Tag: accountability

  • AlgorithmWatch: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act

    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/civil-society-statement-on-meaningful-transparency-of-risk-assessments-under-the-digital-services-act/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Civil society statement on meaningful transparency of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act Feedly Summary: This joint statement is also available as PDF-File. Meaningful transparency of risk assessments and audits enables external stakeholders, including civil society organisations, researchers, journalists, and people impacted by systemic risks, to scrutinise the…

  • Slashdot: D-Link Won’t Fix Critical Flaw Affecting 60,000 Older NAS Devices

    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/11/2158210/d-link-wont-fix-critical-flaw-affecting-60000-older-nas-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: D-Link Won’t Fix Critical Flaw Affecting 60,000 Older NAS Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: D-Link has announced no patch for a critical command injection vulnerability affecting over 60,000 NAS devices, urging users to either retire or isolate the devices. This situation emphasizes significant risks for…

  • Hacker News: Security Is a Useless Controls Problem

    Source URL: https://securityis.substack.com/p/security-is-a-useless-controls-problem Source: Hacker News Title: Security Is a Useless Controls Problem Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critically examines the prevalence of ineffective security controls in the industry, using an analogy of chimpanzees to illustrate how institutional behaviors persist without understanding their origins. It emphasizes the need for…

  • The Register: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume Feedly Summary: Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn’t over,…

  • Slashdot: Claude AI To Process Secret Government Data Through New Palantir Deal

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/08/2229258/claude-ai-to-process-secret-government-data-through-new-palantir-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Claude AI To Process Secret Government Data Through New Palantir Deal Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir and AWS to integrate Claude AI models into US intelligence and defense operations is significant for AI security and ethical considerations. Critics question the alignment of…

  • The Register: Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/windows_2025_surprise_install/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs Feedly Summary: Affected business calls situation ‘mindbogglingly dangerous’ as sysadmins reminded to check backup and restore strategies Microsoft remains silent over Windows Server 2025 turning up in the guise of a security update earlier this week, much…

  • Slashdot: IBM Sued Again In Storm Over Weather Channel Data Sharing

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/08/0632236/ibm-sued-again-in-storm-over-weather-channel-data-sharing Source: Slashdot Title: IBM Sued Again In Storm Over Weather Channel Data Sharing Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: IBM is facing a lawsuit for allegedly sharing users’ personal data from its Weather Channel website with third-party advertisers, infringing on the Video Privacy Protection Act. The case highlights critical issues…

  • The Register: Microsoft rolls out AI-enabled Notepad to Windows Insiders

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/07/microsoft_ai_notepad_paint/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft rolls out AI-enabled Notepad to Windows Insiders Feedly Summary: Rewrite ‘please leave my text editor alone’ Windows Insiders will soon get firsthand experience of Microsoft’s AI ambitions for Paint and Notepad: the image editor is getting Generative Fill and Erase and the text editor is getting a…

  • AlgorithmWatch: The Rise and Fall of a Predictive Policing Pioneer

    Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/predictive-policing-pioneer-keycrime/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: The Rise and Fall of a Predictive Policing Pioneer Feedly Summary: KeyCrime was a first of its kind, a company dedicated to using Artificial Intelligence to identify recurring patterns in serial crime. The European Union’s AI Act, however, dealt the project a mortal blow. But the idea lives on.…

  • Slashdot: Facebook Asks US Supreme Court To Dismiss Fraud Suit Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/06/2046230/facebook-asks-us-supreme-court-to-dismiss-fraud-suit-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Facebook Asks US Supreme Court To Dismiss Fraud Suit Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Supreme Court is deliberating on a securities fraud lawsuit against Meta’s Facebook, which accuses the company of misleading investors about the misuse of user data. This…