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Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments 12/07/2023 at 14:53 By Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that it repelled a cyber attack staged by a Chinese nation-state actor targeting two dozen organizations, some of which include government agencies, in a cyber espionage campaign designed to acquire confidential data. The attacks, which commenced on May 15, 2023,

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The Risks and Preventions of AI in Business: Safeguarding Against Potential Pitfalls 12/07/2023 at 14:53 By Artificial intelligence (AI) holds immense potential for optimizing internal processes within businesses. However, it also comes with legitimate concerns regarding unauthorized use, including data loss risks and legal consequences. In this article, we will explore the risks associated with

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Methane-spotting satellite that gives true readings of industry emissions hits skies in 2024 12/07/2023 at 14:39 By Dan Robinson Potent greenhouse gas even worse for climate than too much carbon dioxide A methane tracking satellite that can calculate emissions of this potent greenhouse gas with extreme accuracy is due to go into operation next year,

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Fancy tinkering with the atmosphere? The Derecho supercomputer can advise 12/07/2023 at 13:48 By Tobias Mann NCAR’s biggish iron will also explore wildfires, drought and solar storms In hopes of mitigating the effects of climate change, scientists working in collaboration with the United States National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are using supercomputers to explore

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Chinese Hackers Deploy Microsoft-Signed Rootkit to Target Gaming Sector 12/07/2023 at 13:47 By Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a novel rootkit signed by Microsoft that’s engineered to communicate with an actor-controlled attack infrastructure. Trend Micro has attributed the activity cluster to the same actor that was previously identified as behind the FiveSys rootkit, which came to light

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SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro… again 12/07/2023 at 12:50 By Liam Proven The chameleon-rancher chooses a new, Rocky course SUSE is reconsidering the change of course it made at the beginning of last year: it is launching its own RHEL-compatible distro, or as it puts it, a fork of RHEL.… This article is an

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OECD finds 27% of jobs are under threat from AI 12/07/2023 at 11:34 By Lindsay Clark But people keeping jobs might find they are less boring, study shows An international policy think-tank has found 27 percent of jobs are in occupations under threat from AI and other forms of automation.… This article is an excerpt

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Python-Based PyLoose Fileless Attack Targets Cloud Workloads for Cryptocurrency Mining 12/07/2023 at 11:18 By A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads with the goal of delivering a cryptocurrency miner, new findings from Wiz reveal. “The attack consists of Python code that loads an XMRig Miner directly into memory using memfd, a known Linux

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Japan schedules August launch for ‘Moon Sniper’ lander 12/07/2023 at 10:33 By Simon Sharwood Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has named August 26 as its intended launch date for a lunar lander it hopes will improve humanity’s ability to touch down on other worlds –

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Internet registry APNIC announces governance and election reforms 12/07/2023 at 09:48 By Simon Sharwood Addresses criticisms raised by sections of the community and recent controversies The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the regional internet registry for 56 economies across the region, has announced significant governance changes.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Microsoft Releases Patches for 130 Vulnerabilities, Including 6 Under Active Attack 12/07/2023 at 08:49 By Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 130 new security flaws spanning its software, including six zero-day flaws that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 130 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 121 are

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China outsources censorship to web giants to break the fake news business model 12/07/2023 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein The likes of WeChat and Weibo suddenly have a lot of work to do – including turning off the money tap The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has announced new requirements for platforms, to prevent accounts

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VMware teases multi-cloud generative AI offerings for August debut 12/07/2023 at 07:35 By Simon Sharwood Data here, model there, Virtzilla’s usual abstraction principles in between VMware has teased looming announcements outlining how it will enable generative AI to run on it stack, drawing on resources housed across multiple clouds.… This article is an excerpt from

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