Author: cnhadmin
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Hackers: We won’t let artificial intelligence get the better of us
Artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t stand a chance of being able to replicate the human creativity needed to become an ethical hacker, but it will disrupt how hackers conduct penetration testing and work on bug bounty programmes, and is already increasing the value of hacking to organisations that are prepared to engage with the hacking community…
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Microsoft users on high alert over dangerous RCE zero-day
Microsoft has disclosed a potentially serious remote code execution (RCE) zero-day under active exploitation – by a group with alleged links to the Russian intelligence services – among more than 100 other vulnerabilities in its July Patch Tuesday update, but the company has not yet issued an actual patch for it. Although not deemed a…
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Malicious URL volumes soar as cyber criminals pull on Threads
Cyber fraudsters and scammers are already attempting to exploit last week’s launch of Meta’s latest social media venture, a “Twitter-killer” called Threads, to conduct phishing attacks and distribute malwares, according to analysis conducted by Veriti, a cyber security infrastructure startup founded by ex-Check Point execs, which launched out of stealth last year. Veriti’s team said…
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Apple pushes Rapid Response patch to fix WebKit zero-day
Apple has deployed a patch under its new Rapid Security Response (RSR) update programme for the second time, addressing a potentially dangerous zero-day in iOS for iPhone, iPadOS for iPad, macOS Ventura for Mac, and Safari for macOS Big Sur and Monterey. However, in the intervening hours, users who have downloaded and applied the relatively…
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Norwegian data privacy experts sound alarm over generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) recently burst onto the scene, producing text, images, sound, and video content that closely resemble human-made content. After being trained on publicly available data, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Bard and other AI models were unleashed to an eager public. The rate of adoption of this technology far surpasses the speed with which legislative…
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How to Use Custom Building Blocks & Variables in Google Docs
Illustration: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic Custom building blocks and variables give many Google Workspace customers new ways to quickly reuse content and ensure content consistency, respectively. As of June 2023, custom building blocks and access to variables are available only to people who use Google Workspace Business Standard or Plus, Enterprise Standard or Plus, Education Plus or…
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3 Free Ways to Get an AI Summary of a Long Web Article
Illustration: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic Asking Bard, Perplexity or Pi for an article summary is a great way to get started with these AI systems. A great way to familiarize yourself with generative AI systems such as Google Bard, Perplexity and Pi, among others, is to ask for a text summary of a long online article. A…
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EDM Council Survey: Management of Cloud Data Deployment is Lacking
The Council’s first benchmark found that 84% of companies have not implemented ethical access, use and outcome policies and procedures per their cloud agendas. Image: EDM Council As more and more organizations are moving their data to the cloud, an inaugural study by the data management industry group EDM Council found that many are not…
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Microsoft and AWS caution Ofcom against referring UK cloud market over to CMA
Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are calling on communications regulator Ofcom to hold off on getting the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to probe the UK cloud infrastructure services market for proof of anti-competitive behaviour, it has emerged. Ofcom has published in full the responses it has received to the interim report it published…
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network intrusion protection system (NIPS)
What is a network intrusion protection system (NIPS)? A network intrusion protection system (NIPS) is an umbrella term for a combination of hardware and software systems that protect computer networks from unauthorized access and malicious activity. A NIPS helps organizations detect and respond to potential threats in real time, maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of…