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Intel’s Arun Gupta on open source pragmatism and fanatics 09/11/2023 at 13:17 By Richard Speed VP of the Open Ecosystem at chip biz talks trust in the era of AI Interview  Intel veep Arun Gupta is taking a pragmatic approach to open source and how contributing companies can keep the lights on.… This article is […]

Nexperia sells Newport Wafer Fab to American chipmaker for $177M 09/11/2023 at 12:32 By Dan Robinson Good news for skilled workers with new owner aiming to ‘safeguard positions’ A US-based semiconductor biz is to buy the Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) facility in South Wales, following last year’s decision by the UK government that it had

EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of privacy-busting content-scanning ‘experts’ 09/11/2023 at 11:48 By Thomas Claburn Names of consultants on encryption bypass plan leaked anyway Europe’s government watchdog has found that the European Commission’s refusal to disclose which experts it consulted on the proposal to scan encrypted communication for child sexual abuse material amounted to

Russia’s Sandworm – not just missile strikes – to blame for Ukrainian power blackouts 09/11/2023 at 11:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Online attack coincided with major military action, Mandiant says Blackouts in Ukraine last year were not just caused by missile strikes on the nation but also by a seemingly coordinated cyberattack on one of

What to do with a cloud intrusion toolkit in 2023? Slap a chat assistant on it, duh 09/11/2023 at 10:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Don’t worry, this half-baked Python script is for educational purposes onl-hahaha Infosec bods have detailed an underground cybersecurity tool dubbed Predator AI that not only can be used to compromise poorly

CISA Alerts: High-Severity SLP Vulnerability Now Under Active Exploitation 09/11/2023 at 09:16 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-29552 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue relates to a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability

Key elements of a comprehensive K-12 security plan 09/11/2023 at 08:16 By A look at the key elements of a comprehensive K-12 security plan to mitigate risks, prevent threats, respond to emergencies, and help keep people safe. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Mistakes to avoid in your security job search 09/11/2023 at 08:16 By Finding the perfect new role in the security industry can be a challenge — set yourself up for success by avoiding these common mistakes. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

India gives social media platforms 36 hours to remove deepfakes 09/11/2023 at 05:48 By Laura Dobberstein Today it’s Bollywood actors, tomorrow it could be lawmakers themselves India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) this week issued an advisory saying social media companies need to remove deepfakes from their platforms within 36 hours after they’re reported.…

FTC interrupts Copyright Office probe to flip out over potential AI fraud, abuse 09/11/2023 at 05:17 By Katyanna Quach Sir, this is a Wendys AI hypesters may think their training datasets and models’ output are or ought to be protected from copyright claims, but their neural networks could still fall foul of consumer protection laws,

Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him 09/11/2023 at 04:17 By Tobias Mann Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant A man in his 40s was crushed to death by a robot at a produce-sorting facility in South Korea Tuesday after the machine apparently mistook him for a box

Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it’s like 16GB on a PC 09/11/2023 at 03:17 By Tobias Mann 8,388,608KB ought to be enough for anybody, huh? Eight gigabytes has been the standard RAM load out on new MacBook Pros for the better part of a decade, and in 2023, Apple execs still believe

Adobe sells fake AI-generated Israel-Hamas war images – then the news published them 09/11/2023 at 02:32 By Katyanna Quach The world needs a timeout moment Violent AI-generated photos fictionalizing the ongoing deadly Israel-Hamas conflict are not only being sold via Adobe’s stock image library, some news publishers are buying and using the pics in online

Google mulled offering paid-for no-logging private Search subscription 09/11/2023 at 01:32 By Thomas Claburn Also: Antitrust trial exhibits signals Incognito mode isn’t truly private and 100M users may be underage In 2018, concerned about the public’s perception of its privacy practices, Google leaders proposed a subscription-based private Search service, one that doesn’t log queries and

Cruise patches robo-taxi software to not drag humans across the road anymore 09/11/2023 at 00:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Robotaxi outfit also creates chief safety officer role. No wonder Cruise has pushed an update to its self-driving taxi fleet, so that its autonomous driving software will no longer run over and drag injured pedestrians along the

Microsoft, Meta detail plans to fight election disinformation in 2024 08/11/2023 at 22:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Strategies differ, though both have gaps that could hurt efficacy Microsoft and Meta have very different initiatives to combat misinformation in 2024, slated to be a busy election year all over the globe, but whether they’ll be effective is

Digital democracy or IT anarchy? Gartner flags the low-code revolution 08/11/2023 at 21:17 By Richard Speed Without strong governance, incoming tools will wreak havoc for CIOs Gartner has raised the specter of departments outside of tech running their own IT functions under the guise of low-code and digital democratization.… This article is an excerpt from

Organizations spend almost 8 hours a week on security compliance 08/11/2023 at 21:16 By Security compliance was analyzed in a recent report by Vanta. According to the report, 67% say they need to improve security and compliance measures. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Oracle off the hook for fraud but judge allows breach of contract claim to continue 08/11/2023 at 20:47 By Lindsay Clark Building material supplier left without functional ERP can amend claim Oracle has won a temporary reprieve in its defense of a lawsuit alleging the company conducted a “widespread fraudulent scheme and unfair business practice”

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation leaps aboard the AI bandwagon 08/11/2023 at 19:47 By Richard Speed Nice tech, but poke underneath and you’ll find Kubernetes KubeCon  Kubernetes is having its Linux moment, Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s Priyanka Sharma told KubeCon in Chicago yesterday. Her proclamation was rapidly followed by every IT presenter’s nightmare – a