Microsoft introduces Phi-2, a language model with 2.7 billion parameters.

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Microsoft’s Phi-2, a language model boasting 2.7 billion parameters, demonstrates exceptional reasoning and language understanding capabilities, establishing a new benchmark for performance among base language models with fewer than 13 billion parameters. Building on the successes of its predecessors, Phi-1 and Phi-1.5, Phi-2 not only matches but often surpasses models up to 25 times larger.…

Malicious Software Utilizing Rust Language Aims at Indian Government Organizations

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A phishing campaign targeting Indian government entities and the defense sector has been identified, deploying Rust-based malware for intelligence gathering. Detected in October 2023 and named Operation RusticWeb by enterprise security firm SEQRITE, the campaign employs new Rust-based payloads and encrypted PowerShell commands to exfiltrate sensitive documents to a web-based service engine. Tactical connections have…