September 2024

If every PC is going to be an AI PC, they better be as good at all the things trad PCs can do 2024-09-05 at 14:01 By Richard Currie Microsoft’s Copilot+ machines suck at one of computing’s oldest use cases Comment  A significant cadre of computer users is waking up to the fact that Microsoft’s

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The fingerpointing starts as cyber incident at London transport body continues 2024-09-05 at 13:02 By Richard Speed Network admins take a ride on the Fright Bus The Transport for London (TfL) “cyber incident” is heading into its third day amid claims that a popular appliance might have been the gateway for criminals to gain access

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and CTEM – Better Together 2024-09-05 at 13:01 By It’s been a decade since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) introduced its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.0. Created following a 2013 Executive Order, NIST was tasked with designing a voluntary cybersecurity framework that would help organizations manage cyber risk, providing

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Key aspects of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England 2024-09-05 at 12:31 By Lindsay Clark Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out Exclusive  NHS England has received advice from lawyers saying key aspects of its controversial Federated Data Platform (FDP) lack a legal basis, meaning that unless

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AI’s thirst for water is alarming, but may solve itself 2024-09-05 at 11:46 By Tobias Mann Its energy addiction, on the other hand, only seems to get worse Comment  Once an abstract subject of science fiction and academic research, the concept of artificial intelligence has become the topic of dinner table conversations over the past

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Malware Attackers Using MacroPack to Deliver Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhantomCore 2024-09-05 at 11:16 By Threat actors are likely employing a tool designated for red teaming exercises to serve malware, according to new findings from Cisco Talos. The program in question is a payload generation framework called MacroPack, which is used to generate Office documents,

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Apple accused of hoodwinking UK antitrust cops 2024-09-05 at 10:46 By Thomas Claburn Mac maker denial of Safari self-preferencing called out by OWA Apple appears to have misled the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in a regulatory filing that attempts to downplay competition concerns, according to Open Web Advocacy (OWA).… This article is an

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AT&T sues Broadcom for breaching VMware support extension contract 2024-09-05 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn’t want or need, at huge prices US telecoms giant AT&T has alleged Broadcom has reneged on an extended support deal it struck with VMware, and

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New Cross-Platform Malware KTLVdoor Discovered in Attack on Chinese Trading Firm 2024-09-05 at 09:16 By The Chinese-speaking threat actor known as Earth Lusca has been observed using a new backdoor dubbed KTLVdoor as part of a cyber attack targeting an unnamed trading company based in China. The previously unreported malware is written in Golang, and

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Cisco Fixes Two Critical Flaws in Smart Licensing Utility to Prevent Remote Attacks 2024-09-05 at 08:01 By Cisco has released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its Smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to elevate their privileges or access sensitive information. A brief description of the two vulnerabilities is below

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