2.79 million GPU hours that laid its foundation Chinese AI darling DeepSeek's now infamous R1 research report was published in the Journal Nature this week, alongside new information on the compute resources required to train the model. Unfortunately, some people g… #theregister #IT

DeepSeek didn’t really train its flagship model for $294,000

: Training costs detailed in R1 training report don't include 2.79 million GPU hours that laid its foundation

Ivanti EPMM holes let miscreants plant shady listeners, CISA says Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets An unknown attacker has abused a couple of flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and deployed two sets of malware against an unnamed organization, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.… #theregister #IT

CISA: Attacker exploited Ivanti bugs, dropped snoopy malware

: Unnamed org compromised with two malware sets

Microsoft insists Copilot+ PCs are 'empowering the future' – reality disagrees Latest marketing blitz for a solution seeking a problem... and a killer app Comment  Microsoft suspects that a "transformative shift" is being driven in personal and enterprise computing by its Copilot+ PCs and an expanding Windows on Arm ecosystem.… #theregister #IT

Microsoft insists Copilot+ PCs are

Comment: Latest marketing blitz for a solution seeking a problem... and a killer app

Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier Japan's Hayabusa2 probe faces a tougher mission after new measurements revealed its target asteroid is nearly three times smaller and spinning about twice as fast as originally estimated.… #theregister #IT

Hayabusa2

: It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier

Ding ding: Fortra rings the perfect-10 bell over latest GoAnywhere MFT bug Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited Budding ransomware crooks have another shot at exploiting Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT product now that a new 10/10 severity vulnerability needs patching.… #theregister #IT

Fortra discloses 10/10 severity bug in GoAnywhere MFT

: Outside experts say the vulnerability has probably already been exploited

Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion. … #theregister #IT

Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

: Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out

Scattered Spider teen cuffed after buying games and meals with extortion bitcoin Bad opsec Thalha Jubair, one of the two UK teens arrested on Tuesday and accused of being members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime gang, allegedly played a role in bilking more than 100 organizations out of at least $115 million in ransom payments. The cops nabbed him after following a number o… #theregister #IT

Another alleged Scattered Spider member arrested

: Feds say gift card splurges tied suspect to multimillion-dollar ransomware crew

One token to pwn them all: Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant Until Microsoft lobbed it into a virtual volcano A security researcher claims to have found a flaw that could have handed him the keys to almost every Entra ID tenant worldwide.… #theregister #IT

Entra ID bug could have granted access to every tenant

: Until Microsoft lobbed it into a virtual volcano

Nice try, sinners: Pope nixes idea of AI pontiff blessing netizens Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own Pope Leo XIV has crucified the idea of creating an AI version which would've allowed Catholics around the world to have a virtual audience with him – without the need for a trip to Vatican City.… #theregister #IT

God Mode denied: Pope says nope to AI pope

: Leo XIV voices concerns about AI taking jobs – and not just his own