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US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests 2024-12-19 at 21:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report, outlining recommendations for […]

Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic 2024-12-19 at 19:40 By Tobias Mann It’s not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon Comment  Next year will see some truly monstrous compute projects get underway as the AI boom enters its third year. Among […]

Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays 2024-12-19 at 17:38 By Brandon Vigliarolo Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month Two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner are facing another extended delay. … This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Feds issue another warning about texting dangers — the scary reason to stop using two-factor authentication now 2024-12-19 at 17:19 By Brooke Kato The warning comes a week after the FBI said cybercriminals, suspected to be from China, hacked into AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to spy on customers. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product […]

Thousands Download Malicious npm Libraries Impersonating Legitimate Tools 2024-12-19 at 17:18 By Threat actors have been observed uploading malicious typosquats of legitimate npm packages such as typescript-eslint and @types/node that have racked up thousands of downloads on the package registry. The counterfeit versions, named @typescript_eslinter/eslint and types-node, are engineered to download a trojan and retrieve […]

Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests 2024-12-19 at 15:48 By Richard Speed Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course The European Commission (EC) has continued pushing Apple to open up more of iOS to third parties, and Apple has pushed back, warning that doing so risks user privacy.… […]

Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords 2024-12-19 at 15:48 By Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are being targeted as part of a malicious campaign that deploys the Mirai botnet malware. The company said it’s issuing the advisory after “several customers” reported anomalous […]

Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiWLM Flaw That Could Lead to Admin Access Exploits 2024-12-19 at 14:03 By Fortinet has issued an advisory for a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a […]

Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course 2024-12-19 at 13:48 By Richard Speed Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next? The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped IT Career Change Ltd on the wrist over a September 2024 ad promoting a career in Health & Safety.… This article is an […]

Dutch DPA Fines Netflix €4.75 Million for GDPR Violations Over Data Transparency 2024-12-19 at 12:03 By The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) on Wednesday fined video on-demand streaming service Netflix €4.75 million ($4.93 million) for not giving consumers enough information about how it used their data between 2018 and 2020. An investigation launched by the […]

CISA Mandates Cloud Security for Federal Agencies by 2025 Under Binding Directive 25-01 2024-12-19 at 12:03 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 25-01, ordering federal civilian agencies to secure their cloud environments and abide by Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) secure configuration baselines. “Recent cybersecurity incidents […]

UAC-0125 Abuses Cloudflare Workers to Distribute Malware Disguised as Army+ App 2024-12-19 at 12:03 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed that a threat actor it tracks as UAC-0125 is leveraging Cloudflare Workers service to trick military personnel in the country into downloading malware disguised as Army+, a mobile app that […]

Asda decided on a ‘no go’ for ‘mass rollout’ of store IT conversion 2024-12-19 at 11:33 By Lindsay Clark Amid plans to convert smaller stores, retailer opted to stall December shift as Walmart tech divorce continues Exclusive  Asda decided not to go ahead with planned cut-over dates to introduce new systems at some smaller stores […]

Internet-exposed HMIs are a risk to water facilities, CISA warns 2024-12-19 at 11:20 By Water and wastewater system facilities have been urged to secure internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Humanoid robots coming soon, initially under remote control 2024-12-19 at 09:34 By Thomas Claburn Dodgy AI chatbots as brains – what could go wrong? Feature  The first telephone call in 1876 was marked by Alexander Graham Bell’s request to his assistant, Thomas, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”… This article is an […]

Don’t fall for a mail asking for rapid Docusign action – it may be an Azure account hijack phish 2024-12-19 at 07:34 By Jessica Lyons Recent campaign targeted 20,000 folk across UK and Europe with this tactic, Unit 42 warns Unknown criminals went on a phishing expedition that targeted about 20,000 users across the automotive, […]