November 2023

AWS previews AppFabric for productivity – pitched as AI-powered glue between apps 28/11/2023 at 09:17 By Tim Anderson Park user data in Amazon’s servers for ML-generated insights and actions – yay or nay for you? Re:Invent  AWS has previewed AppFabric for productivity, which promises to use generative AI to “provide personalized insights and recommended actions […]

X/Twitter booted out of Australia’s disinformation-fighting club 28/11/2023 at 08:00 By Simon Sharwood Ghosted authorities after complaint during hotly contested referendum Australia’s Digital Industry Group (DIGI), the industry association for organizations that invest in online safety, privacy, and cyber security, has decided to withdraw X’s place in the voluntary code that oversees efforts to stop

N. Korean Hackers ‘Mixing’ macOS Malware Tactics to Evade Detection 28/11/2023 at 08:00 By The North Korean threat actors behind macOS malware strains such as RustBucket and KANDYKORN have been observed “mixing and matching” different elements of the two disparate attack chains, leveraging RustBucket droppers to deliver KANDYKORN. The findings come from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, which also

After bashing Nvidia for ‘arming’ China, Cerebras-backed G42’s Beijing ties raise alarms 28/11/2023 at 07:33 By Tobias Mann What was it they say about folks in silicon houses? After lambasting Nvidia’s efforts to circumvent US export restrictions against China as “un-American,” the CEO of chips-for-AI outfit Cerebras, Andrew Feldman, is back in the spotlight amid

DevTernity conference collapses amid claims women speakers were faked 28/11/2023 at 05:47 By Thomas Claburn Anna? Oh, she was just a demo persona, says organizer Presenters at the DevTernity software developer conference have been told the gig, scheduled to begin December 7, has been canceled after allegations emerged that one or more fake profiles had

‘Serial cybercriminal and scammer’ jailed for 8 years, told to pay back $1.2M 28/11/2023 at 04:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Crook did everything from SIM swaps to fake verified badge scams A Los Angeles man has been jailed after pulling off SIM-swap attacks on victims, hijacking social media accounts, committing fraud with Zelle payments, and

Game over for ByteDance’s big video game studio dream? 28/11/2023 at 01:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack TikTok parent ByteDance is expected to sashay away from its attempts at being a major video game maker, with studio division Nuverse reportedly set to shutter operations in the coming months. … This article