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Navigating the truth maze in a world of clever machines and cleverer marketers 2024-01-02 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Recognizing what’s unique about AI will give us the tools to keep it in check Opinion  All the worries and fears about AI boil down to one. How do we know how well it’s working?… This […]

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UK government lays out plan to divert people’s broken gizmos from landfill 2024-01-02 at 10:32 By Richard Speed Right to repair meets right to recycle The UK government hopes to make it easier for folks to reuse and recycle electrical goods rather than consign old gear to the landfill.… This article is an excerpt from

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Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried spared a second trial 2024-01-02 at 09:47 By Laura Dobberstein Eighth charge related to campaign contributions would just take too dang long US prosecutors do not plan to proceed with a second trial of convicted and imprisoned crypto-villain Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), according to a Southern District of New York court letter filed

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While you holidayed, Microsoft brought Copilot to mobile devices, again 2024-01-02 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Redmond’s AI assistant bounds onto Android and iOS without Bing branding First Look  While many readers enjoyed holiday downtime, Microsoft was busy bringing its Copilot AI to Android and iOS.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Huawei bets its 2024 on datacenter infrastructure 2024-01-02 at 06:32 By Simon Sharwood Compute, networking and storage are key, and global sales are still possible – despite, y’know, controversy Huawei chair Hu Houkun has prepared the Chinese tech giant for 2024 by suggesting its datacenter offerings are the key to success in the new year.…

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A ship carrying 800 tonnes of Li-Ion batteries caught fire. What could possibly go wrong? 2024-01-02 at 03:02 By Simon Sharwood Less than you might imagine, thankfully The US Coast Guard has advised that a ship carrying around 800 tonnes of Lithium-Ion batteries – some of which caught fire – is out of danger after

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New Variant of DLL Search Order Hijacking Bypasses Windows 10 and 11 Protections 2024-01-01 at 16:17 By Security researchers have detailed a new variant of a dynamic link library (DLL) search order hijacking technique that could be used by threat actors to bypass security mechanisms and achieve execution of malicious code on systems running Microsoft

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New Terrapin Flaw Could Let Attackers Downgrade SSH Protocol Security 2024-01-01 at 11:47 By Security researchers from Ruhr University Bochum have discovered a vulnerability in the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic network protocol that could allow an attacker to downgrade the connection’s security by breaking the integrity of the secure channel. Called Terrapin (CVE-2023-48795, CVSS score: 5.9), the

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New JinxLoader Targeting Users with Formbook and XLoader Malware 2024-01-01 at 09:02 By A new Go-based malware loader called JinxLoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads such as Formbook and its successor XLoader. The disclosure comes from cybersecurity firms Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Symantec, both of which highlighted multi-step attack sequences that led to

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How do you teach a robot dog new tricks? Throw it a string of hex, a crayon, and a canvas 2023-12-31 at 18:17 By Simon Sharwood Artist Agnieszka Pilat tells The Register how she gets Spot to paint, not pant Boston Dynamics’ “Spot” robot dog has been deployed as a tour guide, a police officer,

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Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using ‘Incognito Mode’ 2023-12-31 at 01:01 By Associated Press Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser. The post Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking People Using

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Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap 2023-12-30 at 15:18 By Rik Myslewski As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need? In-depth  At the American Geophysical Union annual meeting (AGU23) in San Francisco the other week, the 25,000-plus science folks

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Beware: Scam-as-a-Service Aiding Cybercriminals in Crypto Wallet-Draining Attacks 2023-12-30 at 11:46 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning about an increase in phishing attacks that are capable of draining cryptocurrency wallets. “These threats are unique in their approach, targeting a wide range of blockchain networks, from Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain to Polygon, Avalanche, and almost 20

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DataNet Systems suffers data breach 2023-12-29 at 16:32 By DataNet Systems gas announced that the company experienced a data breach affecting District of Columbia (D.C.) voters, including email addresses. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Albanian Parliament and One Albania Telecom Hit by Cyber Attacks 2023-12-29 at 16:31 By The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed this week. “These infrastructures, under the legislation in force, are not

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NAT, ATM, decentralized search – and other outrageous opinions from the 1990s 2023-12-29 at 15:32 By Bruce Davie The predictions that turned out correct … and the ones we wished were right Systems Approach  The end of the year is often a time for people in tech to make predictions, but rather than making our

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New data reveals the states at highest risk of cybercrime 2023-12-29 at 15:17 By According to new data, residents of Nevada face a greater susceptibility to cyberattacks compared to those in all other states.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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CERT-UA Uncovers New Malware Wave Distributing OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, STEELHOOK 2023-12-29 at 14:02 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new phishing campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT28 group to deploy previously undocumented malware such as OCEANMAP, MASEPIE, and STEELHOOK to harvest sensitive information. The activity, which was detected by the agency between December 15 and

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Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep 2023-12-29 at 12:18 By Dan Robinson 5G networks won’t have the capacity to cope by end of the decade If you think 5G networks have failed to live up to their promise, you’re not alone. But the tech is still early on in implementation, although

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Kimsuky Hackers Deploying AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and TinyNuke in Latest Attacks 2023-12-29 at 11:33 By Nation-state actors affiliated to North Korea have been observed using spear-phishing attacks to deliver an assortment of backdoors and tools such as AppleSeed, Meterpreter, and TinyNuke to seize control of compromised machines. South Korea-based cybersecurity company AhnLab attributed the activity to

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