August 2024

OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda 2024-08-17 at 10:16 By OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. “This week […]

DoD spins up supercomputer to accelerate biothreat defense 2024-08-17 at 02:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Officials claim it’ll be able to develop defensive solutions in ‘days, if not hours’ The Pentagon’s newest toy isn’t a fancy warfighting machine – it’s a combined supercomputer and rapid response laboratory (RRL) dedicated to beefing up the US’s biodefenses.… This

California trims AI safety bill amid fears of tech exodus 2024-08-17 at 00:31 By Thomas Claburn And as Anthropic CEO reckons there’s ‘a good chance … we’ll be able to get models that are better than most humans at most things’ Legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) software in California has been revised in response

After nearly 3B personal records leak online, Florida data broker confirms it was ransacked by cyber-thieves 2024-08-16 at 23:49 By Chris Williams Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, more all out there A Florida firm has all but confirmed that millions of people’s sensitive personal info was stolen from it by cybercriminals and publicly leaked.… This

Texas Instruments calculates its US CHIPS Act winnings at $1.6B 2024-08-16 at 23:49 By Tobias Mann Another $3B in loans also on the table to support $18B foundry enlargement Texas Instruments is set to receive up to $1.6 billion and as much as $3 billion in loans from good-old Uncle Sam under the CHIPS and

Unicoin hints at potential data meddling after G-Suite compromise 2024-08-16 at 22:48 By Connor Jones Attacker locked out all staff for four days The cryptocurrency offshoot of reality TV and entrepreneurship show Unicorn Hunters has confirmed that an unknown attacker compromised its G-Suite, locking all staff out of their accounts.… This article is an excerpt

Windows 11 Insider preview brings new Sandbox features and fatter FAT32 2024-08-16 at 20:01 By Richard Speed Arrives in the Canary Channel and updated via the Microsoft Store Build 27686 of Windows 11 is out for Canary Channel Windows Insiders including the Sandbox Client preview, a fix for a potentially alarming registry issue and a

Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud and Social Media Accounts 2024-08-16 at 19:46 By A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) that contain credentials associated with cloud and social media applications. “Multiple security missteps were present in the course of this campaign,

Preparing for cybersecurity challenges: Ensuring a safe school year 2024-08-16 at 19:16 By By proactively taking certain security measures, security teams can fortify their digital infrastructure and ensure a safer school environment year-round. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Shots fired as AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to block Starlink’s direct-to-cell plans 2024-08-16 at 18:31 By Dan Robinson Rivals claim signal waiver would interfere with terrestrial networks Starlink’s rivals in the satellite phone service race are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject its request for a waiver relating to out-of-band emission limits

49% of DDoS attacks targeted gaming organizations 2024-08-16 at 18:16 By A recent report reveals a sharp increase of 46% in the number of DDoS attacks compared to the same period in 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web 2024-08-16 at 18:16 By A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a now-defunct dark web marketplace called Slilpp. Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of Moscow, Russia,

Warren Buffett ditches his near-$1B Snowflake investment 2024-08-16 at 17:01 By Lindsay Clark Oracle of Omaha’s exit follows revenue growth shortfall, CEO switch, and customer data leak Berkshire Hathaway has offloaded nearly $1 billion in Snowflake stock as it exits the former IPO chart-smashing cloud data warehousing and analytics specialist.… This article is an excerpt