New U.S. cybersecurity strategy to pressure firms holding data and IT providers
“We must hold the stewards of our data accountable for the protection of personal data,” the str
Indigo refuses to pay ransom to LockBit gang
Gang has told the company stolen data with employee information will be put on dark w
MapleSEC webinar: AI can be used by defenders, and threat actors
There’s no doubt threat actors are either using or will soon use artificial intelligence to build malware and craft their attacks, says an expert. “Bad guys almost certainly are going to use AI,” Dave Masson, Ottawa-based director of enterprise security at Darktrace told this week’s IT World Canada MapleSec Satellite webinar. “Why? The same reasons
VW refused to track stolen car with child inside over $150 fee
Police in Lake Country, Illinois wasn’t able to track a stolen Volkswagen with a two-year-old child inside because the automaker wouldn’t provide access to its Car-Net vehicle tracking service. The subscription for the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas had expired. However, the trial period for Car-Net had expired, and a representative demanded $150 to restart the service […]
Companies unprepared for Work-From-Home regulations, MIT study shows
According to an MIT study, businesses are unprepared for work-from-home regulations. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the demand for remote work, but a lack of regulations has resulted in inconsistent policies and practices across industries and organizations. According to the MIT study, many companies lack clear policies for remote work, such as guidelines for hours worked […]
How Environmentally Friendly is the Cloud?
The cloud is becoming an increasingly popular way to store and process data, but many are wondering how environmentally friendly it really is. While it does have some advantages, like reducing the need for physical hardware and data centers, there are also concerns about the amount of energy it uses and the carbon emissions it […]
Twitter back in action after brief outage
For two hours yesterday, Twitter experienced a global outage, with most users unable to refresh or, in some cases, even load their timeline feeds. Neither the Twitter website nor the Twitter iPhone app were operational. The Following and For you feeds – which display tweets on the platform’s homepage – instead carried a notice reading […]
Microsoft releases robotic system to enable ChatGPT language capabilities for real-world interaction
Microsoft has released a robotic system that enables artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT to interact with the real world. The system employs an experimental framework to control robots and drones using ChatGPT’s language capabilities. The discovery was made in a research paper titled “ChatGPT for Robotics: Design Principles and Model Abilities,” written by Microsoft […]
Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar
Google has added an additional layer of security to Gmail and Calendar services by introducing client-side encryption. This means that when you send an email or create a calendar event, the information is encrypted on your device before being sent to Google’s servers. This way, even if the data is intercepted during transmission, no one […]
ChatGPT and Whisper APIs now permits integration into apps
The ChatGPT and Whisper APIs have been released to allow developers to integrate them into their applications. These APIs enable apps to use features such as natural language processing (NLP) and text-to-speech (TTS). The API of ChatGPT provides a conversational interface capable of understanding and responding to natural language queries. Whisper’s API includes voice synthesis, […]
