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Generated: 2026-04-16 03:00 PDT
- Human Trust of AI Agents
Schneier on Security • 2026-04-16 02:41 • www.schneier.comInteresting research: “Humans expect rationality and cooperation from LLM opponents in strategic games.”
Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) integrate into our social and economic interactions, we need to deepen our understanding of how humans respond to LLMs opponents in strategic settings. We present the results of the first controlled monetarily-incentivised laboratory experiment looking at differences in human behaviour in a multi-player p-beauty contest against other humans and LLMs. We use a …
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/human-trust-of-ai-agents.html - US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-16 01:32 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Two U.S. nationals have been sent to prison for helping North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers to pose as U.S. residents and get hired by over 100 companies across the country, including many Fortune 500 firms. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-nationals-behind-north-korean-it-worker-laptop-farm-sent-to-prison/ - Microsoft: April Windows Server 2025 update may fail to install
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-16 00:37 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft is investigating an issue causing this month’s KB5082063 security update to fail to install on some Windows Server 2025 systems. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-april-windows-server-2025-update-may-fail-to-install/ - UAC-0247 Targets Ukrainian Clinics and Government in Data-Theft Malware Campaign
The Hacker News • 2026-04-15 23:20 • thehackernews.com
The Computer Emergencies Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted governments and municipal healthcare institutions, mainly clinics and emergency hospitals, to deliver malware capable of stealing sensitive data from Chromium-based web browsers and WhatsApp.
The activity, which was observed between March and April
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/uac-0247-targets-ukrainian-clinics-and.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
