January 2024

China names members of a second tech supergroup to define the metaverse 2024-01-23 at 06:31 By Laura Dobberstein Goggle-eyed Beijing wants technical and identity standards China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released a list last Friday of 60 experts from academia, government and business selected by Beijing to define standards for the metaverse.…

Australia imposes cyber sanctions on Russian it says ransomwared health insurer 2024-01-23 at 05:16 By Simon Sharwood ‘Aleksandr Ermakov’ isn’t allowed down under after being linked to ten-million-record leak Australia’s government has used the “significant cyber incidents” sanctions regime it introduced in 2021 for the first time, against a Russian named Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov whom

Apple Issues Patch for Critical Zero-Day in iPhones, Macs – Update Now 2024-01-23 at 04:01 By Apple on Monday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari web browser to address a zero-day flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-23222, is a type confusion bug

Law designed to stop AI bias in hiring decisions is so ineffective it’s slowing similar initiatives 2024-01-23 at 03:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo New York’s LL144 rated too broad, but researchers hope others can learn from that mistake A study into the effectiveness of a New York City law targeting bias in AI hiring algorithms has

Robocaller spoofing Joe Biden is telling people not to vote in New Hampshire 2024-01-23 at 02:46 By Katyanna Quach Meanwhile, OpenAI is hiring an ‘elections program manager’ for $190,000+ Robo-calls featuring the faked voice of US president Joe Biden’s are advising voters not to participate in the state of New Hampshire’s Tuesday presidential Primary Election,

Atlassian Confluence Server RCE attacks underway from 600+ IPs 2024-01-23 at 01:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle If you’re still running a vulnerable instance then ‘assume a breach’ More than 600 IP addresses are launching thousands of exploit attempts against CVE-2023-22527 – a critical bug in out–of-date versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server –

Boffins eyeball computer vision costs, find humans are cheaper for oversight chores 2024-01-23 at 01:01 By Katyanna Quach AI can only automate parts of some jobs, and the kit required is too pricey Human labor can accomplish some jobs more cheaply than computer vision systems, according to a study led by researchers from the Massachusetts

Slug slimes aerospace biz AerCap with ransomware, brags about 1TB theft 2024-01-22 at 22:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Loanbase admits massive loss of customer data to thieves, too AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, has reported a ransomware infection that occurred earlier this month, but claims it hasn’t yet suffered any financial losses yet

Cyberattack attempts increased 104% in 2023 2024-01-22 at 22:32 By According to a recent cybersecurity report by Armis, geopolitical issues are affecting the cybersecurity landscape, including increased cyberattacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal 2024-01-22 at 22:16 By Tobias Mann Or, you could just rent an expensive Windows VM in the cloud — just a thought, says Redmond You can now officially run Windows 11 on an M-series Mac. Well, at least as a virtual

Travelers take Kayak’s filter function to the max 2024-01-22 at 21:01 By Thomas Claburn Handy feature as FAA expands door inspections to Boeing 737-900ER aircraft On Sunday, the US Federal Aviation Administration recommended that air carriers operating Boeing 737-900ER aircraft conduct a visual inspection of mid-exit door plugs to be certain that doors on the

OpenAI bans long-shot presidential candidate bot for breaking T&Cs 2024-01-22 at 20:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Biden’s challenger model shot down despite super PAC support A ChatGPT-powered bot trained to mimic Congressman Dean Phillips (D-MN) – the long-shot challenger to Joe Biden – is dead before it had a chance to woo voters after OpenAI banned

Tech bros are playing God, Catholic Church’s AI priest complains 2024-01-22 at 19:32 By Paul Kunert Effective altruism blamed for Silicon Valley’s desire to heal humanity’s woes Billionaire tech bros have a “tendency to play God,” according to one of the Almighty’s representatives on Earth.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original