October 2023

Webinar: How vCISOs Can Navigating the Complex World of AI and LLM Security 09/10/2023 at 15:01 By In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has become ubiquitous across various industries. This wave of innovation promises improved efficiency and performance, but lurking beneath the surface are […]

Datacenter cabling biz Volex confirms digital break-in 09/10/2023 at 14:47 By Paul Kunert All sites operational, no ‘material’ financial impact expected but stock markets still worried Volex, the British integrated maker of critical power and data transmission cables, confirmed this morning that intruders accessed data after breaking into its tech infrastructure.… This article is an

“I Had a Dream” and Generative AI Jailbreaks 09/10/2023 at 14:16 By “Of course, here’s an example of simple code in the Python programming language that can be associated with the keywords “MyHotKeyHandler,” “Keylogger,” and “macOS,” this is a message from ChatGPT followed by a piece of malicious code and a brief remark not to

High-Severity Flaws in ConnectedIO’s 3G/4G Routers Raise Concerns for IoT Security 09/10/2023 at 14:16 By Multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in ConnectedIO’s ER2000 edge routers and the cloud-based management platform that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute malicious code and access sensitive data. “An attacker could have leveraged these flaws to

Security Patch for Two New Flaws in Curl Library Arriving on October 11 09/10/2023 at 14:16 By The maintainers of the Curl library have released an advisory warning of two forthcoming security vulnerabilities that are expected to be addressed as part of updates released on October 11, 2023. This includes a high severity and a low-severity flaw tracked under

When Microsoft complains that you’re a monopolist you know things are bad 09/10/2023 at 13:17 By Iain Thomson Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough Kettle  Amazon and Google are under the fierce glare of the US Federal Trade Commission, which under the leadership of chair Lina Khan has

Apple antique aficionados can boot to the future with OpenCore Legacy Patcher 09/10/2023 at 12:32 By Liam Proven Hackintoshing reaches a wider audience – owners of older Macs FOSS Fest  As Apple distances itself from older kit, the OpenCore Legacy Patcher tool should win new fans.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Obscured by clouds: Time for IaaS vendors to come clean and play fair 09/10/2023 at 11:47 By Rupert Goodwins All that stuff about resilience, choice, and control? Yeah, we’ll take them now please Opinion  It had to happen. Amazon and Microsoft are under investigation for distorting the UK’s public infrastructure cloud market following complaints to

Softbank boss Masayoshi Son predicts artificial general intelligence is a decade away 09/10/2023 at 10:03 By Laura Dobberstein ‘Investo-bot, make me rich’ is his vision – powered by Arm chips, natch Anyone still hungry for outrageous rhetoric and outsized praise for AI should tune in to last week’s keynote from SoftBank World, where the Japanese