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GenAI more buzz than biz as tech barely dents jobs, says survey 2024-06-19 at 15:04 By Lindsay Clark Don’t believe the hype Despite some astronomical vendor valuations and predictions that it will transform society, the impact of GenAI in the workplace has yet to materialize, according to a recent global survey.… This article is an […]

A CISO’s perspective on the modern cybersecurity landscape 2024-06-19 at 15:04 By Since many companies push for and demand 100% security, these organizations ultimately settle for a false sense of it. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New Case Study: Unmanaged GTM Tags Become a Security Nightmare 2024-06-19 at 14:47 By Are your tags really safe with Google Tag Manager? If you’ve been thinking that using GTM means that your tracking tags and pixels are safely managed, then it might be time to think again. In this article we look at how

GPU-accelerated VMs on Proxmox, XCP-ng? Here’s what you need to know 2024-06-19 at 14:16 By Tobias Mann Go ahead, toss that old gaming card in your server — you know you want to Hands on  Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has sent many scrambling for alternatives.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Void Arachne Uses Deepfakes and AI to Deliver Malicious VPNs to Chinese Users 2024-06-19 at 14:01 By Chinese-speaking users are the target of a never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed Void Arachne that employs malicious Windows Installer (MSI) files for virtual private networks (VPNs) to deliver a command-and-control (C&C) framework called Winos 4.0. “The campaign also

Warning: Markopolo’s Scam Targeting Crypto Users via Fake Meeting Software 2024-06-19 at 14:01 By A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and carries out cryptocurrency theft. The attack chains involve the use of

Self-driving cars safer in sunlight, twilight another story 2024-06-19 at 13:46 By Lindsay Clark YMMV Data from more than 2,000 self-driving vehicles has contributed to a study concluding they may be safer than humans in some conditions, and potentially more dangerous in others.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Supermicro plans to flood market with liquid-cooled datacenter tech 2024-06-19 at 11:47 By Dan Robinson Three new Silicon Valley campuses in pipeline to meet demand Supermicro is planning additional facilities to meet increasing demand for liquid-cooled datacenter infrastructure, and will focus on delivering entire plug-and-play installations to customers.… This article is an excerpt from The

Mailcow Mail Server Flaws Expose Servers to Remote Code Execution 2024-06-19 at 11:01 By Two security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Mailcow open-source mail server suite that could be exploited by malicious actors to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible instances. Both shortcomings impact all versions of the software prior to version 2024-04, which

That PowerShell ‘fix’ for your root cert ‘problem’ is a malware loader in disguise 2024-06-19 at 10:36 By Jessica Lyons Control-C, Control-V, Enter … Hell Crafty criminals are targeting thousands of orgs around the world in social-engineering attacks that use phony error messages to trick users into running malicious PowerShell scripts. … This article is an

Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 ‘high-end’ CPUs to China 2024-06-19 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department on Monday revealed it intercepted 596 CPUs that an alleged smuggler was trying

Japan’s industrial SciTech Institute plans two quantum computers and an Nvidia injection 2024-06-19 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood 10,000 qubits reportedly on the cards for one of them, with help from IBM Japan’s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is set to work on a pair of quantum computers, and inject Nvidia’s latest accelerators

After 13 years, Atlassian delivers custom domain names for Jira 2024-06-19 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Customers aren’t thrilled at double subdomain or need for Premium license Atlassian will soon close its infamous CLOUD-6999 feature request ticket – opened in 2011 in response to customers seeking custom domains for its cloudy products – as it

HPE intros virtualization solution it says is totally not targeting grumpy VMware customers 2024-06-19 at 05:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s complementary to Virtzilla, and will eschew controverial aspects of Broadcom’s licensing changes HPE Discover  AI may be the focus of most of the announcements at HPE’s Discover gabfest this year – because it’s 2024 –

World’s top AI chatbots have no problem parroting Russian disinformation 2024-06-19 at 03:49 By Matthew Connatser Study finds they’re taking Putin pushers’ point of view 30% of the time Media analyst house NewsGuard tested chatbots from ten top AI developers, and found they all were willing to emit Russian disinformation to varying degrees.… This article

Rogue uni IT director pleads guilty after fraudulently buying $2.1M worth of tech 2024-06-19 at 02:49 By Jessica Lyons Faces up to 20 years behind bars, a $250K fine, or both A now-former IT director has pleaded guilty to defrauding the university at which he was employed, and a computer equipment supplier, for $2.1 million

Dark-web kingpin puts ‘stolen’ internal AMD databases, source code up for sale 2024-06-19 at 02:19 By Iain Thomson Chip designer really gonna need to channel some Zen right now AMD’s IT team is no doubt going through its logs today after cyber-crooks put up for sale what is claimed to be internal data stolen from

EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-busting law slammed by Signal, politicians 2024-06-19 at 01:31 By Thomas Claburn If you call ‘client-side scanning’ something like ‘upload moderation,’ it still undermines privacy, security On Thursday, the EU Council is scheduled to vote on a legislative proposal that would attempt to protect children online by disallowing confidential

TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins 2024-06-19 at 00:46 By Tobias Mann Ancient ruined architecture? What’s Intel’s Itanium doing in Taiwan? Construction of TSMC’s advanced chip packaging facility in Chiayi County, Taiwan, has hit a roadblock after “archaeological ruins” were discovered at the site.… This article is an excerpt from The

Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC 2024-06-18 at 23:48 By Matthew Connatser Hey Andy, how you like them Big Apples? The Amazon Labor Union, which represents the internet giant’s workers at its JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, New York, voted overwhelmingly to ally with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters