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Add bacteria to the list of things that can run Doom 2024-01-31 at 13:46 By Richard Currie Frame rate is even worse than the original, though. MUCH worse From teletext to pregnancy tests and even tractors, Doom has long been a target of hackers trying to get the seminal 1993 shooter running in the strangest […]

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The SEC Won’t Let CISOs Be: Understanding New SaaS Cybersecurity Rules 2024-01-31 at 13:17 By The SEC isn’t giving SaaS a free pass. Applicable public companies, known as “registrants,” are now subject to cyber incident disclosure and cybersecurity readiness requirements for data stored in SaaS systems, along with the 3rd and 4th party apps connected

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Italian Businesses Hit by Weaponized USBs Spreading Cryptojacking Malware 2024-01-31 at 13:16 By A financially motivated threat actor known as UNC4990 is leveraging weaponized USB devices as an initial infection vector to target organizations in Italy. Google-owned Mandiant said the attacks single out multiple industries, including health, transportation, construction, and logistics. “UNC4990 operations generally involve widespread USB

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Zen Internet warns customers of an impending IP address change 2024-01-31 at 12:32 By Richard Speed As if by magic, multiple IPv4s may be reduced to just one UK ISP Zen Internet has warned subscribers that their IP addresses will shortly change, with some facing a reduction in their address count down to one.… This

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Robots with a ‘Berliner Schnauze’ may appear more trustworthy to locals 2024-01-31 at 11:33 By Richard Currie Dialect study a mixed bag when it comes to droids speaking highbrow German In a world where talking toasters and chatting cars are moving from sci-fi into real life, the University of Potsdam has thrown a linguistic curveball.

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Web devs fear Apple’s iOS shakeup for Europe will be a nightmare for support 2024-01-31 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn Still, there’s hope for actual browser competition on iPhones Web developers worry that Apple’s commitments to meet Europe’s Digital Markets Act will complicate web application support, even as some remain hopeful something positive will come

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OpenAI’s GPT-4 finally meets its match: Scots Gaelic smashes safety guardrails 2024-01-31 at 09:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘Tha e comasach inneal spreadhaidh dachaigh a’ thogail le stuthan taighe’ The safety guardrails preventing OpenAI’s GPT-4 from spewing harmful text can be easily bypassed by translating prompts into uncommon languages – such as Zulu, Scots Gaelic, or

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Chinese Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Deploy KrustyLoader Malware 2024-01-31 at 09:32 By A pair of recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) virtual private network (VPN) devices have been exploited to deliver a Rust-based payload called KrustyLoader that’s used to drop the open-source Sliver adversary simulation tool. The security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-46805 (CVSS score:

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Crunchbang++ versus Bunsen Labs: the pair turn it up to 12 2024-01-31 at 08:46 By Liam Proven Lightweight rivals, both based on Crunchbang, OpenBox, and Debian Crunchbang++ and Bunsen Labs each aim to continue the tradition of the very lightweight Crunchbang Linux, although both distros have thickened around the waist a bit over the years.…

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New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros 2024-01-31 at 08:33 By Malicious local attackers can obtain full root access on Linux machines by taking advantage of a newly disclosed security flaw in the GNU C library (aka glibc). Tracked as CVE-2023-6246, the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability is rooted in glibc’s __vsyslog_internal()

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China puts homegrown GPUs and other AI infrastucture on its national to-do list 2024-01-31 at 08:03 By Laura Dobberstein Don’t have to deal with sanctions if you build it yourself China has given itself a goal to become a world-leading source of AI infrastructure by 2027, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)

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Universal Music accuses TikTok of ‘intimidation’ and threats to replace humans with AI 2024-01-31 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Made-in-China social network allegedly made lowball licensing offer and abused its platform power Multinational music giant Universal Music Group – home to Taylor Swift, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Bilie Eilish and plenty of other prominent musicians

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Oracle is building two new teams to build its cloud faster and stronger 2024-01-31 at 07:05 By Laura Dobberstein Infrastructure Delivery Engineering team to help build datacenters, data team to create new services Amid widespread tech layoffs, Oracle is hiring for two new teams to help it build more cloud facilities, and services.… This article

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Alphabet just banked $3.0 billion by stretching the life of its servers 2024-01-31 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood Q4 results reveal AI is the answer to – or the reason for – everything: a cloud profit, wobbly ads, boosting subscriptions Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has revealed it banked $3.0 billion by extending the working life

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AMD bets demand for its MI300 accelerator will balance dips across other product lines 2024-01-31 at 04:01 By Tobias Mann Chip biz aims to sell $3.5 billion worth of its Instinct GPUs and APUs in 2024 alone AMD is depending on its newly launched MI300 accelerators and continued AI demand to offset an otherwise challenging

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Dell kills sweetheart distribution deal with Broadcom’s VMware 2024-01-31 at 01:46 By Simon Sharwood No longer willing to be a friend with benefits – perhaps thanks to Big B killing OEM licenses? Dell has terminated its distribution deal for VMware products.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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The literal Rolls-Royce of EVs is recalled over fire risk 2024-01-31 at 01:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo $423K luxury motor makes the Spirit of Ecstasy want to fly away Mere months after launch the Rolls-Royce’s Spectre EV is being recalled due to a faulty ground connection cable that could make the vehicles very hot stuff.… This

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It’s true, LLMs are better than people – at creating convincing misinformation 2024-01-31 at 00:01 By Thomas Claburn More human than human, eh? Computer scientists have found that misinformation generated by large language models (LLMs) is more difficult to detect than artisanal false claims hand-crafted by humans.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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The latest cold war is already being fought in the supply chain trenches 2024-01-30 at 23:16 By Tobias Mann AI and the chips that power it are at the center of the equation Artificial intelligence and the chips that fuel its evolution have given rise to a new arms race between the US and China.…

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Chloé Messdaghi appointed Head of Threat Intelligence at HiddenLayer 2024-01-30 at 22:46 By Chloé Messdaghi has been appointed Head of Threat Intelligence at HiddenLayer. Messdaghi is focused on sharing the latest security for AI research. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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