Tag: sec

  • The Register: HPE lets loose VM Essentials to run on third-party platforms

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/hpe_vm_essentials_greenlake/ Source: The Register Title: HPE lets loose VM Essentials to run on third-party platforms Feedly Summary: GreenLake update dangles juicy carrot for VMware refugees HPE is continuing its GreenLake push with availability of its own virtualization product, plus disconnected operations for regulated environments, while touting an object storage platform intended to deliver…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Malicious QR codes

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/malicious_qr_codes/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Malicious QR codes Feedly Summary: QR codes are disproportionately effective at bypassing most anti-spam filters, as most filters are not designed to recognize that a QR code is present in an image and decode the QR code. According to Talos’ data, roughly 60% of all email containing…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for Teams meetings

    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/soon-microsoft-will-let-teams-meeting-attendees-clone-their-voices/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for Teams meetings Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has announced a new feature called Interpreter for Teams, which will enable users to clone their voices for real-time interpretation in multiple languages, starting in early 2025.…

  • CSA: 5 Big Cybersecurity Laws to Know About Ahead of 2025

    Source URL: https://www.schellman.com/blog/cybersecurity/2025-cybersecurity-laws Source: CSA Title: 5 Big Cybersecurity Laws to Know About Ahead of 2025 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines upcoming cybersecurity regulations set to take effect in 2025, emphasizing the need for organizations to prepare adequately to avoid non-compliance penalties. Key regulations include the NIS 2 Directive,…

  • Wired: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pimping-industry-deepfakes-instagram/ Source: Wired Title: Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry Feedly Summary: AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the emerging issue of AI-generated influencers on Instagram that are appropriating the likenesses of real creators, leading…

  • Hacker News: Let’s Encrypt is 10 years old now

    Source URL: https://letsencrypt.org/2014/11/18/announcing-lets-encrypt/ Source: Hacker News Title: Let’s Encrypt is 10 years old now Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining TLS certificates to enhance internet security. The initiative champions principles such as free…

  • The Register: Data is the new uranium – incredibly powerful and amazingly dangerous

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/data_is_the_new_uranium/ Source: The Register Title: Data is the new uranium – incredibly powerful and amazingly dangerous Feedly Summary: CISOs are quietly wishing they had less data, because the cost of management sometimes exceeds its value I recently got to play a ‘fly on the wall’ at a roundtable of chief information security officers.…

  • The Register: European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/european_cloud_competition_observatory/ Source: The Register Title: European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing Feedly Summary: Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium Exclusive The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) consortium has launched the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) to keep an eye on software licensing practices in…

  • Hacker News: 1-Bit AI Infrastructure

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16144 Source: Hacker News Title: 1-Bit AI Infrastructure Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the advancements in 1-bit Large Language Models (LLMs), highlighting the BitNet and BitNet b1.58 models that promise improved efficiency in processing speed and energy usage. The development of a software stack enables local…

  • Wired: Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/phone-data-us-soldiers-spies-nuclear-germany/ Source: Wired Title: Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany Feedly Summary: More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.…