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ChatGPT can be made to write scam emails and it slashes their cost

3 March 2023

The impressive capabilities of ChatGPT can be turned to cybercrimes like phishing despite safety precautions taken by OpenAI to prevent misuse, warn researchers

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Spoofing cyberattack can make cameras see things that aren’t there

26 September 2022

A targeted transmission of radio waves can disrupt what a camera detects – and the technology has the potential to fool object-detection systems into seeing things that aren’t there

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Ukraine's army of hackers failed to thwart Russia and quickly gave up

1 September 2022

As Russia invaded Ukraine, much was made of Ukraine's volunteer "hacktivist" army, but an analysis of cyberattacks against Russia suggests they achieved little more than minor digital graffiti

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Tory leadership contest's online vote is still vulnerable to hackers

25 August 2022

Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister – should online voting even be used in such situations?

MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 09: Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 09, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. Yulia said her friend was not in the building when it was struck. Over one million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, and while many are now living with relatives who live and work in Poland, others are journeying onward to other countries in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The internet is a key battleground for truth about the Ukraine war

16 March 2022

The threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation loom over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but even in this online age, war is still life or death for those in the firing line

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Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine trigger a massive cyberwar?

23 February 2022

Russia, Ukraine and many of the latter's Western allies have the ability to launch cyberattacks on other nations, and both sides seem ready for digital skirmishes

GPS cyberattack falsely placed UK warship near Russian naval base

24 June 2021

An international vessel-tracking system appears to show UK destroyer HMS Defender travel to within a few kilometres of a Russian naval base even though a web cam feed shows it was docked at Odessa, Ukraine

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Voice assistant recordings could reveal what someone nearby is typing

4 December 2020

Tapping on devices that is detected by voice assistants could potentially be used to deduce what a person is typing on their phone up to half a metre away

Exclusive: UN cybercrime chief warns against US and Iran cyberattacks

8 January 2020

As US-Iran tensions rise following the assassination of an Iranian general and missile attacks on US troops, UN diplomat Neil Walsh warns cyberattacks can be just as impactful