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Payoff from AI projects is ‘dismal’, biz leaders complain 2024-06-12 at 16:16 By Thomas Claburn No wonder most orgs are slowing their spending Businesses have become more cautious about investing in artificial intelligence tools due to concerns about cost, data security, and safety, according to a study conducted by Lucidworks, a provider of e-commerce search […]

Microsoft sued by ParTec in Texas over AI supercomputer patents 2024-06-12 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson German HPC outfit asks for damages, injunction that would see Azure AI shut down Microsoft is facing legal action from German HPC vendor ParTec over claims of patent infringement relating to technology used in putting together AI supercomputers.… This

Tesla’s Autopilot false advertising tussle with California DMV must go to trial 2024-06-12 at 15:16 By Richard Speed At stake: Carmaker’s licenses to make and sell motor vehicles in golden state A California judge has rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss claims that the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles were overstated.… This article is an excerpt

Research reveals new ransomware variant called Fog 2024-06-12 at 15:16 By Research has revealed the development of a new ransomware variant called Fog.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Lessons from the Ticketmaster-Snowflake Breach 2024-06-12 at 14:46 By Last week, the notorious hacker gang, ShinyHunters, sent shockwaves across the globe by allegedly plundering 1.3 terabytes of data from 560 million Ticketmaster users. This colossal breach, with a price tag of $500,000, could expose the personal information of a massive swath of the live event

Black Basta Ransomware May Have Exploited MS Windows Zero-Day Flaw 2024-06-12 at 14:46 By Threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware may have exploited a recently disclosed privilege escalation flaw in the Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service as zero-day, according to new findings from Symantec. The security flaw in question is CVE-2024-26169 (CVSS score:

AMD’s DC chief happy to work with Intel and others to chip away at Nvidia’s AI empire 2024-06-12 at 14:31 By Tobias Mann ‘If everybody’s got their own little ecosystem, it’s very inefficient’ AMD and Intel have been rivals for decades, but there’s at least one thing they can agree on: they have a common

Space health shocker: Astronauts return mostly fine 2024-06-12 at 13:46 By Lindsay Clark Largest ever study reveals some of the effects on human body aren’t as bad as thought, but work needs to be done Scientists have dumped a mountainous cache of research papers on the unsuspecting public in what amounts to the largest collective

Ransomware Attackers May Have Used Privilege Escalation Vulnerability as Zero-day 2024-06-12 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Some evidence to suggest that attackers linked to Black Basta compiled CVE-2024-26169 exploit prior to patching. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ransomware Attackers May Have Used Privilege Escalation Vulnerability as Zero-day 2024-06-12 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Some evidence to suggest that attackers linked to Black Basta compiled CVE-2024-26169 exploit prior to patching. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ransomware Attackers May Have Used Privilege Escalation Vulnerability as Zero-day 2024-06-12 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Some evidence to suggest that attackers linked to Black Basta compiled CVE-2024-26169 exploit prior to patching. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

K8s celebrates KuberTENes: A decade of working together 2024-06-12 at 12:46 By Thomas Claburn Give yourselves a pat on the back – all 88,000 of you In 2014, Google released Kubernetes, an open source cluster management system that takes its name from the Greek word for “helmsman” or “pilot.”… This article is an excerpt from

China-Backed Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw, Infecting 20,000 Systems Globally 2024-06-12 at 12:16 By State-sponsored threat actors backed by China gained access to 20,000 Fortinet FortiGate systems worldwide by exploiting a known critical security flaw between 2022 and 2023, indicating that the operation had a broader impact than previously known. “The state actor behind this campaign

New Phishing Campaign Deploys WARMCOOKIE Backdoor Targeting Job Seekers 2024-06-12 at 12:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing phishing campaign that leverages recruiting- and job-themed lures to deliver a Windows-based backdoor named WARMCOOKIE. “WARMCOOKIE appears to be an initial backdoor tool used to scout out victim networks and deploy additional payloads,” Elastic

Kyndryl and Apollo Global linked to bid for DXC Technology 2024-06-12 at 11:46 By Paul Kunert Creating economies of scale by merging ever-shrinking infrastructure services businesses DXC Technology, the beleaguered tech services provider that emerged from the alliance between HPE Enterprise Services and CSC then lost billions in revenue, is again reportedly the subject of

Mistral AI raises $644M, hits $6.2B in valuation 2024-06-12 at 10:46 By Matthew Connatser French firm has nearly tripled in value since beginning of the year France’s Mistral AI drew €600 million ($640 million, £510 million) in its latest funding round, bringing its valuation to €5.8 billion ($6.2 billion, £4.9 billion).… This article is an

Microsoft’s Recall should be celebrated as the saviour of SMEs and scourge of CEOs 2024-06-12 at 09:46 By Mark Pesce Small businesses have seldom had the chance to understand how they work. A history of PC use makes it possible Column  A year and a half into the explosion of AI fueled by ChatGPT, the

Advania acquires Servium as part of IT services outfit expansion plans 2024-06-12 at 09:16 By Richard Speed CEO tells The Reg about plumping the portfolio and AI Exclusive  IT services biz Advania is buying UK IT solutions provider reseller Servium as it continues to bulk out ops.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Microsoft extends Azure into Oracle cloud to satisfy OpenAI 2024-06-12 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Big Red has also cuddled up to Google’s cloud and made the transition to high-growth off-prem business Oracle has revealed its cloud will be used by Microsoft to run workloads for OpenAI.… This article is an excerpt from The Register