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Clients turn to Indian IT outsourcers for AI faster than industry can train staff 26/07/2023 at 05:46 By Laura Dobberstein Earnings calls from the Big Four show massive reskilling in progress India’s top four IT outsourcers saw a quarter where clients were hesitant about everything except their desire to discuss AI, according to earnings reports […]

One problem with America’s chip ambitions: Not quite enough staff 26/07/2023 at 04:02 By Tobias Mann Semi industry fears US will be short 70K engineers, technicians, computer scientists by end of decade Last week, TSMC postponed production at its under-construction Arizona chip fab until at least 2025 because it said it couldn’t find enough skilled

OpenAI pulls AI text detector due to it being a bit crap 26/07/2023 at 03:19 By Katyanna Quach If getting stuff right is such a deal breaker, why are we still so deep into this ML hype? OpenAI has taken down its AI classifier months after it was released due to its inability to accurately

FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: ‘Losing two is okay’ 26/07/2023 at 02:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo How quick y’all are to forget Nvidia-Arm Two high-profile defeats in court do not a failed strategy make, or so says FTC boss Lina Khan. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple patches exploited bugs in iPhones plus other holes 26/07/2023 at 00:40 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle One spotted by Amnesty International – wonder what that was used for? Apple has released fixes for several security flaws that affect its iPhones, iPads, macOS computers, and Apple TV and watches, and warned that some of these bugs

ModSecurity v3: DoS Vulnerability in Four Transformations (CVE-2023-38285) 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By ModSecurity is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) engine maintained by Trustwave. This blog post discusses an issue with four transformation actions that could enable a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by a malicious actor. The issue has been addressed with fixes in

Whistleblower reinstated after reporting concerns to Coast Guard 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By OSHA announces that marine cargo service Maersk Line Limited wrongfully terminated a seaman for reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattack incidents 25/07/2023 at 23:05 By With increased digitalization comes greater vulnerability to cyber threats, making cybersecurity a top priority for lodging and aviation companies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits 25/07/2023 at 22:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says Google’s plans to go green are faltering – and its all AI’s fault, the company claims.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Debian 12.1 released with bug fixes aplenty and excitement still in short supply 25/07/2023 at 21:04 By Liam Proven The next version, ‘Trixie’, is starting to take shape and boasts an additional official CPU architecture The first point release in the Debian “Bookworm” series is here, but version 12.1 is a modest bugfix. It might

GlobalFoundries claims German chip subsidies will ‘distort competition’ 25/07/2023 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson US semiconductor manufacturer unhappy rival TSMC is bagging billions US semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries has criticized the German government’s €20 billion ($22 billion) in semiconductor subsidies, claiming it will distort competition.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

67% of organizations not confident in cyberattack recovery 25/07/2023 at 18:33 By According to a survey by Cohesity, 45% of respondents confirmed their business had been the victim of a ransomware attack in the prior six months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

North Korean Nation-State Actors Exposed in JumpCloud Hack After OPSEC Blunder 25/07/2023 at 18:06 By North Korean nation-state actors affiliated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) have been attributed to the JumpCloud hack following an operational security (OPSEC) blunder that exposed their actual IP address. Google-owned threat intelligence firm Mandiant attributed the activity to a threat actor

Logitech reports broad declines as pre-pandemic buying cycles return 25/07/2023 at 17:06 By Paul Kunert Inventory holding reduced in Q1, hunt for new CEO continues Logitech has reported shrinking sales across much of its portfolio but the rate of decline is slowing, causing interim CEO Guy Gecht to up sales and profit forecasts for the

Cyber threat report reveals misalignment between execs & security analysts 25/07/2023 at 17:05 By A new global study finds 70% of cybersecurity executives think all alerts are being handled while front-line roles report only 36% are handled. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Casbaneiro Banking Malware Goes Under the Radar with UAC Bypass Technique 25/07/2023 at 16:17 By The financially motivated threat actors behind the Casbaneiro banking malware family have been observed making use of a User Account Control (UAC) bypass technique to gain full administrative privileges on a machine, a sign that the threat actor is evolving their tactics

Trustwave Partners With Tech Advisory Firm Bridgepointe 25/07/2023 at 16:02 By Trustwave has achieved supplier status with Bridgepointe, a tech advisory firm that helps mid-market and enterprise companies transform tech investments into unrivaled business results. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

Intel: Here, have some AI reference kits … now please buy our silicon 25/07/2023 at 15:49 By Tobias Mann With 34 designs to pick from, you can choose your own ML adventure To encourage techies and engineers to try out its AI acceleration hardware, Intel has put together a bunch of software reference kits it

The rising threat of ChatGPT 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By ChatGPT has started to become an indispensable tool for many people, but, cybercriminals have wasted no time in exploiting its security vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

TETRA:BURST — 5 New Vulnerabilities Exposed in Widely Used Radio Communication System 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By A set of five security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) standard for radio communication used widely by government entities and critical infrastructure sectors, including what’s believed to be an intentional backdoor that could have