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Phishing is the top attack method used by threat actors 2024-02-07 at 07:19 By Security leaders have worked to mitigate risks associated with AI while also working to meet federal regulations and guidelines. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

India probes SAP and IBM over ancient Air India ERP tender 2024-02-07 at 06:02 By Simon Sharwood Procurement process in 2011 deal raises suspicions Indian authorities want to ask IBM and SAP about potentially criminal actions that saw the two tech giants engaged for a 2011 ERP project at Air India.… This article is an

Republican senators try to outlaw rules that restrict Wall Street’s use of AI 2024-02-07 at 04:02 By Katyanna Quach Everyone should be free to trust AI to make their financial decisions, without knowing if it’s also used against them Republican senators are attempting to block the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to restrict financial

DEF CON is canceled! No, really this time – but the show will go on 2024-02-07 at 03:02 By Iain Thomson Longtime host Caesars ends relationship at short notice It’s an annual meme that DEF CON infosec conference has been canceled, but this time it actually happened.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Think tank funded by Big Tech argues AI’s climate impact is nothing to worry about 2024-02-07 at 02:47 By Tobias Mann Sure, datacenters consume lots of energy. But maybe they’ll invent stuff that helps It’s well established that the tens of thousands of GPUs used to train large language models (LLMs) consume a prodigious amount

Twitter spinout Bluesky ends invite-only phase and opens its doors to all comers 2024-02-07 at 01:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dorsey-backed federated social media alternative promises custom feed algos, and more There’s no need to fret if you lost your invite code to decentralized Twitter spinoff Bluesky – the service has thrown open its doors to

America’s broadband bill subsidy runs out of money and halts enrollments 2024-02-07 at 00:32 By Katyanna Quach Program that gets the hard-up online needs money by May The US Federal Communications Commission will not accept new signups by folks for its subsidized internet broadband program after Thursday, as it’s running out of money to fund

Mozilla adds paid-for data-deletion tier to Monitor, its privacy-breach radar 2024-02-07 at 00:01 By Thomas Claburn Firefox maker promises to lean on personal info brokers to scrub records Mozilla on Tuesday expanded its free privacy-monitoring service with a paid-for tier called Mozilla Monitor Plus that will try to get data brokers to delete their copies

Meta to try ‘cutting edge’ AI detection on its platforms – asking people to add labels 2024-02-06 at 22:17 By Katyanna Quach Will apply ‘penalties if they fail to do so’ Meta is building tools to detect and label AI-generated images posted on its social media platforms, and is testing large language models to automatically

Verizon says 63K employees’ info fell into wrong hands – an insider in this case 2024-02-06 at 21:33 By Jessica Lyons Telco says it’s a private matter Verizon is notifying more than 63,000 people, mostly current employees, that an insider, accidentally or otherwise, had inappropriate access to their personal data.… This article is an excerpt

Verizon alerts 63k employees their details were leaked by an insider 2024-02-06 at 21:16 By Jessica Lyons Telco says it’s a private matter Verizon is notifying more than 63,000 people, mostly current employees, that an insider leak exposed their personal data.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple Vision Pro is creating a new generation of glassholes 2024-02-06 at 20:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo They’re back – and more oblivious than ever Comment  If you’ve paid any attention to social media in the past four days, it’s likely you haven’t been able to escape the torrent of photos and videos of people wearing

IBM pitches bite-sized $135k LinuxONE box for smaller biz types 2024-02-06 at 20:17 By Dan Robinson Fancy a mainframe that runs Linux? You’ll need deep pockets IBM has pushed out a new member of its LinuxONE enterprise-grade Linux lineup that it hopes will appeal to small and medium-sized businesses, but the price tag is unlikely

Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department 2024-02-06 at 19:31 By Connor Jones Attack happened in 2023 using a bespoke backdoor, confirming year-old suspicions Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused intrusion.… This

SAP hits brakes on Tesla company car deal 2024-02-06 at 18:47 By Lindsay Clark Despite EV commitment, German giant tells Musk marque to buzz off German software giant SAP has reportedly elected not to buy new electric cars from Tesla, the electric automotive manufacturer led by Elon Musk.… This article is an excerpt from The

EquiLend back in the saddle as ransom payment rumors swirl 2024-02-06 at 18:01 By Connor Jones Still no word on how the intruders broke in or the full extent of any possible data compromise Global securities finance tech company EquiLend’s systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago.…

You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA 2024-02-06 at 17:17 By Richard Speed Everything’s fine, but a fastening fell off when it shouldn’t have Virgin Galactic has reported itself to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after discovering a detached alignment pin from the mechanism used to keep

Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials 2024-02-06 at 16:48 By Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. “This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram

Experts Detail New Flaws in Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services 2024-02-06 at 16:48 By Three new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Azure HDInsight’s Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark services that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) condition. “The new vulnerabilities affect any authenticated user of Azure HDInsight services such

Japan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips 2024-02-06 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson Pair still looking to merge after SK hynix blocked deal Japan is set to provide more subsidies for chip companies Kioxia and Western Digital to boost memory production. The move follows reports that a cancelled