Everything you need to know about quantum safe encryption Webinar The quantum threat might seem futuristic, more like something you’d encounter in a science fiction film. But it’s arguably already a danger to real cyber security defences.… This article has…
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Cops visit school of ‘wrong person’s child,’ mix up victims and suspects in epic data fail
Data watchdog reprimands police force for confusing 2 people with same name and birthday to disastrous results The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has put the West Midlands Police (WMP) on the naughty step after the force was found to have…
Cops visit school of ‘wrong person’s child,’ mix up victims and suspects in epic data fail
Data watchdog reprimands police force for mixing up 2 people with same name and birthday with disastrous results The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has put the West Midlands Police (WMP) on the naughty step after the force was found to…
Keeping one step ahead of cyber security threats
How zero trust controls and Google AI can strengthen your organization’s defences Webinar Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it’s not as if the volume of…
NTT boss takes early retirement to atone for data leak
No mere mea culpa would suffice after 9.2 million records leaked over a decade, warnings were ignored, and lies were told NTT West president Masaaki Moribayashi announced his resignation on Thursday, effective at the end of March, in atonement for…
GitHub struggles to keep up with automated malicious forks
Cloned then compromised, bad repos are forked faster than they can be removed A malware distribution campaign that began last May with a handful of malicious software packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) has spread to GitHub and…
Turns out cops are super interested in subpoenaing suspects’ push notifications
Those little popups may reveal location, device details, IP address, and more More than 130 petitions seeking access to push notification metadata have been filed in US courts, according to a Washington Post investigation – a finding that underscores the…
US courts fielded over 130 requests for access to push notification metadata
Cops love it because popup messages can reveal location, device details, IP address and more More than 130 petitions seeking access to push notification metadata have been filed in US courts, according to a Washington Post investigation – a finding…
White House goes to court, not Congress, to renew warrantless spy powers
Choose your own FISA Section 702 adventure: End-run around lawmakers or business as usual? The Biden Administration has asked a court, rather than Congress, to renew controversial warrantless surveillance powers used by American intelligence and due to expire within weeks.…
Chinese ‘connected’ cars are a national security threat, says Biden
No Chinese automakers sell cars in the US, but the feds are still going to investigate whether they’re a threat Concerned over the chance that Chinese-made cars could pose a future threat to national security, Biden’s administration is proposing plans…
Ransomware gangs are paying attention to infostealers, so why aren’t you?
Analysts warn of big leap in cred-harvesting malware activity last year There appears to be an uptick in interest among cybercriminals in infostealers – malware designed to swipe online account passwords, financial info, and other sensitive data from infected PCs…
Meta’s pay-or-consent model hides ‘massive illegal data processing ops’: lawsuit
GDPR claim alleges Facebook parent’s ‘commercial surveillance practices are fundamentally illegal’ Consumer groups are filing legal complaints in the EU in a coordinated attempt to use data protection law to stop Meta from giving local users a “fake choice” between…
Chinese PC-maker Acemagic customized its own machines to get infected with malware
Tried to speed boot times, maybe by messing with ‘Windows source code’, ended up building a viral on-ramp Chinese PC maker Acemagic has admitted some of its products shipped with pre-installed malware.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Australian spy chief fears sabotage of critical infrastructure
And accuses a former Australian politician of having ‘sold out their country’ The director general of security at Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has delivered his annual threat assessment, revealing ongoing attempts by adversaries to map digital infrastructure with a…
ALPHV/BlackCat claims responsibility for Change Healthcare attack
Brags it lifted 6TB of data, but let’s remember these people are criminals and not worthy of much trust The ALPHV/BlackCat cybercrime gang has taken credit – if that’s the word – for a ransomware infection at Change Healthcare that…
BEAST AI needs just a minute of GPU time to make an LLM fly off the rails
Talk about gone in 60 seconds Computer scientists have developed an efficient way to craft prompts that elicit harmful responses from large language models (LLMs).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: BEAST…
BEAST AI needs just a minute of GPU time to make an LLM fly over its safety guardrails
Talk about gone in 60 seconds Computer scientists at the University of Maryland have developed an efficient way to craft prompts that elicit harmful responses from large language models (LLMs).… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Gone in 60 seconds: BEAST AI model attack needs just a minute of GPU time to breach LLM guardails
Scientists reveal automated adversarial prompt generation too powered Nvidia visualization accelerator Computer scientists from the University of Maryland have developed an efficient way to generate adversarial attack phrases that elicit harmful responses from large language models (LLMs).… This article has…
Palo Alto investor sues over 28% share tumble
Lawsuit alleges it misled investors with claims new AI products were ‘facilitating greater platformization’ and more Palo Alto Networks (PAN) is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges investors were deceived about the traction of its platform tactics and…
Uncle Sam tells nosy nations to keep their hands off Americans’ personal data
Biden readies executive order targeting China, Russia, and pals US President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order today that aims to prevent the sale or transfer of Americans’ sensitive personal information and government-related data to adversarial countries…