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54% of Americans would disclose their email account for a discount 2024-02-23 at 15:16 By A survey shows that many Americans would willingly impart identifiable data in exchange for a bargain.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft adds more AI to Photos in Windows 10 and 11 2024-02-23 at 15:02 By Richard Speed Windows 10 users would probably prefer longer support instead of prettier pics Windows Insiders cannot get enough of AI if Microsoft is to be believed, with the company rolling out AI-infused Photo updates for Windows 10 and 11.…

How to Use Tines’s SOC Automation Capability Matrix 2024-02-23 at 14:31 By Created by John Tuckner and the team at workflow and automation platform Tines, the SOC Automation Capability Matrix (SOC ACM) is a set of techniques designed to help security operations teams understand their automation capabilities and respond more effectively to incidents.  A customizable, vendor-agnostic tool featuring

Microsoft Releases PyRIT – A Red Teaming Tool for Generative AI 2024-02-23 at 14:31 By Microsoft has released an open access automation framework called PyRIT (short for Python Risk Identification Tool) to proactively identify risks in generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The red teaming tool is designed to “enable every organization across the globe to innovate responsibly

A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs 2024-02-23 at 12:31 By Liam Proven What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisor FOSDEM 2024  How hard can you cut down Linux if you know it will never run on bare metal? Further than any distro vendor we know of has

Meta seeks ASIC designers for ML accelerators and datacenter SoCs 2024-02-23 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood Appears to be struggling to find them, even in India, as it’s re-posted job ads Meta wants to build accelerators and SoCs to run in its datacenters – for jobs including machine learning – but appears to be struggling

NASA warns as huge solar flare threatens comms, maybe astronauts too 2024-02-23 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood No, this was not the cause of cellular network outages that hit the USA on Thursday NASA has warned of strong solar flares that have the potential to interrupt communications in space and down here on Earth.… This

Researchers Detail Apple’s Recent Zero-Click Shortcuts Vulnerability 2024-02-23 at 08:16 By Details have emerged about a now-patched high-severity security flaw in Apple’s Shortcuts app that could permit a shortcut to access sensitive information on the device without users’ consent. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23204 (CVSS score: 7.5), was addressed by Apple on January 22, 2024, with the

X protests forced suspension of accounts on orders of India’s government 2024-02-23 at 07:47 By Laura Dobberstein Nonprofit SFLC links orders to farming protests The global government affairs team at X (née Twitter) has suspended some accounts and posts in India after receiving executive orders to do so from the country’s government, backed by threat

Please stop pouring the wrong radioactive water into the sea, Fukushima operator told 2024-02-23 at 06:00 By Laura Dobberstein Goverment takes TEPCO to task for caesium absorption tower incident Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry minister has called on Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) to improve its management of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power

FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users’ Browsing Data 2024-02-23 at 05:59 By The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users’ browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking. In addition, the company

Juniper sued over HPE buyout after allegedly ginning up execs’ wallets 2024-02-23 at 04:23 By Thomas Claburn Material information withheld from shareholders, it’s claimed Juniper Networks, currently in the process of being acquired by HPE, has been accused of violating US securities laws in a shareholder lawsuit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people’s personal data 2024-02-23 at 03:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo A name that’s commonly shouted by pirates might be a clue, me hearties! Avast has agreed to cough up $16.5 million after the FTC accused the antivirus vendor of selling customer information to third parties.… This

Google sends Gemini AI back to engineering to adjust its White balance 2024-02-23 at 02:21 By Thomas Claburn Big Tech keeps poisoning the well without facing any consequences for its folly Comment  Google has suspended availability of text-to-image capabilities in its recently released Gemini multimodal foundational AI model, after it failed to accurately represent White

Reddit signs AI training deal with Google – and why OpenAI’s Altman could be the winner 2024-02-23 at 01:46 By Katyanna Quach IPO docs drop showing just who has a stake in the forum Reddit will provide content posted on its forums to Google, which will use it to train and update AI chatbots in

DoorDash coughs up a few bucks after California accuses it of spreading around personal info 2024-02-23 at 00:47 By Jessica Lyons Food delivery giant promises to drop off $375,000, no tip DoorDash will cough up $375,000 to settle claims it trampled California’s privacy laws by giving away customers’ info without their consent nor giving them

Cyberattack downs pharmacies across America 2024-02-22 at 23:17 By Jessica Lyons Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug on systems IT provider Change Healthcare has confirmed it shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack, disrupting prescription orders and other services at pharmacies across the US.… This article is an excerpt

Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending 2024-02-22 at 22:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo With only enough cash on hand to keep the lights on until 2025, loss-making automaker may soon be next casualty of the EV revolution Amid continuing losses, Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees and a limited

Authorities dismantled LockBit before it could unleash revamped variant 2024-02-22 at 22:02 By Connor Jones New features aimed to stamp out problems of the past Law enforcement’s disruption of the LockBit ransomware crew comes as the criminal group was working on bringing a brand-new variant to market, research reveals.… This article is an excerpt from

Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus prepares for lunar landing 2024-02-22 at 21:04 By Richard Speed It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part Intuitive Machines has tweaked today’s lunar landing time to 2230 UTC following the successful insertion of its Odysseus lander into lunar orbit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source