JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack

Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer, conducted ...
New York Magazine

The People Falsely Accused of Using AI

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Inside Higher Ed

Utah Could Allow Conscientious Objection to Class Assignments

Utah representative Mike Petersen was inspired to introduce new legislation after receiving a call from his daughter, a master’s student in social work in Louisiana. She was disturbed that a professor ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
Seattle Times

How ICE is using technology, databases to track people

Under the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda, federal immigration agents have been granted an arsenal of surveillance tools to deploy against migrants and citizens. Immigration and ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
PBS

Immigration agents' surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties

Federal immigration enforcement officials are using a growing arsenal of surveillance tools to track immigrants and protesters, including facial detection apps and databases, cellphone trackers and ...
dbta

Druva Threat Watch to Provide Proactive, Continuous Threat Detection

Druva, a leading provider of data security, is introducing Threat Watch, a zero-touch, automated cloud-native solution for proactive threat monitoring of backup data. According to Druva, Threat Watch ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
IEEE

DB Sherlock: Dynamic Ransomware Threat Detection in MySQL Using Behavioral Profiling and Query Analytics

Abstract: Database ransomware is becoming a major attack on relational databases exploiting legitimate SQL credentials by bypassing endpoint and network protection. The database presented in this ...