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‘Return to Office’ declared dead 03/12/2023 at 19:02 By Thomas Claburn Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says Efforts to convince remote workers to return to corporate offices appear to have stalled, based on data from the government, academia, and private-sector organizations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books 02/12/2023 at 20:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend’ The council of Porto Alegre, a city in southern Brazil, has approved legislation drafted by ChatGPT. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him 02/12/2023 at 15:47 By Chris Williams First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal Kettle  By now Elon Musk should be used to high-risk maneuvers. If it’s not SpaceX landing reusable rockets or docking manned capsules

UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on 02/12/2023 at 14:17 By Richard Speed iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) decision to launch a probe into mobile browsers and cloud gaming, quashing

From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls 02/12/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Although since it’s the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell? Although Musk: The Movie remains on the drawing board, we were delighted by the reader response to our question of who should play the

Agent Racoon Backdoor Targets Organizations in Middle East, Africa, and U.S. 02/12/2023 at 11:47 By Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service (DNS)

Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Convicted for Creating TrickBot Malware 02/12/2023 at 11:17 By A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S.

No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data 02/12/2023 at 04:33 By Tobias Mann Senator Ron Wyden tired of asking, puts foot down for as long as he can Is the NSA buying up Americans’ location and browsing data? Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is tired of asking

60 US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit 02/12/2023 at 03:20 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving A ransomware infection at a cloud IT provider has disrupted services for 60 or so credit unions across the US, all of which were relying on the attacked

Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals’ Basecamp over CTO’s blogs 02/12/2023 at 01:32 By Thomas Claburn We’re canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder’s views The Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using 37Signal’s Basecamp project management software after almost a decade due to public statements from the supplier’s co-founder and chief technology officer.…

Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports 02/12/2023 at 01:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days The US Transportation Security Administration’s plans to expand its use of facial recognition tech, already in use at several American airports, may

Apple slaps patch on WebKit holes in iPhones and Macs amid fears of active attacks 02/12/2023 at 00:55 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Two CVEs can be abused to steal sensitive info or execute code Apple has issued emergency fixes to plug security flaws in iPhones, iPads, and Macs that may already be under attack.… This

HPE says impact of AI on enterprise not ‘overstated.’ It must be hoping so 02/12/2023 at 00:17 By Dan Robinson Company counting on widespread business adoption to counter server declines HPE Discover EMEA  Now that every big tech maker is jockeying for a bite of the AI revenue pie, HPE is pitching to remain relevant

UEFI flaws allow bootkits to pwn potentially hundreds of devices using images 01/12/2023 at 23:17 By Connor Jones Exploits bypass most secure boot solutions from the biggest chip vendors Hundreds of consumer and enterprise devices are potentially vulnerable to bootkit exploits through unsecured BIOS image parsers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

FTC creates compulsory process for legal issues involving AI 01/12/2023 at 23:16 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a compulsory process regarding fraud investigations involving artificial intelligence (AI). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability 01/12/2023 at 22:19 By Richard Speed Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars Consumer Reports’ latest car reliability survey suggests electric vehicles (EVs) are causing owners more problems than their hybrid or conventional counterparts.… This article is an excerpt

Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs 01/12/2023 at 21:03 By Richard Speed Mixing IBM’s foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies Boehringer Ingelheim is the latest pharma company to turn to AI in the hunt for new treatments and therapies.… This article is an excerpt from

HPE to start pumping AI capabilities into Greenlake under Project Ethan 01/12/2023 at 20:18 By Dan Robinson OpsRamp now natively available through IT-as-a-service platform HPE Discover EMEA  HPE chief technology officer Fidelma Russo showed off an upcoming platform, codenamed Project Ethan, at the company’s Discover event in Barcelona this week.… This article is an excerpt

Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator 01/12/2023 at 19:49 By Paul Kunert Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions Google is asking Britain’s competition watchdog to make a ruling over its allegations Microsoft abused cloud software licensing in an anticompetitive way, months after taking claims of its

Anna Mercardo Clark hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Phyllis Lytle 01/12/2023 at 18:49 By Anna Mercado Clark has been hired as the first Phillips Lytle CISO. Clark has worked in data privacy and cybersecurity for the company for 12 years. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View