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Month: January 2023

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  • January 3, 2023

PyTorch Machine Learning Framework Compromised with Malicious Dependency

The maintainers of the PyTorch package have warned users who have installed the nightly builds of the library between December 25, 2022, and December 30, 2022, to uninstall and download the latest versions following a dependency confusion attack. “PyTorch-nightly Linux packages installed via pip during that time installed a dependency, torchtriton, which was compromised on the Python […]

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  • January 3, 2023

Why chatGPT does not make you smarter

After a few tests, I can confirm chatGPT does not make me smarter, and I doubt it will help anyone else. Continue reading on Assorted Thoughts »

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  • January 3, 2023

RedZei Chinese Scammers Targeting Chinese Students in the U.K.

Chinese international students in the U.K. have been targeted by persistent Chinese-speaking scammers for over a year as part of an activity dubbed RedZei (aka RedThief). “The RedZei fraudsters have chosen their targets carefully, researched them and realized it was a rich victim group that is ripe for exploitation,” cybersecurity researcher Will Thomas (@BushidoToken) said in a write-up

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What is cyber or digital forensics?

Cyber crimes are on the rise, and understanding forensic investigations is a key part of solving them. Learn the basics and get up to speed The post What is cyber or digital forensics? appeared first on .

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  • January 2, 2023

PyTorch: Machine Learning toolkit pwned from Christmas to New Year

The bad news: the crooks have your SSH private keys. The good news: only users of the “nightly” build were affected.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid

Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese Harbor at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 15. Six crew members were on board, and all were rescued without injury by another fishing boat. […] However, […]

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