December 2023

NASA makes purrrr-fect deep space transmission of cat vid 20/12/2023 at 19:32 By Richard Speed Tabby footage crosses millions of miles and was still faster than most folks’ home broadband From the department of “what must the aliens think of us?” comes news that NASA has demonstrated its Deep Space Optical Communications experiment through the

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Top cybersecurity predictions of 2024 20/12/2023 at 18:46 By As another year comes to a close, cybersecurity leaders are not only looking back and reviewing the top trends of 2023, but considering what the future holds for 2024. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years 20/12/2023 at 18:32 By Laura Dobberstein Among the mistakes, an 11-year-old girl was misidentified as a shoplifter and searched American drugstore chain Rite Aid was banned by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from using AI facial recognition technology for surveillance

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Danish techies claim they can predict your next move (and your last) 20/12/2023 at 17:46 By Lindsay Clark Life’s a vector, then you die Just as language models can predict what phrase might come next in a sentence, Danish researchers claim to have shown human life events can be predicted using similar statistical techniques.… This

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Remote Encryption Attacks Surge: How One Vulnerable Device Can Spell Disaster 20/12/2023 at 17:16 By Ransomware groups are increasingly switching to remote encryption in their attacks, marking a new escalation in tactics adopted by financially motivated actors to ensure the success of their campaigns. “Companies can have thousands of computers connected to their network, and

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Microsoft offers rollback for those affected by Windows wireless futility 20/12/2023 at 16:48 By Richard Speed See, it wasn’t just you Microsoft has finally acknowldged that Windows does have a Wi-Fi problem and offered a resolution for those affected: Known Issue Rollback.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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How to build cyber resilience in a rapidly evolving threat landscape 20/12/2023 at 16:19 By The ransomware landscape is ever evolving and it can seem as though there is a new headline about a breach, extortion demand or fallout after an attack every day. But how can security leaders build cyber resilience?  This article is

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Instagram Phishing Targets Backup Codes 20/12/2023 at 16:02 By Recently, we noticed another strain of Instagram “Copyright Infringement” phishing emails in our spam traps. In this version, in addition to targeting Instagram credentials, the cybercriminals also aim to obtain the victim’s Instagram backup codes. This campaign is an enhanced version of what we reported on

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