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Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Pro model in challenge to rivals 2024-02-16 at 00:34 By Thomas Claburn OpenAI meanwhile teases experimental text-to-vid system Sora Google on Thursday introduced Gemini 1.5, a multi-modal model family for text, image, and audio interaction said to best rival models in benchmarks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

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Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount 2024-02-16 at 00:04 By Katyanna Quach Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely ‘responsible for its own actions’ Air Canada must pay a passenger hundreds of dollars in damages after its online chatbot gave the guy wrong information before he booked a

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Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers 2024-02-15 at 23:18 By Jessica Lyons Beijing, now Moscow.… Who else is hiding in broadband gateways? The US government today said it disrupted a botnet that Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit has been using for phishing expeditions, spying, credential harvesting, and data theft

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Government agencies collaborate to protect election mail from hazards 2024-02-15 at 23:18 By Guidelines published by several government agencies provide procedures mail officials can follow to ensure their safety and an election’s integrity.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors 2024-02-15 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dungeons and Dragons, high-waisted jeans, Cold War sabre rattling – the ’80s are back, baby Last night’s launch of six Pentagon missile-detection satellites was well timed as fears mount that Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons into space.… This article

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Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build 2024-02-15 at 21:32 By Richard Speed Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told Microsoft released a fresh Windows 11 build to the Canary and Dev Channels of the Windows Insider Program with a warning for developers – back up or

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Research shows that 15% of emails were malicious in 2023 2024-02-15 at 21:17 By The malicious email trends seen in 2023 are expected to influence the threats security leaders will see in 2024.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Out with the old, in with the new as 100 Starlink satellites take atmospheric exit 2024-02-15 at 20:34 By Dan Robinson SpaceX doing some spring cleaning to deal with aging models before they fail SpaceX is set to deorbit about 100 of its older Starlink broadband satellites after identifying an issue that could cause them

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Broadcom moves to reassure VMware users as rivals smell an opportunity 2024-02-15 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson ‘They want a closed shop,’ claims service provider Broadcom and Google have announced a license portability scheme for biz customers to run VMware workloads on Google Cloud. Broadcom is also trying to reassure VMware partners and users that

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket 2024-02-15 at 19:17 By Richard Speed Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes NASA is taking another crack at a commercial mission to the Moon with the launch of the Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission this morning.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Worried about the impending demise of Windows 10? Google wants you to give ChromeOS Flex a try 2024-02-15 at 18:33 By Richard Speed Hello, Mr. Frying Pan, meet Mr. Fire Google has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Microsoft’s plans to render millions of Windows 10 PCs obsolete in 2025 by urging users to pop

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Zoom stomps critical privilege escalation bug plus 6 other flaws 2024-02-15 at 17:32 By Connor Jones All desktop and mobile apps vulnerable to at least one of the vulnerabilities Video conferencing giant Zoom today opened up about a fresh batch of security vulnerabilities affecting its products, including a critical privilege escalation flaw.… This article is

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Ivanti Pulse Secure Found Using 11-Year-Old Linux Version and Outdated Libraries 2024-02-15 at 17:31 By A reverse engineering of the firmware running on Ivanti Pulse Secure appliances has revealed numerous weaknesses, once again underscoring the challenge of securing software supply chains. Eclypsiusm, which acquired firmware version 9.1.18.2-24467.1 as part of the process, said the base

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Russian Turla Hackers Target Polish NGOs with New TinyTurla-NG Backdoor 2024-02-15 at 17:31 By The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla has been observed using a new backdoor called TinyTurla-NG as part of a three-month-long campaign targeting Polish non-governmental organizations in December 2023. “TinyTurla-NG, just like TinyTurla, is a small ‘last chance’ backdoor that is left behind

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Microsoft ‘retires’ Azure IoT Central in platform rethink 2024-02-15 at 17:02 By Lindsay Clark After March, devs won’t be able to create new application resources, in 2027 the system will be shut down Exclusive  Without warning, Microsoft has decided to retire a key plank of its Azure IoT platform, leaving developers currently building systems high

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Cybercriminals are stealing Face ID scans to break into mobile banking accounts 2024-02-15 at 16:17 By Connor Jones Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iOS users are netting criminals serious cash Cybercriminals are targeting iOS users with malware that steals Face ID scans to break into and pilfer money from bank accounts – thought to be

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Cisco cuts 5% of workforce amid cautious enterprise spending 2024-02-15 at 15:26 By Paul Kunert $800M charge facing network giant as customers work way through existing inventory Networking goliath Cisco has finally confirmed talk from earlier in the week that it is laying off thousands of staff, reflecting the cautious outlook that management are seeing

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Creating open yet secure environments for logistics facilities 2024-02-15 at 15:26 By The for robust security must be balanced against the need for facilities to offer an open and welcoming environment. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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IT body proposes that AI pros get leashed and licensed to uphold ethics 2024-02-15 at 14:41 By Paul Kunert Set up a register and strike them off for bad behavior Creating a register of licensed AI professionals to uphold ethical standards and securing whistleblowing channels to call out bad management are two policies that could

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Cybercriminals found innovative ways to infect endpoints in 2023 2024-02-15 at 14:17 By Attack methods used by cybercriminals in Q4 of 2023 reveal evolving trends.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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