Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, August 4, 2023
This repeat episode is a conversation with Aaron McIntosh, co-author of the Ransomware Task Forces’ Blueprint for Ransomwar
Employee banking information stolen from Tennis Canada in cyber incident: Report
News service quotes reliable source saying names, addresses and information of employees
Cyber Security Today, August 4, 2023 – The shadow hanging over IT networks
This episode focuses on what IT leaders should do about
AI boom sparks demand for Graphics Processing Units
Following the scarcity of graphics processing units (GPUs) that plagued the industry until late 2022, the introduction of AI applications has raised new issues as a result of the shifting market and AI boom, resulting in an unanticipated rise in demand for gaming cards. Data center cards were once thought to be the key target […]
IRS to go paperless in 2024
The U.S. Treasury Department announced today that taxpayers will have the choice to go paperless for all Internal Revenue Service (IRS) correspondence in the upcoming 2024 filing season. By 2025, the IRS plans to achieve paperless processing for all tax returns, still accepting paper documents but immediately digitizing them, to “cut processing times in half” […]
U.S. military tests AI tool to spot deepfakes, misinformation
The United States military is testing Data Robot, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for detecting deepfakes and deceptive information. The technology is designed to strengthen U.S. military forces’ information warfare capabilities in the face of rising misinformation efforts by enemies. Data Robot is a machine learning tool for analyzing enormous volumes of data. The program […]
Tesla infotainment system hacked
A group of researchers have discovered a way to hack the electronics behind Tesla’s infotainment system, allowing them to obtain free enhancements such as heated rear seats. Christian Werling, one of the three students from Technische Universität Berlin, along with an independent researcher, conducted a physical attack on a Tesla car using a technique called […]
Microsoft makes concession to AWS customers
Microsoft has made a minor concession that allows customers with specific licenses to run Office wares in an AWS cloud. The move comes a week after Europe’s competition regulators decided to officially probe Microsoft’s business practices. The licensing tweak reverses a change made in 2019 that meant customers with perpetual licenses would need to buy […]
Intel’s Network and Edge Business Struggles
Intel’s network and edge group has seen significant growth in recent years, but sales plummeted by a third to less than $2.9 billion, resulting in a $487 million loss. Intel attributed this decline to customers reducing purchases to adjust to lower demand across product lines. Competition from advanced silicon, like Nvidia’s GPUs, poses a threat […]
Meta releases open-source AI tool for text-to-audio conversion
Meta has released an open-source AI tool called AudioCraft that can create sound from text-based prompts.
