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CERT-UA Identifies Malicious RDP Files in Latest Attack on Ukrainian Entities 2024-10-26 at 07:34 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has detailed a new malicious email campaign targeting government agencies, enterprises, and military entities. “The messages exploit the appeal of integrating popular services like Amazon or Microsoft and implementing a zero-trust architecture,” […]

Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work 2024-10-26 at 03:36 By Richard Speed If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish BORK!BORK!BORK!  As large and cheap LCD displays become ever more common, techies on the move can see there is no rest for the IoT signage silage

Energy exec punts datacenter power options out to long term 2024-10-26 at 01:45 By Dan Robinson Bit barns aren’t going to hook up to nuclear in a rush Datacenter operators worried about securing enough energy supplies should turn to on-site generation such as gas turbines in the short term, while longer-term answers may include sources

Perplexity AI decries News Corp’s ‘simply false’ data scraping claims 2024-10-25 at 23:03 By Iain Thomson ‘They prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations’ Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has hit back at a lawsuit claiming that it’s unfairly harvesting data from Dow Jones & Co and the

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets $30M raise — while company fired nearly 2,500 workers 2024-10-25 at 22:00 By Ariel Zilber Nadella’s total compensation package for fiscal year 2024 which ended June 30 was $79.1 million — up from $48.5 million in the previous year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source 2024-10-25 at 21:16 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone Opinion  If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s AI large language model (LLM) Llama 3 is open source.… This article is an excerpt from The

Nvidia overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company with $3.5T valuation 2024-10-25 at 19:51 By Reuters Nvidia’s stock has risen about 18% so far in October, with a string of gains coming after OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced a funding round of $6.6 billion.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews

San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source 2024-10-25 at 19:50 By Iain Thomson Puts Chief Tightwad Officers on notice Drivers passing through San Francisco have a new roadside distraction to consider: billboards calling out businesses that don’t cough up for the open source code that they use.… This article

4 essential questions to ask about a prospective SIEM 2024-10-25 at 19:07 By As organizations reevaluate their SIEM, it’s an opportune time to reassess the essential characteristics of an effective SIEM solution. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Missouri AG probing Google for allegedly ‘manipulating search results’ ahead of 2024 election 2024-10-25 at 18:20 By Thomas Barrabi Google faces an investigation by the Missouri AG’s office for allegedly “manipulating search results” and exhibiting anti-conservative bias ahead of the election. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

Just how private is Apple’s Private Cloud Compute? You can test it to find out 2024-10-25 at 18:10 By Iain Thomson Also updates bug bounty program with $1M payout In June, Apple used its Worldwide Developer Conference to announce the creation of the Private Cloud Compute platform to run its AI Intelligence applications, and now

‘Consent’ LinkedIn used for data processing was not freely given, says Ireland 2024-10-25 at 18:10 By Jude Karabus Microsoft-owned social media for suits site gets €310M fine, told to get compliant When LinkedIn asked its European users for their personal data, it did not receive “informed” nor “freely given” consent for the business to ship

Researchers Discover Command Injection Flaw in Wi-Fi Alliance’s Test Suite 2024-10-25 at 17:33 By A security flaw impacting the Wi-Fi Test Suite could enable unauthenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) said the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-41992, said the susceptible code from the Wi-Fi Alliance has been

Mature node chip output to surge 6% in 2025 2024-10-25 at 16:35 By Dan Robinson TrendForce reports significant capacity gains as Beijing targets reduced reliance on imported semiconductors While most industry attention is focused on cutting-edge silicon, China continues to ramp up production of so-called mature nodes, leading to overall capacity increasing by 6 percent

Apple Opens PCC Source Code for Researchers to Identify Bugs in Cloud AI Security 2024-10-25 at 16:34 By Apple has publicly made available its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) Virtual Research Environment (VRE), allowing the research community to inspect and verify the privacy and security guarantees of its offering. PCC, which Apple unveiled earlier this June,