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Microsoft dials back Bing after users manage to recreate Disney logo in fake AI-generated images 20/11/2023 at 17:48 By Katyanna Quach Plus: Amazon lays off hundreds of employees working on Alexa, and more AI In Brief  Microsoft is updating the Bing AI chatbot service to prevent users generating fake film posters containing Disney’s logo over […]

Michigan State Capitol deploys proactive AI gun detection 20/11/2023 at 17:32 By Michigan’s State Capitol building is the first to deploy AI-based gun detection technology in an effort to protect against potential gun violence.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Researchers weigh new benchmarks for Green500 amid shifting workload priorities 20/11/2023 at 17:17 By Tobias Mann Just because it’s super efficient at Linpack doesn’t mean it’ll be in everything SC23  Is it time for the Green500 to expand its scope to account for more diverse workloads? This was one of the questions attendees grappled with

Royal Navy flies first mega Mojave drone from aircraft carrier 20/11/2023 at 16:48 By Dan Robinson Pilotless plane said to be next generation of naval air power A large drone aircraft has been operated from one of Britain’s aircraft carriers for the first time, indicating how the Royal Navy intends to expand its air power

How mobile technologies can transform emergency response 20/11/2023 at 16:48 By Mobile devices have the power to enhance every step of emergency response and redefine agency operations — from initial reporting to case closure. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

FTC orders communication company to disclose data breaches 20/11/2023 at 16:31 By The FTC announced that prison communications provider Global Tel*Link Corp will now be required to disclose any future data breaches within 30 days. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Europe says Adobe’s $20B buy of Figma will kill competition 20/11/2023 at 15:47 By Paul Kunert Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in ’23 likely a Figma of their imagination The European Commission says Adobe’s proposed $20 billion purchase of web-first design collaboration startup Figma will harm competition in the region

Rhysida ransomware gang: We attacked the British Library 20/11/2023 at 15:17 By Connor Jones Crims post passport scans and internal forms up for ‘auction’ to prove it The Rhysida ransomware group says it’s behind the highly disruptive October cyberattack on the British Library, leaking a snippet of stolen data in the process.… This article is

Who is the new OpenAI CEO Emmet Shear? 20/11/2023 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph By Savannah Fortis Three days after OpenAI abruptly fired its longtime CEO, Sam Altman, it announced its new CEO, Emmett Shear, who co-founded the video streaming platform Twitch. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

LummaC2 Malware Deploys New Trigonometry-Based Anti-Sandbox Technique 20/11/2023 at 14:47 By The stealer malware known as LummaC2 (aka Lumma Stealer) now features a new anti-sandbox technique that leverages the mathematical principle of trigonometry to evade detection and exfiltrate valuable information from infected hosts. The method is designed to “delay detonation of the sample until human mouse activity

Why Defenders Should Embrace a Hacker Mindset 20/11/2023 at 14:47 By Today’s security leaders must manage a constantly evolving attack surface and a dynamic threat environment due to interconnected devices, cloud services, IoT technologies, and hybrid work environments. Adversaries are constantly introducing new attack techniques, and not all companies have internal Red Teams or unlimited

Former OpenAI boss Sam Altman will join Microsoft 20/11/2023 at 14:20 By Richard Speed Worst season of Succession ever The story of Sam Altman and OpenAI took a twist this morning that even the most hallucinatory of chatbots would struggle to conjure: he and other OpenAI chums – including co-founder Greg Brockman – are off

Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland 20/11/2023 at 13:32 By Liam Proven Elementary OS going full speed ahead, but Parachutist Parakeet considers a new, post-Enlightenment glide path Exclusive  While Elementary OS commits to Wayland, the development team of the Budgie desktop is changing course and will work with the Xfce developers toward Budgie’s Wayland

Linux Deepin’s big brother claims it’s hit three million installs 20/11/2023 at 12:50 By Liam Proven The other big Chinese distro, after Kylin, seems to be thriving Leading Chinese Linux vendor UnionTech says it’s reached an impressive milestone: it says it has three million users of its desktop edition, Tongxin UOS. Yep, million.… This article

Randstorm Exploit: Bitcoin Wallets Created b/w 2011-2015 Vulnerable to Hacking 20/11/2023 at 12:49 By Bitcoin wallets created between 2011 and 2015 are susceptible to a new kind of exploit called Randstorm that makes it possible to recover passwords and gain unauthorized access to a multitude of wallets spanning several blockchain platforms. “Randstorm() is a term we coined

Microsoft hires Sam Altman, Greg Brockman after departure from OpenAI 20/11/2023 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph By Savannah Fortis The CEO of Microsoft announced on X that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft after their abrupt departure as heads of OpenAI. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let’s set some rules 20/11/2023 at 11:33 By Rupert Goodwins Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe Opinion  Quick question number 1. Do you trust Google? The Movement for an Open Web (MOW) doesn’t. It’s taking Big G to the UK’s Big

Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., China, and More for Over 10 Years 20/11/2023 at 10:03 By An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to an in-depth analysis

SpaceX celebrates Starship launch as a success – even with the explosion 20/11/2023 at 09:47 By Laura Dobberstein Test, progress, or mishap – take your pick SpaceX judged the second launch of its Starship a success after the craft’s two launch stages separated and one made it into space, but neither finished their mission.… This