25% of bosses hoped Return to Work policies would cause employees to quit. Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, June 11, 2024
25% of Bosses Hoped RTO Would Make Staff Quit, HP Reports 20% Drop in Printed Pages Since Pandemic, Frontier Hackers Threaten to Leak Data for 750,000+ Customers and what will happen at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference? These stories and more on this “we knew it all along” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your […]
Top AI Labs Have Minimal Defense Against Espionage, Researchers Say
Some of the nation’s top artificial intelligence labs have insufficient security measures to protect against espionage, leaving potentially dangerous AI models exposed to theft, according to U.S. government-backed researchers. Gladstone AI, a firm advising federal agencies on AI issues, conducted a sweeping probe into the security practices of leading AI outfits, including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, […]
Former OpenAI employee alleges plan for AGI bidding war
In a recent interview, former OpenAI safety researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner made startling claims about his ex-employer’s strategy regarding artificial general intelligence (AGI). Aschenbrenner claimed that he had been fired for raising concerns about security, despite OpenAI’s assertion that it did not penalize employees for speaking out. Now, speaking with tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Aschenbrenner claimed […]
Malicious code in millions of installs traced to Microsoft Visual Studio
A group of Israeli researchers found thousands of potentially harmful extensions on the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace, with some having millions of downloads. The researchers created a fake extension mimicking the popular ‘Dracula Official’ theme, dubbed ‘Darcula’, which included risky code to collect system information. This extension was downloaded by multiple high-value targets, including […]
Cyber Security Today, June 10, 2024 – Microsoft backs down on Recall
Microsoft backs down on Recall. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, June 10th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. Microsoft has given in to overwhelming negative comments by security and privacy pros to its upcoming Windows 11 Recall feature. That feature would by default take and store screenshots every five […]
