Data Privacy Week: Time to reflect on your organization’s privacy procedures
With Data Privacy Week starting today we look at some of the principles firms must p
Sidebar: A primer on Canada’s data privacy laws
Highlights of what Canadian privacy laws for the private se
Cyber Security Today, Jan 23, 2023 – Old US no-fly list found on unprotected airline server, ad fraud is scheme is disabled and more
This episode reports on hackers using Microsoft OneNote in phishing attacks, the number of at risk and unsupported Cisco router
FanDuel warns customers of data breach after vendor hack
FanDuel, a popular online sports betting platform, recently experienced a data breach as a result of a third-party vendor who sends transactional emails on behalf of its clients, including FanDuel. MailChimp, a third-party vendor, was the victim of a security breach in January 2023. The vendor confirmed that on Sunday evening, an unauthorized actor obtained […]
Getty sues Stable Diffusion for illegal image use
Getty Images, a stock image and media content provider, announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the developers of the text-to-image deep learning model Stable Diffusion, for illegally copying and processing millions of images protected by copyright. “It is Getty Images’ position that Stability AI unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and […]
Entire Microsoft VR team among laid off 10,000 staff
Microsoft’s 10,000-person layoff may put a halt to the company’s HoloLens and headset-based projects, with entire teams working on mixed reality and virtual reality products being axed. The layoffs also had an impact on the company’s games division, with studios like 343 Industries, Bethesda Game Studios, and The Coalition seeing significant staff reductions. Microsoft’s AR […]
Hacker uncovers ‘No Fly List’ on unprotected server
A Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” discovered an unprotected server maintained by a U.S. national airline that contained the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people on the federal “No Fly List” and terrorism database. The identities of nearly 1,000 CommuteAir employees were also compromised, according to the airline. According to the […]
CNET discontinues AI-written articles
CNET will no longer publish articles written entirely by robots after receiving a barrage of criticism over the practice in recent weeks. This comes shortly after the website launched an investigation into its machine-generated content after it was discovered that the pieces were factually incorrect. “We didn’t do it in secret. We did it quietly,” […]
Google layoffs 12,000 workers
Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to cut staff as the industry’s economic boom during the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end. It is the company’s largest-ever round of layoffs, and it joins tens of thousands of other job losses announced recently by Microsoft, […]
Fear mounts over AI taking over white-collar jobs
Following layoffs in the tech sector, Davos believes that AI may be coming for white-collar jobs. According to Davos, many jobs will undergo significant changes, with employees likely sharing their workflows with a variety of AI-powered software bots. While AI is replacing specific tasks rather than entire jobs. Experts have become increasingly concerned in recent […]
