July 2023

Intel: Here, have some AI reference kits … now please buy our silicon 25/07/2023 at 15:49 By Tobias Mann With 34 designs to pick from, you can choose your own ML adventure To encourage techies and engineers to try out its AI acceleration hardware, Intel has put together a bunch of software reference kits it […]

The rising threat of ChatGPT 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By ChatGPT has started to become an indispensable tool for many people, but, cybercriminals have wasted no time in exploiting its security vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

macOS Under Attack: Examining the Growing Threat and User Perspectives 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By As the number of people using macOS keeps going up, so does the desire of hackers to take advantage of flaws in Apple’s operating system.  What Are the Rising Threats to macOS? There is a common misconception among macOS fans that

TETRA:BURST — 5 New Vulnerabilities Exposed in Widely Used Radio Communication System 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By A set of five security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) standard for radio communication used widely by government entities and critical infrastructure sectors, including what’s believed to be an intentional backdoor that could have

How MDR Helps Solve the Cybersecurity Talent Gap 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By How do you overcome today’s talent gap in cybersecurity? This is a crucial issue — particularly when you find executive leadership or the board asking pointed questions about your security team’s ability to defend the organization against new and current threats. This is

Zenbleed: New Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Puts Encryption Keys and Passwords at Risk 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD’s Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy, the

James Webb spots water vapor in rocky planet-forming disk 25/07/2023 at 14:47 By Katyanna Quach Turns out proto-Earths may bring their own drinks Astronomers have detected water vapor in the inner region of a protoplanetary disk – where rocky planets may be forming – for the first time, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.…

Digital revolution at HMRC left 99,000 UK taxpayers on hold over five-day fiasco 25/07/2023 at 13:50 By Lindsay Clark Technology resilience gets red rating in tax collector’s annual report Poor IT performance caused a five-day shutdown of the UK tax authority’s phone services in December last year, affecting around 99,000 citizens.… This article is an

Too many bytes and not enough bricks for datacenters 25/07/2023 at 12:57 By Dan Robinson More than 3,000 needed to meet demand, and that won’t be easy, says Aggreko The European datacenter industry is facing issues meeting the growing demand for capacity with materials and heavy equipment to build sites in short supply, among other

Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims 25/07/2023 at 11:33 By Paul Kunert Lawyers look to scale the walled garden Apple is facing a legal challenge over the “creator tax,” or the commission it charges developers who write the apps that populate its digital walled garden.… This article is

Germany raids climate piggy bank for €20B to bankroll chip fabs 25/07/2023 at 10:35 By Tobias Mann Less than a quarter will go to locals though German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly plans to siphon €20 billion ($22 billion) from the country’s Climate and Transformation Fund to offset the cost of building semiconductor manufacturing plants.… This

Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now 25/07/2023 at 10:17 By Laura Dobberstein Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee. Chinese short video platform TikTok announced yesterday it will offer text-based content – a feature that mimics capabilities of various other social media sites, including what is formerly

Google’s next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some 25/07/2023 at 09:32 By Thomas Claburn Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a poweroff -fn Analysis  Googlers have proposed a way to determine whether browsers can be trusted, as a defense against criminal fraud and other bad behavior.