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Ex-OpenAI board member accuses Sam Altman of ‘outright lying’ 2024-05-29 at 18:17 By Richard Speed Claims she and other members ‘learned about ChatGPT on Twitter’ OpenAI’s board was only aware that ChatGPT had been launched after reading about it on Twitter, according to a former board member.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

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The future of the modern CISO 2024-05-29 at 18:16 By In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Chaim Mazal, Chief Security Officer at Gigamon, we discuss the challenges modern day CISOs face with evolving regulatory requirements and compliance standards. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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Brazilian Banks Targeted by New AllaKore RAT Variant Called AllaSenha 2024-05-29 at 18:16 By Brazilian banking institutions are the target of a new campaign that distributes a custom variant of the Windows-based AllaKore remote access trojan (RAT) called AllaSenha. The malware is “specifically aimed at stealing credentials that are required to access Brazilian bank accounts,

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Neuralink seeks 3 more quadriplegic patients for its brain control interface trial 2024-05-29 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Sign up for your turn with the R1 robot if you qualify Elon Musk’s Neuralink is recruiting another three subjects for its brain implant study.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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AI smartphones must balance promise against hype and privacy concerns 2024-05-29 at 17:16 By Dan Robinson Color us shocked: 66% of Apple users said they wouldn’t switch for any reason A coming wave of AI-capable smartphones may let vendors distinguish their devices via unique features and user experience, but it also poses challenges for privacy

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Why RISC-V must get its messaging right on open standard vs open source 2024-05-29 at 16:32 By Matthew Connatser It’s the difference between export limits on specific chips – and a problematic blanket ban Feature  The possibility of America placing sanctions on RISC-V has increased the pressure on RV’s governing body and its partners to

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North Korea building cash reserves using ransomware, video games 2024-05-29 at 16:16 By Connor Jones Microsoft says Kim’s hermit nation is pivoting to latest tools as it evolves in cyberspace A brand-new cybercrime group that Microsoft ties to North Korea is tricking targets using fake job opportunities to launch malware and ransomware, all for financial

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Evidence mounts that Venus has multiple active volcanoes 2024-05-29 at 15:16 By Lindsay Clark Data from 1990s adds to previous modelling to show lava-spewers widespread on second planet from Sun New research on data collected in the 1990s shows that on Venus, volcanoes are likely to be both more active and widespread than scientists previously

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Healthcare and finance were prominent cyberattack targets in 2023 2024-05-29 at 15:16 By A new report discusses cyberattack trends in the United States, with healthcare and finance industries being hit the hardest.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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New Research Warns About Weak Offboarding Management and Insider Risks 2024-05-29 at 15:16 By A recent study by Wing Security found that 63% of businesses may have former employees with access to organizational data, and that automating SaaS Security can help mitigate offboarding risks.  Employee offboarding is typically seen as a routine administrative task, but

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U.S. Sentences 31-Year-Old to 10 Years for Laundering $4.5M in Email Scams 2024-05-29 at 15:16 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams. Malachi Mullings, 31, of Sandy Springs, Georgia pleaded guilty

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LLMs can write and answer quizzes – but aren’t quite ready to disrupt trivia night 2024-05-29 at 14:31 By Matthew Connatser Feed AutoQuizzer a URL and it will use LLaMa-3 to make a decent multiple-choice test A developer has put large language models (LLMs) to the test, literally, by creating AutoQuizzer – a tool that

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Microsoft Uncovers ‘Moonstone Sleet’ — New North Korean Hacker Group 2024-05-29 at 14:01 By A never-before-seen North Korean threat actor codenamed Moonstone Sleet has been attributed as behind cyber attacks targeting individuals and organizations in the software and information technology, education, and defense industrial base sectors with ransomware and bespoke malware previously associated with the

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Fancy climbing the peaks of Alpine Linux? 3.20 is out 2024-05-29 at 13:46 By Liam Proven Tiny, powerful, uncluttered: not easy, but a lot to like Alpine Linux 3.20.0 is out, with initial support for a whole new CPU architecture: RISC-V.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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Using AI in science can add to reproducibility woes, say boffins 2024-05-29 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Royal Society warns black box models, a lack of documentation and limited access to computing hamper efforts to understand results Using AI in science promises to add to problems in reproducing important results, the UK’s highly prestigious Royal

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The Reg builds official Lego Artemis and Milky Way sets 2024-05-29 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Raking a talon through piles of plastic parts in search of holiday fun Hands-On  Lego has added plastic brick representations of NASA’s Space Launch System and the Milky Way Galaxy to its range. We had a go at building

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BreachForums Returns Just Weeks After FBI Seizure – Honeypot or Blunder? 2024-05-29 at 10:46 By The online criminal bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated law enforcement action dismantled and seized control of its infrastructure. Cybersecurity researchers and dark web trackers Brett Callow, Dark Web Informer, and FalconFeeds revealed the

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MIT professor hoses down predictions AI will put a rocket under the economy 2024-05-29 at 10:31 By Thomas Claburn It’s easier to foresee growing inequality than surging growth Artificial intelligence (AI) may not do much to boost productivity – and could end up widening the income gap between owners of capital and workers.… This article

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bets big on small turbines for datacenters 2024-05-29 at 09:46 By Laura Dobberstein Another endorsement for the theory that on-prem power generation trumps tapping the grid Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – Earth’s largest source of electricity-generating gas turbines – has tied its future growth to surging demand for datacenters spurred by adoption of

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Tencent, Microsoft, link app stores in China 2024-05-29 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Intel joins in with plans for better PC-Android integration Tencent and Microsoft have struck a deal that will see the Chinese gaming giant’s Android wares available on the Microsoft Store, and playable on Windows PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The

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