February 2024

AI-generated voices in robocalls declared illegal by the FCC 2024-02-09 at 22:02 By A recent ruling by the FCC has made AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal, providing more opportunities for law enforcement to bring scam artists to justice.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to […]

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AMD bagged more market share in server, desktop, mobile at end of 2023 2024-02-09 at 21:47 By Dan Robinson Plus: x86 processor shipments up for the first time in 2 years AMD is steadily accumulating CPU market share, according to new figures from Mercury Research, and Arm-based systems now account for more than 10 percent

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Making sense of Microsoft’s ‘confusing’ Copilot functionality carnival 2024-02-09 at 21:16 By Richard Speed Designer updates, and AI assistants everywhere Like an incontinent hippo on a helter-skelter, Microsoft has flung out yet more Copilot functionality in the form of enhancements to Designer, an AI-infused image generator.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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CableMod recalls angled GPU power adapters to prevent fiery surprises 2024-02-09 at 20:02 By Dan Robinson Keep your graphics cards safe, people CableMod has issued a recall for all its angled power adapters for GPU cards following reports of them overheating and posing a safety risk.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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California proposes government cloud cluster to sift out nasty AI models 2024-02-09 at 19:32 By Lindsay Clark Big Tech’s home turf set for law to ward against ‘unsafe behavior’ The State of California is proposing legislation to regulate the use of AI, including building a computing cluster to check for their safety.… This article is

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Raspberry Robin Malware Upgrades with Discord Spread and New Exploits 2024-02-09 at 19:32 By The operators of Raspberry Robin are now using two new one-day exploits to achieve local privilege escalation, even as the malware continues to be refined and improved to make it stealthier than before. This means that “Raspberry Robin has access to an exploit

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Americans received 15 spam calls a month in Q4 2023 2024-02-09 at 19:16 By Fraud calls around the globe were analyzed in a recent report. According to the report, there were 7.3 billion unwanted calls globally in Q3 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React

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Mozilla CEO quits, pushes pivot to data privacy champion… but what about Firefox? 2024-02-09 at 18:47 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Could it have more to do with browser’s ever-increasing irrelevance? Opinion  I know people who even today donate to the Mozilla Foundation and swear by the Firefox web browser. Their numbers are declining by the

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250 million-plus reserved IPv4 addresses could be released – but the internet isn’t built to use them 2024-02-09 at 18:05 By Simon Sharwood A new chapter in the long saga of the 240/4 block is being written. If you want more and cheaper IPv4, maybe you should help Activists are again lobbying for more than

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AI PC hype bubble swells, but software support lags marketing 2024-02-09 at 17:17 By Dan Robinson Resistance is futile, upgrades are inevitable and so is hardware margin inflation AI hype is now infecting a computer industry that just months ago was still wrestling with how best to define an AI PC. It won’t come as

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Fortinet’s week to forget: Critical vulns, disclosure screw-ups, and that toothbrush DDoS attack claim 2024-02-09 at 16:47 By Connor Jones An orchestra of fails for the security vendor We’ve had to write the word “Fortinet” so often lately that we’re considering making a macro just to make our lives a little easier after what the

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Cyber security threats are predominantly as-a-service attacks 2024-02-09 at 16:17 By A recent report reveals the key threats businesses have faced in the past six months.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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MoqHao Android Malware Evolves with Auto-Execution Capability 2024-02-09 at 16:17 By Threat hunters have identified a new variant of Android malware called MoqHao that automatically executes on infected devices without requiring any user interaction. “Typical MoqHao requires users to install and launch the app to get their desired purpose, but this new variant requires no execution,” McAfee

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Microsoft’s Notepad goes from simple text editor to Copilot conspirator 2024-02-09 at 15:47 By Richard Speed No guarantee it’ll come to Windows proper, but testers can give it a poke Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot is on its way into Notepad, with a release of the application being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the

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Ransomware threats increased by twofold in 2023 2024-02-09 at 15:47 By According to a recent report, ransomware attacks almost doubled from 2,200 to 4,200 in 2023. The United States faced the highest number of attacks.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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