technology
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw
Criminals Now Use Better Tools. So Do Defenders. The Arms Race Is Ancient.
What Happened
Google has reported that criminal hackers used artificial intelligence to discover a significant vulnerability in widely-used software. This marks one of the first documented cases of AI being weaponized by malicious actors to find exploitable flaws at a scale or speed previously unavailable to t...
What's In Your Control
Keeping your software and operating systems updated promptly — this closes the window between a flaw being found and you being exposed. Using a password manager and enabling two-factor authenticati...
