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Addressing increased potential for insider threats with ChatGPT 17/10/2023 at 15:16 By Large language models and generative AI, such as ChatGPT, can be helpful tools but can also open organizations up to unintended risks if used improperly.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK government slammed for Palantir ‘free trial period’ deal in Ukraine housing scheme 17/10/2023 at 14:47 By Lindsay Clark US spy-tech vendor’s tactic deemed ‘contrary to the principles of public procurement’ The UK’s chief commercial officer is warning a government contract with Palantir was awarded against public procurement principles after the US spy-tech biz got

Webinar: Locking Down Financial and Accounting Data — Best Data Security Strategies 17/10/2023 at 14:46 By Financial data is much more than just a collection of numbers; it is a crucial component of any business and a prime target for cybercriminals. It’s important to understand that financial records can be a veritable treasure trove for

iPhone 15 Pro Max users report seeing ghostly OLED apparitions 17/10/2023 at 13:47 By Richard Speed A Weekend at Burn-ins Apple’s flagship iPhone 15 Pro Max is having OLED burn-in issues, according to owners of the new smartphone.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Experts Warn of Severe Flaws Affecting Milesight Routers and Titan SFTP Servers 17/10/2023 at 13:46 By A severity flaw impacting industrial cellular routers from Milesight may have been actively exploited in real-world attacks, new findings from VulnCheck reveal. Tracked as CVE-2023-43261 (CVSS score: 7.5), the vulnerability has been described as a case of information disclosure that affects

Exploring the Realm of Malicious Generative AI: A New Digital Security Challenge 17/10/2023 at 13:46 By Recently, the cybersecurity landscape has been confronted with a daunting new reality – the rise of malicious Generative AI, like FraudGPT and WormGPT. These rogue creations, lurking in the dark corners of the internet, pose a distinctive threat to

Serenity OS turns five and emits first offspring, Ladybird 17/10/2023 at 13:17 By Liam Proven Indie C++ Unix-like OS project now has an indie Javascript-capable browser, too A small project with a hobby of defying expectations found a new one to defy, by making its home-grown browser cross-platform.… This article is an excerpt from The

Falcon Heavy sends NASA probe to metal-rich asteroid Psyche 17/10/2023 at 12:17 By Richard Speed Is SpaceX psyching out the competition? There were sighs of relief all round as NASA’s Psyche mission finally lifted off late last week. However, the launch highlights more Earthly worries around launch provider competition.… This article is an excerpt from

Raspberry Pi 5: Hot takes and cooler mistakes 17/10/2023 at 11:32 By Richard Speed How does the device fare as a daily driver, and is cooling really optional? We’ve used a pair of Raspberry Pi 5s as daily drivers and have some hot takes. Some really hot takes.… This article is an excerpt from The

British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80% 17/10/2023 at 10:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Domestic jets can use ‘municipal solid waste’ to fly the friendly skies Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) made from sources other than fossil fuels have the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80 percent, UK researchers

$6.2B in profit wasn’t enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe 17/10/2023 at 09:32 By Tobias Mann Cites ‘increased operational costs’ but whatever they are US gamers aren’t impacted Nvidia will increase the price of its GeForce Now game streaming services across much of Canada, Europe, and the UK, effective from November

CERT-UA Reports: 11 Ukrainian Telecom Providers Hit by Cyberattacks 17/10/2023 at 09:16 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed that threat actors “interfered” with at least 11 telecommunication service providers in the country between May and September 2023. The agency is tracking the activity under the name UAC-0165, stating the intrusions

Cloudflare exiles baseboard management controller from its server motherboards 17/10/2023 at 09:02 By Simon Sharwood Puts Datacenter-ready Secure Control Modules to work in boxen built by Lenovo Cloudflare has joined the ranks of operators that believe baseboard management controllers (BMCs) no longer belong on server motherboards.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Microsoft starts offering advice in how to code for Arm 17/10/2023 at 08:02 By Simon Sharwood In 2027 a quarter of PCs won’t use x86, and Redmond wants its ecosystem ready Microsoft has announced an “Arm Advisory Service for developers” that it hopes will help coders to develop native software for the version of Windows

Warning: Unpatched Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Targeted in the Wild 17/10/2023 at 08:01 By Cisco has warned of a critical, unpatched security flaw impacting IOS XE software that’s under active exploitation in the wild. Rooted in the web UI feature, the zero-day vulnerability is assigned as CVE-2023-20198 and has been assigned the maximum severity rating of 10.0

Chinese CPUs to feature in servers made by sanctioned Russian company 17/10/2023 at 06:32 By Simon Sharwood Beijing appears to have lifted its ban on Loongson processors reaching Moscow If you have an enormous appetite for risk, we have just the hardware for you, from Russian outfit Norsi-Trans, powered by China’s Loongson.… This article is

China requires any new domestic Wi-Fi kit to support IPv6 and run it by default 17/10/2023 at 05:02 By Laura Dobberstein Beijing set big targets for next-gen networks, but adoption stats suggest it’s falling short China has issued an edict requiring all new Wi-Fi hardware to be IPv6 enabled, and enable the protocol by default

So this one time, at Bandcamp, half the staff were laid off 17/10/2023 at 03:47 By Iain Thomson Epic redundancies as new owner Songtradr wields the knife Many staff at audio marketplace Bandcamp aren’t singing a happy tune after the platform’s new owner, Songtradr, laid off around 50 percent of employees.… This article is an

Cisco zero-day bug allows router hijacking and is being actively exploited 17/10/2023 at 02:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle We’d say ‘Hurry up and patch’ but Cisco hasn’t written one yet. While you wait, disable HTTP Cisco users’ weeks have started badly with a warning that a critical zero-day bug in the networking giant’s IOS XE

Intel’s 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh turns turbos up to 6GHz, gives i7 an E-core bump 17/10/2023 at 01:02 By Tobias Mann TSMC-equipped Meteor Lake mobile parts not coming until December Intel launched its 14th-gen desktop CPUs, codenamed Raptor Lake-S Refresh, on Monday promising more efficiency cores and higher clock speeds. This includes an i9 that