Category: AI in news
Upcoming Speaking Engagements This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m appearing on a panel on Society and Democracy at ACM Collective Intelligence in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference runs from June 26 through 29, 2024, and my panel is at 9:00 AM on Friday, June 28. I’m speaking…
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Check out the NCSC’s call for software vendors to make their products more secure. Plus, why the Treasury Department is looking at how financial institutions are using AI. And the latest on the cybersecurity skills gap in the U.S. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending…
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Jun 14, 2024The Hacker News Data is growing faster than ever. Remember when petabytes (that’s 1,000,000 gigabytes!) were only for tech giants? Well, that’s so last decade! Today, businesses of all sizes are swimming in petabytes. But this isn’t just about storage anymore. This data is ALIVE—it’s constantly accessed, analyzed, shared, and even used to…
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Jun 14, 2024The Hacker NewsCybersecurity / Regulatory Compliance As cyber threats loom large and data breaches continue to pose increasingly significant risks. Organizations and industries that handle sensitive information and valuable assets make prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain or strategic advantage. Which is why many highly regulated sectors, from finance to utilities, are…
Read MoreDemo of AES GCM Misuse Problems This is really neat demo of the security problems arising from reusing nonces with a symmetric cipher in GCM mode. Tags: AES, algorithms, cryptanalysis, encryption Posted on June 14, 2024 at 7:05 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link lol
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Jun 14, 2024NewsroomDevice Security / Authentication An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors. “By adding random user data to the database or using a fake QR code,…
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Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country’s emergence as an influential power has drawn the attention of cyber espionage groups. “North Korean government-backed actors have targeted the Brazilian government and Brazil’s aerospace, technology, and financial services sectors,” Google’s Mandiant and…
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Deepfakes as credit risks It’s not just cybersecurity experts who are warning of the corporate risk from deepfakes. In May, credit ratings firm Moody’s issued a warning about deepfakes, saying they create new credit risks. The Moody’s report details a handful of attempted deepfake scams, including faked video calls, that have targeted the financial sector…
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Doesn’t Tor enable criminals to do bad things? Tor’s mission is to advance human rights with free and open-source technology, empowering users to defend against mass surveillance and internet censorship. We hate that there are some people who use Tor for nefarious purposes, and we condemn the misuse and exploitation of our technology for criminal…
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Jun 14, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Data Protection Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it’s delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. To that end, the company said it intends to shift from general availability preview available first in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) in the coming weeks. “We are…
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