2023

How to Guard Your Data from Exposure in ChatGPT 12/10/2023 at 14:31 By ChatGPT has transformed the way businesses generate textual content, which can potentially result in a quantum leap in productivity. However, Generative AI innovation also introduces a new dimension of data exposure risk, when employees inadvertently type or paste sensitive business data into

Microsoft Defender Thwarts Large-Scale Akira Ransomware Attack 12/10/2023 at 14:31 By Microsoft on Wednesday said that a user containment feature in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint helped thwart a “large-scale remote encryption attempt” made by Akira ransomware actors targeting an unknown industrial organization in early June 2023. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the operator as

US construction giant unearths concrete evidence of cyberattack 12/10/2023 at 14:02 By Paul Kunert Simpson Manufacturing yanks systems offline, warns of ongoing disruption Simpson Manufacturing Company yanked some tech systems offline this week to contain a cyberattack it expects will “continue to cause disruption.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cilium leaves incubator, gets the nod from Cloud Native Computing Foundation 12/10/2023 at 13:17 By Richard Speed eBPF project jumps from ‘just a network plugin’ moves to begin wide adoption The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has awarded a graduated sash to Cilium, a validation of the maturity and future of the eBPF project.… This

Excel recruitment time bomb makes top trainee doctors ‘unappointable’ 12/10/2023 at 12:33 By Lindsay Clark Mangled mismatch of formats, macros, and VLOOKUP practice hits wannabe anesthetists Exclusive  Computer errors, bad technology choices, and flawed processes have disrupted the recruitment of trainee anesthetists in England and Wales.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Researchers Uncover Malware Posing as WordPress Caching Plugin 12/10/2023 at 12:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new sophisticated strain of malware that masquerades a WordPress plugin to stealthily create administrator accounts and remotely control a compromised site. “Complete with a professional looking opening comment implying it is a caching plugin, this rogue

Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union 12/10/2023 at 11:32 By Paul Kunert Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority is asking the mobile industry for feedback on Vodafone’s local merger with Three to determine if the agreement could negatively impact rivals,

AI safety guardrails easily thwarted, security study finds 12/10/2023 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo chatbot defenses dissolve with ’20 cents’ of API tickling The “guardrails” created to prevent large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo from spewing toxic content have been shown to be very fragile.… This article is an