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- Only 24% of organizations are ‘very confident’ in their AI policieson 28 October 2024 at 12:00
According to recent data, a wave of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is radically shifting how software goes from ideation to deployment.
- 99% of CISOs report fear over losing positions due to a data breachon 25 October 2024 at 12:00
Nearly all CISOs (99%) are worried about losing their positions if a breach occurs, with 77% of CISOs being very or extremely concerned.
- 72% of European organizations are using AI in the workplaceon 24 October 2024 at 12:00
According to a recent report, 53% of European organizations are confident employees are not properly utilizing generative AI.
- 67% of organizations say employees lack basic security awarenessby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 24 October 2024 at 12:00
67% of organizations are concerned that employees lack fundamental security awareness.
- New macOS vulnerability allows unauthorized data accessby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 24 October 2024 at 04:36
A new macOS vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to evade an operating system’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) technology.
- 4 organizations charged with misleading cyber disclosureson 23 October 2024 at 16:00
The SEC has charged four public companies with misleading disclosures about cyber risks and intrusions.
- Middle East Escalation, Humanitarian Law and Disinformation – Episode 25on 23 October 2024 at 14:20
In episode 25 of the Cybersecurity & Geopolitical Discussion, our trio of hosts pull apart the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East.
- CISOs respond: 49% of CISOs plan to leave role without industry actionby algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) on 23 October 2024 at 12:00
A survey shows that nearly half (49%) of CISOs do not believe there is a future for them in this role. CISOs are sharing their insights on this statistic.
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- Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warningsby Benj Edwards on 28 October 2024 at 18:23
OpenAI’s Whisper tool may add fake text to medical transcripts, investigation finds.
- Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foesby Dan Goodin on 28 October 2024 at 17:58
“Civil Defense” pushes hybrid espionage/influence campaign targeting recruits.
- Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politicsby Kevin Purdy on 24 October 2024 at 18:21
Torvalds defends move, says “Russian troll factories” won’t deter him.
- Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.by Dan Goodin on 23 October 2024 at 23:03
Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
- At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing painsby Benj Edwards on 23 October 2024 at 22:32
A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers moves from “what’s this?” to “what now?”
- FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking.by Dan Goodin on 22 October 2024 at 19:49
Vulnerability allowing remote code execution has been discussed since at least 9 days ago.
- Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 yearsby Kevin Purdy on 21 October 2024 at 19:51
Co-founder thinks other companies should consider a “swim against the stream.”
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windowsby Benj Edwards on 18 October 2024 at 15:42
New Alt+Space shortcut puts OpenAI’s assistant a key press away at all times.
- Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelabby Lee Hutchinson on 18 October 2024 at 10:45
Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works!
- Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recordingby Benj Edwards on 17 October 2024 at 22:41
Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.