August 2024

Indian government sets aside bill treating influencers like real broadcasters 2024-08-14 at 06:16 By Laura Dobberstein Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has withdrawn a flagship bill after criticism that it would require online content […]

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NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards 2024-08-14 at 05:02 By Jessica Lyons Nicely ahead of that always-a-decade-away moment when all our info becomes an open book The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released the long-awaited post-quantum encryption standards, designed to protect electronic information long into the future – when quantum computers

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Patch Tuesday brings 90 new Microsoft CVEs, six already under exploit 2024-08-14 at 04:01 By Jessica Lyons Plus more pain for Intel which fixed 43 bugs, SAP and Adobe also in on the action Patch Tuesday  Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four

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Biden tries to cut through fog of confusion caused by deliberately deceptive customer service tricks 2024-08-14 at 02:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Targets impossible unsubscribes, elusive human assistance, and other wallet-draining time sinks Businesses that use labyrinthine subscription cancellation procedures, flaky customer service bots and other cynical schemes used to give customers the run around have

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Google brings more Gemini AI features to Android, saves the best for Pixel 9 2024-08-14 at 02:01 By Matthew Connatser And four more phones. Woo. Yay. Video  Today, Google said it will add more Gemini AI features to Android smartphones – though what’s said to be best of that functionality will be exclusive to its

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Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle 2024-08-14 at 00:31 By Matthew Connatser Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello Akeana, which has secured over $100 million in funding over the past few years, has now launched its long-awaited lineup of RISC-V CPU designs, which

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Another GPU cloud emerges. This time, upstart Foundry 2024-08-14 at 00:01 By Tobias Mann Biz set sights beyond just another rent-an-accelerator cluster provider Yet another GPU cloud has coalesced amid the ongoing AI boom. Today, AI infrastructure startup Foundry announced its Cloud Platform is now available for limited access.… This article is an excerpt from

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Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks 2024-08-13 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons Plus many more newbies waiting in the wings Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang, at least so far, this year, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.… This

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FTC urges judge to discipline Google over Android App market monopoly 2024-08-13 at 22:31 By Thomas Claburn Pay no attention to Google’s whining about the cost of compliance, FTC argues The US Federal Trade Commission has urged the California judge overseeing Epic Games’ antitrust claim against Google to take strong action to correct the company’s

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InSight data suggests plentiful water lies beneath Mars’ surface 2024-08-13 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo There’s water in them thar hills, but it’ll be really hard to get to Data from the late Mars InSight lander continues to pay dividends, with the latest findings suggesting liquid water is abundant in the Martian mid-crust (about 7

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US accuses man of being ‘elite’ ransomware pioneer they’ve hunted for years 2024-08-13 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Authorities allege ‘J.P. Morgan’ practiced ‘extreme operational and online security’ The US has charged a suspect they claim is a Belarusian-Ukrainian cybercriminal whose offenses date back to 2011.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Calling for backup: The importance of disaster recovery 2024-08-13 at 20:46 By The number one mistake a business could make is assuming that they won’t be the victim of a ransomware attack. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Linux Foundation wades into AI as Open Model Initiative joins ranks 2024-08-13 at 19:33 By Richard Speed Penguins reiterate commitment to ‘fostering open, collaborative’ development, licensing The Open Model Initiative (OMI) has joined orgs under the Linux Foundation’s umbrella as it continues to push open standards for training and developing AI models.… This article is

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Network security implications of the Great Resignation 2024-08-13 at 19:16 By What are the network security implications of the Great Resignation, and how can out-of-band management help? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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