Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges

A new variation of the fake recruiter campaign from North Korean threat actors is targeting JavaScript and Python developers with cryptocurrency-related tasks.
The Hacker News

Lazarus Campaign Plants Malicious Packages in npm and PyPI Ecosystems

North Korea-linked Lazarus campaign spreads malicious npm and PyPI packages via fake crypto job offers, deploying RATs and ...

This browser-based tool can fool facial age checks using 3D avatars

After Discord announced plans to require age verification for all users, a free, HTML-based tool emerged that aims to bypass facial scans on the platform and ...
New York Post

Dog owners are pushing red-light therapy on pups to make them live longer — but experts say it’s not a ticket to eternal life

In an era in which obsessed pet owners are bringing their fur babies on lavish vacations and spending $50,000 to clone them for an everlasting bond, it’s no surprise that people will do whatever it ...
NJ.com

Popular N.J. supermarket now using facial recognition. Is your store watching you?

If you’re a Wegmans shopper, Big Brother may be watching you. The supermarket chain said it’s starting to use facial recognition technology in some stores. Wegmans addressed its strategy after signs ...
Wall Street Journal

ICE Is Using Facial-Recognition Technology to Quickly Arrest People

Crime is down. Migrant workers and customers are staying home. As part of our video series on Trump’s second term, The Wall Street Journal’s Michelle Hackman takes us inside the aftermath. Photo ...
Dexerto

Government employees caught using masks of colleagues to trick facial recognition & skip work

Government staff in China have been exposed for gaming facial recognition systems by wearing paper masks printed with their coworkers’ faces to clock in without actually showing up. The incident took ...
hollywoodunlocked

Chinese Government Employees Caught Using Face Masks With Coworkers’ Faces to Trick Facial Recognition Systems

Several government employees in China are under investigation after being caught using face masks printed with their coworkers’ faces to bypass facial recognition attendance systems. According to ...
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...
GitHub

Real-Time Face Mask Detection using CNN & MobileNetV2

The Real-Time Face Mask Detection System is a deep learning–based application designed to identify whether a person is wearing a mask correctly, wearing it improperly, or not wearing one at all. This ...
WBEZ

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight

The Trump administration has wiped a facial recognition policy from its website while further embracing the controversial technology and securing a $9 million contract with a company barred from ...