2024

Agentic AI in SOCs: A Solution to SOAR’s Unfulfilled Promises 2024-09-25 at 13:31 By Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) was introduced with the promise of revolutionizing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) through automation, reducing manual workloads and enhancing efficiency. However, despite three generations of technology and 10 years of advancements, SOAR hasn’t fully delivered on […]

Messaging app makers’ dilemma: Keeping comms private and funding open source 2024-09-25 at 13:03 By Richard Speed After Telegram CEO was charged in France, Element bosses mull the challenges Interview  Not upsetting law enforcement with end to end encryption and finding a sustainable way to fund open source development are challenges facing messaging giants and

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could’ve Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function 2024-09-25 at 12:46 By A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s memory. The technique, dubbed SpAIware, could be abused to facilitate “continuous data exfiltration

Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector 2024-09-25 at 12:31 By Lindsay Clark Post Office scandal? What scandal? Fujitsu has won a place on a UK tech framework worth up to £600 million ($802 million) despite promising not to bid for public sector contracts while its role in the

AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand 2024-09-25 at 11:49 By Richard Speed Buying computers without the tech to get harder as chipmakers compete for cash, say analysts AI PCs are forecast to account for 43 percent of PCs by 2025, says tech market sales number cruncher and consultancy Gartner,

Transportation Companies Hit by Cyberattacks Using Lumma Stealer and NetSupport Malware 2024-09-25 at 10:46 By Transportation and logistics companies in North America are the target of a new phishing campaign that delivers a variety of information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs). The activity cluster, per Proofpoint, makes use of compromised legitimate email accounts belonging

NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own 2024-09-25 at 10:32 By Tobias Mann Prithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good Researchers at IBM and NASA this week released an open source AI climate model designed to accurately predict weather patterns while consuming fewer compute resources compared to traditional physics-based simulations.…

CISA Flags Critical Ivanti vTM Vulnerability Amid Active Exploitation Concerns 2024-09-25 at 10:01 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-7593 (CVSS

VMware reportedly investigated by Japanese antimonopoly authorities 2024-09-25 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood Broadcom’s software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu Japan’s Fair Trade Commission, the nation’s anti-monopoly agency, has reportedly commenced an investigation into VMware’s software licensing practices.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

India funds Moon lander, space station module, and Venus orbiter 2024-09-25 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Wants lunar sample return within three years, Venus launch in 2028, orbiting hab in 2035, boots on Luna five years later India’s government last week signed off on three big space missions: a Moon lander, a space station module,

Samsung and pals Hyundai, Kia, team for software-defined cars, IoT integration 2024-09-25 at 07:31 By Simon Sharwood Turn on home aircon and maybe peer inside the fridge or oven – all from behind the wheel Samsung and fellow South Korean giants Kia and Hyundai have struck up an IoT alliance that will see cars drive