Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 18, 2023
This episode features a discussion on a report into the successes of the Lapsus$ extortion gang, a ransomware attack against a Canadian non-profit, a vulnerability in the WiFi module of the infotainment system of some Ford vehicles and whether governments should mandate minimum cybersecurity standards for internet-connect
Automation threatening jobs, says American Staffing Association
An American Staffing Association survey conducted online among over 2,000 U.S. adults in June has found that close to half of Americans believe that automation could easily replace their jobs. According to the survey, the rise of generative artificial intelligence has expanded the scope of tasks vulnerable to automation. It goes on to say that […]
Western Digital faces lawsuit over unreported flaw in SSD
Western Digital is facing a class-action lawsuit after California resident Nathan Krum alleged that his SanDisk 2TB Extreme Pro SSD failed due to an undisclosed flaw. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Jose, California, also alleges that the defect affects other SanDisk Extreme Pro, Extreme Portable, Extreme Pro Portable, and WD My Passport […]
AI chatbots go haywire at security competition
In a conference room at Howard University, AI chatbots were put to the test by a team of hackers. The hackers were able to induce the chatbots to expose private medical information, cough up instructions for how to rob a bank, and speculate that a job candidate would have weaker interpersonal skills based on their […]
U.S. cybersecurity panel launches investigation into cloud security
A U.S. cybersecurity advisory panel is launching an investigation into the malicious targeting of cloud computing environments. The review, led by the Cyber Safety Review Board, will examine the recent breach of government officials’ email accounts, which is suspected to have been carried out by Chinese hackers. The review will focus on ways to enhance […]
AI threatens billable hour revenue model for PR firms
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way businesses operate, and the public relations (PR) industry is no exception. AI can now automate many of the tasks that PR professionals currently perform, such as generating creative content, conducting research, and writing pitches. This could have a major impact on the billable hour revenue model, which […]
Otter.ai partners Slack to provide AI-powered meeting assistant
Otter.ai, a speech-to-text transcription service, has announced a partnership with Slack to bring its AI-powered meeting assistant to the popular workplace chat app. The integration will allow users to take notes, capture key takeaways, and assign action items during meetings, all within Slack. Otter will also send reminders before meetings and automatically share notes and […]
Platypus 2 70B AI LLM tops HuggingFace Open LLM leaderboard
A new open source large language model (LLM) called Platypus 2 has topped the HuggingFace Open LLM Leaderboard. Platypus 2 is a 70B parameter model that has been fine-tuned on a carefully curated dataset of STEM and logic questions. It is able to achieve state-of-the-art performance on a variety of benchmarks, including question answering, summarization, […]
LinkedIn launches government ID verification in Canada
LinkedIn and CLEAR are teaming up to enhance safety for Canadian members. Users can now verify their identity for free using CLEAR’s platform directly from the LinkedIn app. Verified members will display a CLEAR indicator on their profiles. This feature is available in English and French, requiring a government ID and selfie for verification. Existing […]
Generative AI to transform businesses in 2-5 years
Gartner’s prestigious Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2023 has named generative AI as one of the top emerging technologies for 2023. It predicts that generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, such as images, text, and music, will have a “transformational benefit” in the next two to five years, enabling […]
