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Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI 17/11/2023 at 16:20 By Connor Jones Britain’s ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking to appeal against last month’s decision by a tribunal that decided it wasn’t legally authorized to fine Clearview AI […]

Businesses that eliminate passwords report better security outcomes 17/11/2023 at 16:03 By New research shows organizations using passwordless technologies experience the fewest phishing attacks, are more productive and achieve greater levels of employee satisfaction. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

FCC Enforces Stronger Rules to Protect Customers Against SIM Swapping Attacks 17/11/2023 at 15:50 By The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is adopting new rules that aim to protect consumers from cell phone account scams that make it possible for malicious actors to orchestrate SIM-swapping attacks and port-out fraud. “The rules will help protect consumers

Britain proposes ‘super-complaints’ to help keep the internet safe 17/11/2023 at 15:32 By Richard Speed More Online Safety Act shenanigans as it urges nation to think of the children … and free speech groups The UK government has unveiled a proposal aimed at creating a “super-complaint” to allow concerns over free speech and online safety

Francis Maude mulls mulligan on muddled merger of UK govt tech services 17/11/2023 at 14:47 By Lindsay Clark Former Whitehall axe wielder wants Cabinet Office to undo his great work In a week when former prime minister David Cameron unexpectedly returned to UK government, another figure from those sunny coalition years has returned to British

Discover 2023’s Cloud Security Strategies in Our Upcoming Webinar – Secure Your Spot 17/11/2023 at 14:02 By In 2023, the cloud isn’t just a technology—it’s a battleground. Zenbleed, Kubernetes attacks, and sophisticated APTs are just the tip of the iceberg in the cloud security warzone. In collaboration with the esteemed experts from Lacework Labs, The

27 Malicious PyPI Packages with Thousands of Downloads Found Targeting IT Experts 17/11/2023 at 14:02 By An unknown threat actor has been observed publishing typosquat packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository for nearly six months with an aim to deliver malware capable of gaining persistence, stealing sensitive data, and accessing cryptocurrency wallets for

Windows users can soon ditch Bing, Edge, other bundleware – but only in the EU 17/11/2023 at 13:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo On the other hand, Europeans have to wait for Copilot If you’ve ever dreamed of a Windows free from Bing, Edge, and other built-in apps, Microsoft has decided to grant your wish – provided

Civo CEO on free credits, egress fees, and hauling it all back on-prem 17/11/2023 at 12:32 By Richard Speed And why the UK cloud industry can’t ape the energy sector and make it easier to swap suppliers Interview  As Britain’s competition regulator probes the behavior of the cloud giants, local supplier Civo wants to see

U.S. Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of Scattered Spider’s Gen Z Cybercrime Ecosystem 17/11/2023 at 11:03 By U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have released a joint advisory about a cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider that’s known to employ sophisticated phishing tactics to infiltrate targets. “Scattered Spider threat actors typically engage in data theft for extortion using multiple social

UK won’t rush to regulate AI, says first-ever minister for digital brainboxes 17/11/2023 at 10:33 By Katyanna Quach One does not wish to slow innovation, Viscount Jonathan Camrose opines The UK government will not rush to pass new laws that regulate AI, to avoid hampering innovation and potential financial growth, the minister for AI and

Qualcomm promises ‘premium performance’ in Gen 3 Snapdragon 7 phone chips 17/11/2023 at 09:47 By Dan Robinson Higher end SoCs for midrange mobes as Honor and Vivo sink it into their next devices Qualcomm has lifted the lid on its Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 series of mobile processors, which is intended to bring “premium performance”

Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data 17/11/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein Chaebol already the subject of suits for a pair of past indiscretions The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has experienced around the world

CISA Adds Three Security Flaws with Active Exploitation to KEV Catalog 17/11/2023 at 09:02 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2023-36584 (CVSS score: 5.4) – Microsoft Windows

Tencent shrugs off effect of US sanctions and says Chinese suppliers will fill GPU gap 17/11/2023 at 07:36 By Simon Sharwood Ordered enough Nvidia kit to keep evolving its AI and has plans to work around bans Chinese web giant Tencent placed early, and large, orders for Nvidia GPUs, believes it procured enough of the

South Korea opens the door for robots to roam among pedestrians 17/11/2023 at 06:03 By Laura Dobberstein They’ll have a top speed of 15km/h and need insurance before they roll Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the National Police Agency today opened applications for operators of mobile robots for patrol and delivery duties

Amazon bankrolling industry lobbying against Microsoft Azure should surprise no one 17/11/2023 at 06:03 By Thomas Claburn Coalitions battling Windows giant’s software licensing are funded by AWS, report indicates Amazon has reportedly been financing trade groups to discourage the award of large government cloud contracts to Microsoft Azure.… This article is an excerpt from The

Wish you could sing like Charli XCX or possess any musical talent? YouTube AI might make that happen 17/11/2023 at 04:04 By Katyanna Quach Fake it (with a neural network) until you make it YouTube is experimenting with software that generates music using an AI model called Lyria built by Google DeepMind.… This article is

FBI pumps ‘significant’ resources into splatting Scattered Spider 17/11/2023 at 03:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Absence of arrests doesn’t mean nothing’s happening, cyber-cops insist The FBI is applying “significant” resources to find members of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber-crime crew, which seemingly attacked a couple of high-profile casinos a few months ago and remains active,