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DuckDuckGo AI Chat promises privacy for bot conversations 2024-06-07 at 00:01 By Thomas Claburn There’s also an off switch The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo search engine that has introduced AI Chat, an optional, free chatbot service – within limits – that provides a choice of models and “can be easily switched off.”… This article is an excerpt […]

China’s new sanctions loophole: Use export-controlled chips inside the US 2024-06-06 at 23:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Oracle, Nvidia accused of working with ByteDance, others to provide access to advanced parts within America Chinese companies that have been carved out of cutting-edge AI chip access have reportedly been buying access to sanctioned hardware on US soil

Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared in US Autonomy fraud trial 2024-06-06 at 23:16 By Chris Williams Jury in San Francisco finds him and finance VP not guilty Breaking  British entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been cleared by a jury in San Francisco.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

FBI encourages LockBit victims to step right up for free encryption keys 2024-06-06 at 23:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo The bad news? Gang wasn’t deleting victim data after payments LockBit victims who are still trying to clean up their encrypted files are in luck: the FBI has a big set of decryption keys it would love

Big Telco takes aim at renewed net neutrality rules 2024-06-06 at 22:16 By Matthew Connatser New red-tape will cost us big, American ISPs and their lobbyists claim Telecom industry organizations have petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to halt its order to restore net neutrality.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Adobe users just now getting upset over content scanning allowance in Terms of Use 2024-06-06 at 21:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Update that triggered user rage didn’t really change much – software company has always been able to scan your stuff A practically ancient terms of use update has landed Adobe in freshly boiled water over

Lansweeper finds a lot of CentOS Linux out there 2024-06-06 at 20:33 By Liam Proven Network scan reveals 26 percent of Linux boxes are CentOS 7, EOL later this month. What happens next? Lansweeper’s scans of its customers’ networks found an awful lot of Linux boxes facing imminent end of life, with no direct upgrade

Chucking Trump etc off Twitter after Jan 6 provides data for misinfo experiment 2024-06-06 at 20:02 By Lindsay Clark This study is bad, so so bad. The worst study ever. Did you know Hillary Clinton created ISIS? After convicted criminal and twice indicted former president Donald Trump and 70,000 other accounts were booted from Twitter

97% of security experts worry about AI-related security incidents 2024-06-06 at 19:16 By A new report highlights trends in AI-powered attacks and cybersecurity strategies.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Meta faces multiple complaints in Europe over plans to train AI on user data 2024-06-06 at 19:01 By Richard Speed Opt out or prepare for your posts to be ingested Meta’s plans to use customer data in AI training have resulted in complaints to data protection authorities in 11 European countries.… This article is an

Dominant AI players Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI face US antitrust inquiries 2024-06-06 at 18:16 By Dan Robinson Hmm… world’s most valuable companies furthest ahead with world’s most coveted tech. WCGW? Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia are set to be investigated for potential antitrust violations with regard to their dominant positions in the burgeoning AI industry, according to

Ariane 6 ready to rocket, bringing heavy-lift capability back to Europe 2024-06-06 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Just a wet dress rehearsal left before debut launch The much-delayed Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to launch on July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Muhstik Botnet Exploiting Apache RocketMQ Flaw to Expand DDoS Attacks 2024-06-06 at 17:31 By The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Muhstik has been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw impacting Apache RocketMQ to co-opt susceptible servers and expand its scale. “Muhstik is a well-known threat targeting IoT devices and Linux-based servers, notorious for its

AI PCs might solve a real problem: The ‘friction’ that sees users ignore security 2024-06-06 at 17:16 By Simon Sharwood Trend Micro says cloudy email scans trigger GDPR warnings that deter users. Local models that use NPUs don’t Computex  Trend Micro has outlined how it will tailor its desktop security software for AI PCs, and

Uncle Sam seeks to claw back $5M+ stolen from trade union through spoofed email 2024-06-06 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Funds are currently seized after being sent to offshore accounts The US Justice Department is seeking permission to recover more than $5 million worth of funds stolen from a trade union by business email compromise

Tetris Company celebrates classic game’s 40th birthday 2024-06-06 at 16:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo You’re not a 1985 truther, are you? We hate to be the ones to break it to all you El Reg readers, but we’re informed the classic video game Tetris is turning 40.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Atos defers its own D-Day to ponder financial rescue decision 2024-06-06 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson Restructure saga kicked into next week, investors unamused Crisis-ridden tech giant Atos has further delayed a decision on its restructuring, putting back until next week the choice of a rescue package to reduce the company’s debt and get its

Third-Party Cyber Attacks: The Threat No One Sees Coming – Here’s How to Stop Them 2024-06-06 at 15:31 By Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care,

Microsoft shows venerable and vulnerable NTLM security protocol the door 2024-06-06 at 15:16 By Richard Speed Time to get moving if you still rely on this deprecated feature Microsoft has finally decided to add the venerable NTLM authentication protocol to the Deprecated Features list.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cyberattack shuts down Seattle Public Library systems 2024-06-06 at 15:16 By The Seattle Public Library experienced a cyberattack that forced it to shut down its systems.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source