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Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers’ Models and Data 2024-05-25 at 13:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service provider Replicate that could have allowed threat actors to gain access to proprietary AI models and sensitive information. “Exploitation of this vulnerability would have allowed unauthorized access to […]

Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really sucks 2024-05-25 at 12:35 By Iain Thomson Our vultures weigh in on the week that was more ‘what we Built’ than ‘what you can Build’ Kettle  Microsoft held its annual Build developer conference this week with that bizarre Copilot+ PC

Man behind deepfake Biden robocall indicted on felony charges, faces $6M fine 2024-05-25 at 02:32 By Jessica Lyons FCC wants to hit this political genius with first-of-a-kind punishment The political consultant who admitted paying $150 to create a deepfake anti-Biden robocall has been indicted on charges of felony voter suppression and misdemeanor impersonation of a

Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023 2024-05-25 at 01:32 By Matthew Connatser But criminals posing as Microsoft workers scored the most ill-gotten gains The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared data on the most impersonated companies in 2023, which include Best Buy, Amazon, and PayPal in the top

Nvidia faces local competition for its ‘China special’ GPUs 2024-05-25 at 00:46 By Dan Robinson Which rival would be so bold as to snatch its business Huawei? Nvidia has cut the price of special GPUs it makes for the Chinese market in the face of local competition from Huawei.… This article is an excerpt from

Suspected supply chain attack backdoors courtroom recording software 2024-05-24 at 23:46 By Connor Jones An open and shut case, but the perps remain at large – whoever they are Justice is served… or should that be saved now that audio-visual software deployed in more than 10,000 courtrooms is once again secure after researchers uncovered evidence

4 more years! Intelsat, Northrop Grumman extend satellite servicing contract 2024-05-24 at 22:46 By Richard Speed Mission Extension Vehicle to fuel up helpless but functional sats Northrop Grumman has signed a four-year contract renewal with Intelsat to continue providing on-orbit extension services for satellites.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users 2024-05-24 at 21:52 By Liam Proven Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1 It comes a bit later than usual, but if you are running Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur,” you should start seeing prompts to upgrade to the new release.… This article is

Elon Musk says he doesn’t want 100% tariff on China-made electric vehicles 2024-05-24 at 20:31 By Matthew Connatser Tesla CEO would have preferred no tariffs, even though they’re beneficial to his company Tesla supremo Elon Musk is criticizing the import tax that the Biden administration has levied against Chinese electric vehicles, saying Tesla doesn’t need

OpenAI tells employees it won’t claw back their vested equity 2024-05-24 at 19:53 By Richard Speed ChatGPT? Write me a really horrid nondisparagement exit clause OpenAI has told former and current staff that it won’t enforce nondisparagement agreements that could have cost employees dearly.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Hackers Created Rogue VMs to Evade Detection in Recent MITRE Cyber Attack 2024-05-24 at 19:53 By The MITRE Corporation has revealed that the cyber attack targeting the not-for-profit company towards late December 2023 by exploiting zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involved the actor creating rogue virtual machines (VMs) within its VMware environment. “The

Security leaders are facing a new wave of identity risks 2024-05-24 at 19:06 By A study has found that increased technological and organizational complexity is contributing to new identity risks that security leaders must manage.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Micron told to pay $445M in memory patent infringement case 2024-05-24 at 18:46 By Dan Robinson Case brought by Netlist involved DRAM modules in computer systems Chipmaker Micron is being ordered to cough up a total of $445 million after losing a patent litigation case involving memory module technology brought by rival Netlist.… This article

Wanna curb datacenter outages? Try combating burnout with shorter shifts 2024-05-24 at 17:46 By Tobias Mann If hiring more people to work fewer hours isn’t appealing, you could always make a robot do it Datacenter outages remain a perennial problem, with human error among the top contributors. Analyst outfit the Uptime Institute suggests the key

EMEA enterprise customers scrutinising deals more closely, and it’s hurting Workday 2024-05-24 at 17:01 By Paul Kunert Pesky ‘macro’ stuff forces SaaS biz to yank revenue forecast, share price plunges double digits SaaS application biz Workday is lowering revenue forecasts for the year after saying it is feeling the squeeze of larger customers taking longer

Microsoft fixes the fix for the Windows Server 2019 NTLM problem 2024-05-24 at 16:46 By Richard Speed Installation problems with non-English language systems resolved Microsoft has released a fix to fix the fix for NTLM traffic spikes on Windows Server 2019 after the original fix failed to install on some devices where Windows was not

Fake Antivirus Websites Deliver Malware to Android and Windows Devices 2024-05-24 at 16:46 By Threat actors have been observed making use of fake websites masquerading as legitimate antivirus solutions from Avast, Bitdefender, and Malwarebytes to propagate malware capable of stealing sensitive information from Android and Windows devices. “Hosting malicious software through sites which look legitimate

AMD’s CFO Jean Hu talks CPUs, GPUs and the road ahead 2024-05-24 at 15:54 By Dan Robinson Surging demand, the AI plan, and spinning FPGAs into gold Interview  AMD claims it is touching 33 percent in server CPU market share as it looks towards the launch of its next-gen “Turin” processors, and is promising a

Securing critical infrastructure 2024-05-24 at 15:18 By Critical infrastructure must not only guard against intrusions from organized groups but also unintentional vulnerabilities introduced by employees. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Alphv and LockBit lose top spot to a smaller ransomware group 2024-05-24 at 15:18 By As of April 2024, the ransomware groups Alphv and LockBit have ceded the top spot to a smaller ransomware group.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source