2024

OpenAI loses another senior figure, disperses safety research team he led

OpenAI loses another senior figure, disperses safety research team he led 2024-10-25 at 09:33 By Simon Sharwood Artificial General Intelligence readiness advisor Miles Brundage bails, because nobody is ready OpenAI has lost another senior staffer, and on his way out the door this one warned the company – and all other AI shops – are […]

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Irish Watchdog Imposes Record €310 Million Fine on LinkedIn for GDPR Violations

Irish Watchdog Imposes Record €310 Million Fine on LinkedIn for GDPR Violations 2024-10-25 at 09:19 By The Irish data protection watchdog on Thursday fined LinkedIn €310 million ($335 million) for violating the privacy of its users by conducting behavioral analyses of personal data for targeted advertising. “The inquiry examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for

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Achieving peak cyber resilience

Achieving peak cyber resilience 2024-10-25 at 08:03 By Help Net Security Climbing Mount Everest isn’t a feat for the faint hearted. Extreme weather, dangerous terrain and acclimatization requirements make the trek challenging for even the most experienced climbers. It’s estimated that the expedition takes more than two months, on average. That’s a lengthy process that

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Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids

Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids 2024-10-25 at 07:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo Station claims its visionary, ex-employees claim it cynical; reality appears way more fiscal A Polish radio station has ditched its on-air talent for AI in what its editor-in-chief calls an experiment on the effect of AI in society, though

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The future of cyber insurance: Meeting the demand for non-attack coverage

The future of cyber insurance: Meeting the demand for non-attack coverage 2024-10-25 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Daum, Head of Global Cyber Claims for Allianz Commercial, discusses the significant rise in cyber claims in 2024, driven by an increase in data breaches and ransomware attacks. Daum highlights the

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How to fend off a quantum computer attack

How to fend off a quantum computer attack 2024-10-25 at 07:03 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, IEEE member Marc Lijour explains quantum computing and offers insight into how to fend off a quantum computer attack. The post How to fend off a quantum computer attack appeared first on Help Net

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Unclear pricing for GRC tools creates market confusion

Unclear pricing for GRC tools creates market confusion 2024-10-25 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Due to widely varying government, risk, and compliance (GRC) tool pricing, enterprise risk management (ERM) leaders must understand four different pricing-tier categories of GRC solutions and apply a scoping framework to further estimate likely costs ahead of vendor selection, according

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New infosec products of the week: October 25, 2024

New infosec products of the week: October 25, 2024 2024-10-25 at 06:03 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Fastly, IBM, Ivanti, Kusari, and Nucleus Security. IBM Guardium Data Security Center protects hybrid cloud and AI IBM Guardium Data Security Center provides a

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Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos

Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos 2024-10-25 at 04:33 By Jessica Lyons Plus: Iran’s IRGC probes election-related websites in swing states Russian, Iranian, and Chinese trolls are all ramping up their US election disinformation efforts ahead of November 5, but – aside from undermining faith in the democratic process and confidence in the election

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Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei’s evasion

Congress to Commerce: Sanction more Chinese chip firms to stop Huawei’s evasion 2024-10-25 at 02:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo We don’t really need a letter full of circumstantial evidence to prove what we already know needs doing US elected officials are urging the Commerce Department to take action to prevent Huawei from building a network of

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AWS Cloud Development Kit flaw exposed accounts to full takeover

AWS Cloud Development Kit flaw exposed accounts to full takeover 2024-10-25 at 01:49 By Jessica Lyons Remember Bucket Monopoly? Yeah, it gets worse Amazon Web Services has fixed a flaw in its open source Cloud Development Kit that, under the right conditions, could allow an attacker to hijack a user’s account completely.… This article is

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Scientists demand FCC test environmental impacts of satellites

Scientists demand FCC test environmental impacts of satellites 2024-10-25 at 00:34 By Thomas Claburn Boffins say it’s absurd that the US comms watchdog won’t consider atmospheric harms One hundred and twenty astronomy researchers on Thursday sent a letter asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to end the “absurd” environmental review exemption given to SpaceX’s Starlink

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Ford CEO admits he drives a Chinese electric vehicle and doesn’t want to give it up

Ford CEO admits he drives a Chinese electric vehicle and doesn’t want to give it up 2024-10-24 at 23:48 By Iain Thomson Warns the Middle Kingdom is drinking Detroit’s milkshake at the moment Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, has made a surprising confession – he has been driving a Chinese-made electric vehicle, and he loves

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Hugging Face puts the squeeze on Nvidia’s software ambitions

Hugging Face puts the squeeze on Nvidia’s software ambitions 2024-10-24 at 22:33 By Tobias Mann AI model repo promises lower costs, broader compatibility for NIMs competitor Hugging Face this week announced HUGS, its answer to Nvidia’s Inference Microservices (NIMs), which the AI repo claims will let customers deploy and run LLMs and models on a

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Costco may have found its ‘Netflix moment’ with this membership-boosting move

Costco may have found its ‘Netflix moment’ with this membership-boosting move 2024-10-24 at 22:18 By Fox Business Costco’s introduction of membership card scanners at the front of US stores is still rolling out, but the move is already paying off big for the wholesale club. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews

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How to Know If You’ve Been Hacked: Signs & Recovery (2024)

How to Know If You’ve Been Hacked: Signs & Recovery (2024) 2024-10-24 at 21:42 View original post at vpnMentor These days, cyberattacks aren’t just something that happens to big corporations or government agencies — they can hit anyone, including everyday internet users. Hackers are always finding new ways to steal personal information, hijack accounts, and

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Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks

Emergency patch: Cisco fixes bug under exploit in brute-force attacks 2024-10-24 at 21:18 By Jessica Lyons Who doesn’t love abusing buggy appliances, really? Cisco has patched an already exploited security hole in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software that miscreants have been brute-forcing in attempted denial of service attacks.… This

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