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India to train 5000 ‘Cyber Commandos’ 2024-09-11 at 07:46 By Laura Dobberstein Minister reckons dedicated cops necessary to protect digital transactions India has announced a plan to train a specialized wing of 5000 “Cyber Commandos” in the next five years, as part of its efforts to address cyber crime.… This article is an excerpt from […]

IT leaders stress the need for stronger risk management 2024-09-11 at 07:16 By IT leaders request stronger risk management. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Generative AI poses several security risks 2024-09-11 at 07:16 By The risks of generative AI. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Wanna watch a movie? Sure! Lemme just park the lounge room 2024-09-11 at 06:17 By Laura Dobberstein Foxcon and Sharp imagine a sofa and television in a connected electric van Japanese electronics giant Sharp and its majority stakeholder, Foxconn, have unveiled an electric vehicle that features, among other mod cons, an “extended living room.”… This

Microsoft says it broke some Windows 10 patching – as it fixes flaws under attack 2024-09-11 at 04:31 By Iain Thomson CISA wants you to leap on Citrix and Ivanti issues. Adobe, Intel, SAP also bid for patching priorities Patch Tuesday  Another Patch Tuesday has dawned, as usual with the unpleasant news that there are

Oracle to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors 2024-09-11 at 03:47 By Tobias Mann Isn’t saying how much they’ll cost or when they’ll fire up Oracle is going nuclear over growing demand for AI datacenters, and that’s not a metaphor for Larry Ellison’s mood.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter 2024-09-11 at 02:17 By Simon Sharwood Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged At least a portion of Chinese web giant Alibaba’s online services have been disrupted by a fire at a Singapore datacenter following what’s said to be an

The future everyone wanted – in-car ads tailored to your journey and passengers 2024-09-11 at 01:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Correction, no one wanted – well, except perhaps these patent filers at Ford Someday soon, if Ford has its way, drivers and passengers may be bombarded with infotainment ads tailored to their personal and vehicle data. …

As web browser makers snuggle up to AI, the few remaining holdouts aren’t sold 2024-09-11 at 00:31 By Thomas Claburn Chatbots, generative models ‘in many ways the next step in the surveillance economy’ Web browsers now commonly sport AI services provided by on-device or cloud-based models. However, a few holdouts remain convinced it’s a bad

Ex Samsung execs reportedly arrested for alleged IP theft in China chip caper 2024-09-10 at 23:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Duo accused of stealing $3.2B of 20nm tech and secrets Two former Samsung employees have reportedly been arrested in South Korea on suspicion they stole more than $3.2 billion in intellectual property to build their own

SambaNova makes Llama gallop in inference cloud debut 2024-09-10 at 22:46 By Tobias Mann AI infra startup serves up Llama 3.1 405B at 100+ tokens per second Not to be outdone by rival AI systems upstarts, SambaNova has launched inference cloud of its own that it says is ready to serve up Meta’s largest models

Pentagon has little to show for two decades of GPS modernization work 2024-09-10 at 21:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Not even the venerable expertise of the US Space Force is enough to push progress Despite more than two decades of work, the US military’s GPS modernization efforts are still so muddled that uninterrupted operation of a

Mainframes aren’t dead, they’re just learning AI tricks 2024-09-10 at 20:16 By Dan Robinson Kyndryl survey suggests there’s life in big iron yet Even mainframes can’t escape the AI bug, with a report finding that big iron is becoming a prime candidate to host and run AI workloads, while enterprises are increasingly integrating their mainframes

CosmicBeetle Deploys Custom ScRansom Ransomware, Partnering with RansomHub 2024-09-10 at 19:46 By The threat actor known as CosmicBeetle has debuted a new custom ransomware strain called ScRansom in attacks targeting small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, while also likely working as an affiliate for RansomHub. “CosmicBeetle replaced its previously

Private equity firm commits MariaDB transaction 2024-09-10 at 19:16 By Lindsay Clark Post-IPO chapter ends after SQL biz shed jobs, products in bid to find buyer A private equity bid has succeeded in its takeover of MariaDB 18 months after its disastrous IPO.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

New York establishes new legislation for workplace safety 2024-09-10 at 19:16 By Governor Kathy Hochul of New York signed legislation to protect and support the growth of the state’s workforce. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

We know ‘Linux is a cancer’ but could CentOS chaos spell opportunity for Microsoft? 2024-09-10 at 18:32 By Richard Speed Analyst suggests Redmond’s internal distro may one day fly the coop Azure Linux is Microsoft’s take on the open source operating system. It is primarily used for internal purposes, but could it become (yet another)

Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says 2024-09-10 at 17:46 By Connor Jones Elderly people report the greatest losses The FBI just dropped its annual report examining the costs of crypto-related cybercrime, painting a predictably grim picture as total losses in the US exceeded $5.6 billion in 2023 – a

Apple broke EC state aid rules, owes billions in back taxes 2024-09-10 at 16:31 By Paul Kunert Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union Europe’s highest court has ruled in a “final judgment” that Apple did indeed break state aid rules by enjoying massive tax breaks in Ireland to the