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A tourist in Puerto Rico experienced a moment of terror when a barracuda shot out at him from behind like a torpedo as he dove into the water off Cayo Icacos Island, turning laughter into screams before the fish only bumped him, leaving witnesses relieved and amused. The incident was captured on TikTok by Maggie Clark, who reassured viewers that no barracudas were harmed in the making of the video.
Suspected Chinese hackers targeted government and government-linked organizations worldwide in a series of zero-day attacks on Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG). A Mandiant report revealed that almost a third of the hacked appliances belonged to government agencies, with a focus on entities across the Americas. The attacks, motivated by espionage, involved the exfiltration of data from high-profile users in government and high-tech sectors. Barracuda issued patches for the vulnerability on May 20 but later discovered that the zero-day bug had been exploited for at least seven months. The FBI warned that the patches were ineffective, and compromised devices are still being targeted. Customers are advised to replace hacked appliances and investigate their networks for potential breaches.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has discovered a new malware strain called Submarine on compromised Barracuda ESG (Email Security Gateway) appliances used by federal agencies. The malware, deployed by a suspected pro-China hacker group, was used for detection evasion, persistence, and data harvesting. This comes after a previous attack where a zero-day bug was exploited to backdoor the appliances. Barracuda has offered replacement devices to affected customers and advised thorough review of networks for potential compromise. CISA warns that the Submarine malware poses a severe threat for lateral movement and urges reporting of suspicious activities.
AI has the potential to revolutionize game development by drastically reducing the time and effort required to create game content. Unity's acquisition of Ziva and its Face Trainer tool has already demonstrated the time-saving potential of AI in character rigging. The hope is that AI will make games ten times faster, easier, and cheaper to develop, leading to broader and deeper game worlds. Unity's neural network inference library, Barracuda, allows for the acceleration of content development without requiring specific hardware. While there are still challenges to overcome, the potential for an "explosion of creativity" in game development is exciting.