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EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China 2025-02-12 at 14:45 By Jude Karabus Captain’s Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will top up a […]

Why SAP is mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP 2025-02-12 at 14:02 By Lindsay Clark Users’ sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst By 2030, 40 percent of SAP customers currently using its legacy ERP systems will still not have migrated to the latest software, prompting the business […]

North Korean Hackers Exploit PowerShell Trick to Hijack Devices in New Cyberattack 2025-02-12 at 13:23 By The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using a new tactic that involves deceiving targets into running PowerShell as an administrator and then instructing them to paste and run malicious code provided by them. “To […]

UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant 2025-02-12 at 13:10 By Dan Robinson Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say The British government is pressing ahead with “AI Growth Zones” amid fears the rush to build datacenters to power AI could backfire and leave […]

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes 63 Flaws, Including Two Under Active Exploitation 2025-02-12 at 12:36 By Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 63 security flaws impacting its software products, including two vulnerabilities that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 vulnerabilities, three are rated Critical, 57 are rated Important, one […]

AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds 2025-02-12 at 12:18 By Richard Currie Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up Still smarting from Apple Intelligence butchering a headline, the BBC has published research into how accurately AI assistants summarize news – and the results don’t make for happy […]

Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025? 2025-02-12 at 12:18 By To combat deepfakes, organizations need to implement fresh approaches to both employee education and cybersecurity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare 2025-02-12 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today… hopefully Interview  How long can a cloud storage continue before customers finally give up the ghost? Management at Murena – /e/OS maker – must […]

Oxford researchers pull off quantum first with distributed gate teleportation 2025-02-12 at 10:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Einstein’s spooky action at a distance just got an upgrade Oxford University researchers have taken a significant step toward large-scale distributed quantum computing by demonstrating the first successful quantum teleportation of a controlled quantum gate between two modules.… This […]

Ignorance really is bliss when you’re drowning in information 2025-02-12 at 09:27 By Mark Pesce If only the joy of missing out was easier to achieve Column  I’ve never seriously accepted the maxim “ignorance is bliss”. Now I’m less sure.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ivanti Patches Critical Flaws in Connect Secure and Policy Secure – Update Now 2025-02-12 at 08:11 By Ivanti has released security updates to address multiple security flaws impacting Connect Secure (ICS), Policy Secure (IPS), and Cloud Services Application (CSA) that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is below – […]

After Copilot trial, government staff rated Microsoft’s AI it less useful than expected 2025-02-12 at 07:05 By Simon Sharwood Not all bad news for Microsoft as Australian agency also found strong ROI and some unexpected upsides Australia’s Department of the Treasury has found that Microsoft’s Copilot can easily deliver return on investment, but staff exposed […]

Women in Security documentary finds kindred spirit to direct 2025-02-12 at 07:05 By Documentary will demonstrate how women have played an outsized role in the industry by spotlighting the careers of several female security professionals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

What lessons can be learned following a school shooting 2025-02-12 at 07:05 By Education industry security leader shares things to consider after a major incident. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

February’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes 2025-02-12 at 05:05 By Iain Thomson Don’t relax just yet: Redmond has made some certificate-handling changes that could trip unprepared admins Patch Tuesday  Microsoft’s February patch collection is mercifully smaller than January’s mega-dump. But don’t get too relaxed – some deserve close attention, and other vendors […]

A win at last: Big-time blow to AI world in training data copyright scrap 2025-02-12 at 04:07 By Thomas Claburn You gotta fight … for your Reuters … to party Thomson Reuters has won a partial summary judgment in a copyright case against shuttered AI firm Ross Intelligence, a decision that disallows fair use as […]

Microsoft wants to quit working on Army VR goggles, hand contract to Anduril 2025-02-12 at 03:21 By Brandon Vigliarolo Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor? Microsoft plans to quit developing augmented-reality headsets for the US Army and have Oculus founder Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industries take over the gig.… This article is […]

Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift 2025-02-12 at 01:50 By Jessica Lyons Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry Despite the escalating cyber threats targeting America’s maritime transportation system, the US Coast Guard still lacks a comprehensive strategy to secure this critical infrastructure – nor does it have reliable access to […]

Yup, AMD’s Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security 2025-02-12 at 01:34 By Tobias Mann Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches Cisco is cramming into more of its switches Pensando data processing units (DPUs) from AMD, which will be dedicated to handling security, storage, and other […]