Here Come the AI Worms

Here Come the AI Worms

As generative AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini become more advanced, they are increasingly being put to work. Startups and tech companies are building AI agents and ecosystems on top of the systems that can complete boring chores for you: think automatically making calendar bookings and potentially buying products. But as the tools …

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Senetas brings military grade encryption to the field

Senetas brings military grade encryption to the field

When it comes to the cybersecurity of military assets – land, sea and air – the advent of quantum computing challenges the foundations upon which current secure encrypted communications are built. Modern military forces rely upon a steady stream of secure, authentic data and the ability to communicate securely in order to be effective and …

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House China chair demands Elon Musk provide SpaceX internet for U.S. troops in Taiwan

House China chair demands Elon Musk provide SpaceX internet for U.S. troops in Taiwan

“I understand, however, that SpaceX is possibly withholding broadband internet services in and around Taiwan — possibly in breach of SpaceX’s contractual obligations with the U.S. government,” read the letter, which was signed by Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wi., who chairs the House CCP committee. The Pentagon awarded SpaceX a one-year contract for Starshield in September, …

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Law enforcement takes down LockBit site

Law enforcement takes down LockBit site

Over the last two years, LockBit has become one of the most infamous ransomware groups in the world, but law enforcement has begun to move in. On Monday evening the group’s website changed to show a message saying it is “under control of law enforcement.” It adds, “The site is now under the control of …

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Here Are The Emerging Technologies That MSP 500 Execs See Offering The Biggest Opportunities In 2024

Here Are The Emerging Technologies That MSP 500 Execs See Offering The Biggest Opportunities In 2024

We asked top managed service provider executives to tell us which emerging technology areas they see as providing the biggest opportunity this year. (Surprise! Not everyone said AI. And those that did had some interesting ideas about how AI could boost their business.) Emerging Opportunities Managed Service Providers have to be at the top of …

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Vietnam’s National Data Strategy towards 2030 approved

Vietnam’s National Data Strategy towards 2030 approved

A smart operation centre in Binh Phuoc province. (Photo: VNA) The strategy sets the target of having 100% of national data centres, regional data centres and national centres for large data storage and high performance computing across the country guaranteed to connect successfully. They are expected to create a network to share computing capacity and large data …

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Gen AI financial scams are getting very good at duping work email

Gen AI financial scams are getting very good at duping work email

Humanoid robot working on laptop studying financial chart, conceptual computer illustration Kateryna Kon/science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images More than one in four companies now ban their employees from using generative AI. But that does little to protect against criminals who use it to trick employees into sharing sensitive information or …

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Serious Vulnerability in the Internet Infrastructure / Fundamental design flaw in DNSSEC discovered

Serious Vulnerability in the Internet Infrastructure / Fundamental design flaw in DNSSEC discovered

Darmstadt and Frankfurt, February 13, 2024 The National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE has uncovered a critical flaw in the design of DNSSEC, the Security Extensions of DNS (Domain Name System). DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet. The design flaw has devastating consequences for essentially all DNSSEC-validating DNS implementations …

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Bank of America admits data breach after supply chain hack

Bank of America admits data breach after supply chain hack

Infosys McCamish Systems (IMS) – a subsidiary of Indian consulting giant Infosys, owned by Rishi Sunak’s wife’s family – was breached last November, when “an unauthorised third party” accessed its network. According to Bank of America’s data breach notification, it took IMS 21 days to notify the bank that “data concerning deferred compensation plans serviced …

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