Gintaras Radauskas

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

“Bot” students are using fake aliases, enrolling in community college classes, and submitting AI-generated homework in order to collect millions of dollars in state and federal aid money. Colleges are struggling to respond. According to a new investigative report by Voice of San Diego, a non-profit news organization in California, the onslaught of enrollments from “bot” students has become the biggest issue facing community colleges across the US. The problem has hit California especially hard.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

Officially, Meta prohibits fraud. In reality, it just can’t keep up. In dozens of Facebook groups, hundreds of thousands of users freely buy and rent Uber accounts under other people’s identities. This is putting customers at risk, researchers say. After buying or renting Uber accounts, unverified strangers are able to drive passengers and deliver orders under a false identity, putting customers at risk, a Tech Transparency Project (TTP) investigation has found.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

Agencies and organizations across the US and elsewhere are finding it tougher to spot fake job seekers who are using AI to clinch their interviews. But one consultancy says effective vigilance is definitely possible. As much as the industry talks about the issue, North Koreans are actually expanding the scope and scale of their operations. They continue pretending to be legitimate remote IT workers and infiltrating Western companies to generate precious cash for the isolated regime.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

It's spring. Hopefully, most of us want to go outside and touch grass. But if you don’t, there’s always something new on TV and the streaming platforms. So, what’s fresh this week? Black Mirror Season 7 premiered last week, but honestly, the series is so good that one wants to savor it and enjoy the experience as slowly as possible. At the same time, no one would blame you if you devoured the six episodes one after another in one sitting – and now need something else to watch.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Gintaras Radauskas

The road to hell can indeed be paved with good intentions. Spain wants to stop the widespread practice of illegal La Liga streams but is affecting thousands of innocent websites in the process, it seems. La Liga, Spain’s premier club soccer competition, has long been plagued with pirated streams of live matches. Rightsholders – TV companies and streaming platforms – are rightly furious.