September 2023

Lithium goldrush hits sleepy Oregon-Nevada border 11/09/2023 at 16:02 By Lindsay Clark Deposit in 19-million-year old caldera could dwarf sources in Bolivia, Chile and Australia A lithium find in the McDermitt Caldera region on the border between US states of Oregon and Nevada has excited media attentions with the promise of lithium deposits exceeding those […]

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AI: Fraudster’s greatest weapon and a company’s greatest defense 11/09/2023 at 15:16 By Many workers have a watchful eye for attempted scams. But what if they receive a phone or video call from someone who looks, and sounds, exactly like their boss? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View

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How to Prevent API Breaches: A Guide to Robust Security 11/09/2023 at 15:01 By With the growing reliance on web applications and digital platforms, the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) has become increasingly popular. If you aren’t familiar with the term, APIs allow applications to communicate with each other and they play a vital

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Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows 11/09/2023 at 14:47 By Richard Speed Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update Microsoft has made it clear: it will ax third-party printer drivers in Windows.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Google Chrome Rolls Out Support for ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Bid Farewell to Tracking Cookies 11/09/2023 at 14:16 By Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. “We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and

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IRS using AI to catch rich people and tax-dodging corps 11/09/2023 at 13:46 By Katyanna Quach Plus: Google CEO says AI will be biggest tech shift in our lives, new official AI words on Dictionary.com AI in brief  The US Internal Revenue Service has said it will use AI software to go after wealthy individuals

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Cloud is here to stay, but customers are starting to question the cost 11/09/2023 at 12:32 By Dan Robinson Plus: Spending on AI model training infra now the top priority among datacenter operators Feature  Cloud-based infrastructure services date back at least as far as 2006, when AWS introduced its S3 storage platform, followed by Elastic

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Local governments aren’t businesses – so why are they force-fed business software? 11/09/2023 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins Oracle’s repeated public sector failures prove a different approach is needed Opinion  Fill in the blank: “_______ project fails, costing millions.” Five points if you chose “Government IT,” five points for “Oracle,” and a gold star if

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Cybercriminals Using PowerShell to Steal NTLMv2 Hashes from Compromised Windows 11/09/2023 at 11:33 By A new cyber attack campaign is leveraging the PowerShell script associated with a legitimate red teaming tool to plunder NTLMv2 hashes from compromised Windows systems primarily located in Australia, Poland, and Belgium. The activity has been codenamed Steal-It by Zscaler ThreatLabz. “In this

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