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Microsoft doesn’t want cops using Azure AI for facial recognition 2024-05-04 at 15:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Facial recognition based on body cam footage? Absolutely not … in our cloud, says Microsoft An update to Microsoft’s Azure Open AI Service code of conduct makes it clear who Redmond doesn’t want using its hottest new tech: Cops.… […]

What do we make of Apple’s plan B for a down quarter – that $110B buyback of shares? 2024-05-04 at 12:46 By Iain Thomson Plus: What our vultures thought of the US v Google trial that’s wrapping up Kettle  Apple had a moderately glum first three months of the year, though the iGiant found a

Microsoft Outlook Flaw Exploited by Russia’s APT28 to Hack Czech, German Entities 2024-05-04 at 12:31 By Czechia and Germany on Friday revealed that they were the target of a long-term cyber espionage campaign conducted by the Russia-linked nation-state actor known as APT28, drawing condemnation from the European Union (E.U.), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the

Oracle’s database family gets trendy AI makeover 2024-05-04 at 03:48 By Lindsay Clark Say goodbye to 23c and hello to 23ai Oracle has celebrated the general availability of its latest database upgrade by renaming it.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Relax, Google’s drop in search market share in April was just an illusion 2024-05-04 at 02:46 By Thomas Claburn Decline shown in data from StatCounter attributed to ‘anomaly’ Google’s share of web searches appeared to suffer an unusually large drop in April, according to StatCounter. But the metrics biz now says that’s incorrect.… This article

Kaspersky hits back at claims it helped Russia develop military drone systems 2024-05-04 at 01:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ready, set, sanctions? If volunteer intelligence gatherers are correct, the US may have a good reason to impose sanctions on Russian infosec firm Kaspersky, which has been accused of helping Russia design drones used in the Ukrainian

RHEL stays fresh with 9.4 while CentOS 7 gets a Rocky retirement plan 2024-05-04 at 01:46 By Liam Proven Meanwhile, Alma Linux gets into supercomputers Good news for users of RHEL versions old and new – and for the freebie CentOS Linux 7, which is approaching its end of life next month.… This article is

Kaspersky accused of helping Russia develop military drone systems 2024-05-04 at 00:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ready, set, sanctions? If volunteer intelligence gatherers are correct, the US might have a good reason to impose sanctions on Russian infosec firm Kaspersky, which has been accused of helping Russia design drones used in the Ukrainian war.… This article

AI Catholic ‘priest’ defrocked after recommending Gatorade baptism 2024-05-03 at 23:37 By Iain Thomson Devotees were speaking to an entity who didn’t exist – imagine that An attempt by a Catholic advocacy group to spread the word of God using an AI model has backfired, and chat bot – Father Justin – has been pulled

BASICally still alive: Classic language celebrates 60 years with new code and old quirks 2024-05-03 at 22:47 By Liam Proven Visual Small BASIC, Chloe System, and QB64 Phoenix all updated May Day 2024 was the 60th anniversary of the BASIC programming language, and multiple FOSS BASIC-related projects released new versions in celebration.… This article is an

AWS promoting itself as alternative to its own VMware service 2024-05-03 at 21:31 By Simon Sharwood Why? Maybe because it looks likely VMware Cloud on AWS is changing Amazon Web Services is doing something rather odd – promoting itself as a migration target for users of its own VMware Cloud on AWS service.… This article

It may take decade to shore up software supply chain security, says infosec CEO 2024-05-03 at 20:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sure, we’re waking to the risk, but we gotta get outta bed, warns Endor Labs founder Varun Badhwar interview  The more cybersecurity news you read, the more often you seem to see a familiar phrase:

Apple confirms iPadOS will fall under its Alternative Business Terms in the EU 2024-05-03 at 19:46 By Richard Speed Cupertino drops the Core Technology Fee for hobbyist developers with no revenue Apple is reluctantly bowing to the European Commission’s demands that it align iPadOS with the changes planned for iOS. It has also grudgingly added

Verizon 2024 Data Breach Report shows the risk of the human element 2024-05-03 at 19:16 By The 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report reveals the role that the human element plays in cyber threats, and security leaders are weighing in.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China ‘the most competitive market in the world’ for the iPhone says Tim Cook 2024-05-03 at 18:47 By Matthew Connatser Put another way, iPhone sales were down 8% Apple CEO Tim Cook called China “the most competitive market in the world” on the back of a somewhat poor quarter for the iPhone.… This article is

Windows users left to fend for themselves after BitLocker patch bungle 2024-05-03 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Need a bigger partition for the update? You’ll be manually resizing it then Microsoft has decided that there will be no automatic resolution for a problem with some Windows 10 devices as they attempted to install a BitLocker

Irish government hands Intel millions to offset energy price hikes 2024-05-03 at 17:09 By Dan Robinson Euro facility reportedly qualified under Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme Intel was awarded €30 million ($32.2 million) by Ireland last year as part of a state aid package for companies affected by energy price increases.… This article is an excerpt

Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission 2024-05-03 at 17:09 By Richard Speed Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list A report from the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides new insight into the

Hackers Increasingly Abusing Microsoft Graph API for Stealthy Malware Communications 2024-05-03 at 17:09 By Threat actors have been increasingly weaponizing Microsoft Graph API for malicious purposes with the aim of evading detection. This is done to “facilitate communications with command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure hosted on Microsoft cloud services,” the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, said in a report shared with The Hacker

Expert-Led Webinar – Uncovering Latest DDoS Tactics and Learn How to Fight Back 2024-05-03 at 17:09 By In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks looms more significant than ever. As these cyber threats grow in sophistication, understanding and countering them becomes crucial for any business seeking to