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Google DeepMind’s latest model promises realistic audio for your AI-generated vids 2024-06-18 at 23:17 By Tobias Mann Launch comes as Runway, Pika, Kling push the boundaries of machine-imagined video Video  Mainstream adoption of generative AI technologies has, in large part, centered around the creation of text and images. But, as it turns out, the statistical […]

What’s up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It’s all about ‘privacy-centric advertising’ 2024-06-18 at 22:46 By Thomas Claburn Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people’s wishes? Analysis  Mozilla this week said it has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym, touting the deal as a way to help the online advertising

HPE, Nvidia team up to offer ‘turnkey’ private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local 2024-06-18 at 19:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang’s GPU juggernaut HPE Discover  This year HPE Discover 2024 is all about AI hardware developed through an expanded partnership with chip heavyweight Nvidia.… This article

Signal Foundation Warns Against EU’s Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM 2024-06-18 at 19:31 By A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users’ private messages for detection child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the

T-Mobile drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial 2024-06-18 at 19:16 By Matthew Connatser Comms outfit says ‘think of the children’ isn’t a legal reason to reject application T-Mobile is taking the borough of Wanaque in New Jersey to court for refusing to approve the company’s plans to build a

CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech … but where’s Arm? 2024-06-18 at 18:16 By Dan Robinson Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds A group of technology organizations has formed the CHERI Alliance CIC (Community Interest Company) to promote industry adoption of the security technology focused on

Researchers find Meta’s withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow 2024-06-18 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system? Feature  While Meta faces formal proceedings from the European Commission, academics and other researchers have criticized its provision for monitoring misinformation on its

Nearly 90% of businesses saw up to 9% of revenue lost due to fraud 2024-06-18 at 17:16 By Fraud attempts have increased this year, leading to financial repercussions. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cybercriminals Exploit Free Software Lures to Deploy Hijack Loader and Vidar Stealer 2024-06-18 at 17:01 By Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users with free or pirated versions of commercial software to deliver a malware loader called Hijack Loader, which then deploys an information stealer known as Vidar Stealer. “Adversaries had managed to trick users into

Uncle Sam ends financial support to orgs hurt by Change Healthcare attack 2024-06-18 at 16:16 By Connor Jones Billions of dollars made available but worst appears to be over The US government is winding down its financial support for healthcare providers originally introduced following the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare in February.… This article is

CentOS 7 holdouts thrown a support lifeline by SUSE 2024-06-18 at 15:47 By Richard Speed Liberty Linux Lite to keep the updates coming for a few more years … for a fee SUSE has unveiled a Liberty Linux Lite solution aimed at enticing CentOS 7 administrators facing the impending June 30 end-of-support deadline.… This article

NHS boss says Scottish trust didn’t meet attackers’ demands 2024-06-18 at 14:31 By Connor Jones CEO of Dumfries and Galloway admits circa 150K people should assume their details leaked The chief exec at NHS Dumfries and Galloway will write to thousands of folks in the Scottish region whose data was stolen by criminals, admitting the

The Annual SaaS Security Report: 2025 CISO Plans and Priorities 2024-06-18 at 14:31 By Seventy percent of enterprises are prioritizing investment in SaaS security by establishing dedicated teams to secure SaaS applications, as part of a growing trend of maturity in this field of cybersecurity, according to a new survey released this month by the

More than 70% of companies increased spending on proactive security 2024-06-18 at 14:16 By Research shows that more than 70% of organizations are increasing spending on proactive security solutions. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

BT speaks out against Vodafone and Three’s mobile marriage plans 2024-06-18 at 13:48 By Dan Robinson Fears ‘MergeCo’ will snaffle disproportionate spectrum Britain’s competition watchdog has published responses to its investigation of the proposed merger of the Vodafone and Three mobile networks, varying from welcoming the move as something that will boost competition, to fears

New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining 2024-06-18 at 13:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that’s capable of downloading and executing more

Apple’s Macintosh 128K on a Pi Pico gets thumbs-up from Upton 2024-06-18 at 12:45 By Richard Speed Just because you could definitely means you should The Raspberry Pi has long been popular with retrocomputing enthusiasts, and its microcontroller – the RP2040 – can also be used for various emulation purposes, now including the original Apple

Ada and Zangemann: Fancy reading your kids a book about FOSS? 2024-06-18 at 11:46 By Liam Proven It’s not every tech conference that has story-reading sessions… but maybe they should Devconf.cz  Free Software Foundation Europe president Matthias Kirshner’s picture book Ada and Zangemann explains the concepts of FOSS to school kids… and managers, marketing people,

VMware Issues Patches for Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi 2024-06-18 at 11:31 By VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 (CVSS

Singapore Police Extradites Malaysians Linked to Android Malware Fraud 2024-06-18 at 11:01 By The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June 2023. The unnamed individuals, aged 26 and 47, engaged in scams that