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According to a study by Salesforce, approximately 74% of customers are concerned about the unethical use of new technologies. That said, only 57% trust companies' statements on this matter. Openness to AI is also problematic and has steadily declined over eight months, from 65% to 51%. Customers' primary concerns revolve around security, control, and ethics: A clear understanding of where artificial intelligence is being applied (as indicated by 89% of respondents). Verification of AI-generated outcomes (80%). Bias in the AI-produced results (63%). Furthermore, 68% of the respondents believe that artificial intelligence amplifies the significance of trust in companies and heightens the responsibility brands owe to their customers.

Atomic Wallet has landed in legal hot waters. This development comes after a hacking event that wiped out more than $100 million. The claimants assert that the developers neither informed the users about the security vulnerability nor contacted law enforcement after the breach. Many prosperous investors, some having affiliations with Russia, are included in the court case.

After detecting phishing attempts, Terra (LUNA) has temporarily frozen its primary domain, Terra․money. The company's directive? Avoid sites with this domain until they say otherwise. While the team has ramped up protection for the Station Wallet, a word of caution: avoid the desktop and mobile apps for a bit. But if you're a fan of the Station Chrome extension, the latest version is good to go.

A team member, involved with the experimental Bonkler collection, misappropriated $1 million from the company's commission proceeds. However, the collection's primary assets, including the main contract and NFTs, remained unaffected. Bonkler’s daily minting process is currently suspended but will be reinstated after transitioning to its V2, which will feature lending and treasury functionalities. Per Remilia's co-founder, the breach was orchestrated by a developer in collaboration with two other team members. These individuals not only misappropriated the funds but also tried to blackmail the rest of the team by gaining access to certain social platforms. These employees have since been dismissed, and the company is gearing up to press legal charges against them.

Hackers managed to drain 6000 ETH, 3.9 million USDT, 1.1 million USDC, and 900,000 DAI from the company's address. Tongue-in-cheek, one might say Drake was responsible for the audit. UPD: Hacken has disclosed that an initial cyber theft of $20.69 million was executed on the Ethereum network, which was followed by subsequent heist amounting to $25.6 million across the BSC and Polygon networks. The project's team has not yet commented on the breach. The only information available is a Telegram channel update, indicating technical maintenance for the withdrawal of ETH, USDT, and ERC20 tokens.

Quantstamp, a blockchain security firm, has introduced the Economic Exploit Analysis tool designed to detect potential flash loan attack vulnerabilities in smart contracts. While it can analyze multiple contracts from various DeFi protocols, some manual adjustments are needed for specific protocols. Flash loan attacks, which have drained about $200 million in the Euler Finance exploit alone, are a growing concern in DeFi.

Security company PeckShield has issued a warning to users about a phishing attack conducted by a scammer who has stolen over $675,000 in the past five days. He exploits USDT token permissions. Users are therefore advised to promptly verify and revoke any suspicious accesses to safeguard their assets.

A significant security vulnerability has been identified in the WinRAR utility, potentially allowing threat actors to execute remote code on Windows systems. Dubbed CVE-2023-40477, this flaw arises from improper validation during recovery volume processing. To take advantage of this, users would need to be tricked into visiting a malicious webpage or opening a compromised archive file. The flaw, discovered by a researcher named goodbyeselene, was reported on June 8, 2023, and addressed in WinRAR 6.23 on August 2, 2023. Users are urged to update to the latest version for protection.