August 2024

The future of AI/ML depends on the reality of today – and it’s not pretty 2024-08-27 at 11:47 By Paul Kunert The return of Windows Recall is more than a bad flashback Opinion  Companies love to use familiar words in unorthodox ways. “We value your privacy” is really the digital equivalent of a mugger admiring […]

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Dr Helen Fisher, MRI maven who showed just how love works, dies at 79 2024-08-27 at 10:47 By Iain Thomson It’s all about your chemistry Noted anthropologist Dr Helen Fisher, who lead groundbreaking research into how the brain deals with love and passion, has died at the age of 79 after suffering endometrial cancer.… This

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Judge acquits web dev accused of spreading fake news that led to UK riots 2024-08-27 at 09:42 By Jessica Lyons With a warning: Words have power A Pakistani court on Monday acquitted a man of cyber terrorism charges after he allegedly spread fake news on social media websites that sparked riots across the UK earlier

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Microsoft Fixes ASCII Smuggling Flaw That Enabled Data Theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot 2024-08-27 at 09:42 By Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could enable the theft of sensitive user information using a technique called ASCII smuggling. “ASCII Smuggling is a novel technique that uses special Unicode characters that

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Google Warns of CVE-2024-7965 Chrome Security Flaw Under Active Exploitation 2024-08-27 at 09:42 By Google has revealed that a security flaw that was patched as part of a security update rolled out last week to its Chrome browser has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-7965, the vulnerability has been described as

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Infosys CEO promises jobs to 2,000 graduate recruits it’s kept on hold for two years 2024-08-27 at 08:23 By Laura Dobberstein But they have to show for unpaid training, or lose their jobs-in-waiting Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has promised to honor job offers made over two years ago to graduates yet to be employed by

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Thailand spins up approval for Western Digital to make more spinning rust 2024-08-27 at 07:19 By Simon Sharwood Kingdom sees growing demand for hard disks and drives to maintain global dominance The Kingdom of Thailand yesterday approved Western Digital’s plans to expand its hard disk manufacturing facilities in the nation.… This article is an excerpt

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Detecting and preventing account takeover (ATO) attacks 2024-08-27 at 07:04 By A strong prevention strategy is more crucial than ever to reduce risks of account takeover (ATO) 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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Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission 2024-08-27 at 02:34 By Simon Sharwood Lasted longer than expected, but hasn’t been heard from since late April Japan’s Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ended operations of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that it landed on Earth’s sole natural satellite in

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Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered 2024-08-26 at 23:46 By Thomas Claburn Hallucinating AI models excel at defamation Microsoft Bing Copilot has falsely described a German journalist as a child molester, an escapee from a psychiatric institution, and a fraudster who preys on widows.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Microsoft mistake blows up admins’ inboxes with fake malware alerts 2024-08-26 at 23:01 By Iain Thomson Legitimate emails misclassified in software snafu Many administrators have had a trying Monday after getting spammed out with false malware reports by Microsoft.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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VMware prepping unified SDK for its core hybrid cloud products 2024-08-26 at 22:20 By Simon Sharwood Also working to clean up inconsistent APIs and lack of SSO across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SDDC Manager, vRealize and more VMware Explore  VMware by Broadcom is working on a unified SDK for its core products and will deliver it

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Watchdog warns FBI is sloppy on secure data storage and destruction 2024-08-26 at 22:20 By Iain Thomson National security data up for grabs, Office of the Inspector General finds The FBI has made serious slip-ups in how it processes and destroys electronic storage media seized as part of investigations, according to an audit by the

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Seattle airport ‘possible cyberattack’ snarls travel yet again 2024-08-26 at 21:52 By Jessica Lyons No word yet on if ransomware is to blame The Port of Seattle, which operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is investigating a “possible cyberattack” after computer outages disrupted the airport’s operations and delayed flights.… This article is an excerpt from The

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