Credit: Google DeepMind from Pexels Inspired by the map makers of the 20th Century, Imperial researchers have demonstrated a new way to identify copyright holders’ work in LLMs. The technique…
Tag: Security
Technology’s grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines
Tiffany McAllister and Andres Bernal try to rebook their flight to Iowa while at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Friday, July 19, 2024, as a major internet outage disrupts…
Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
An IT field services technician works on software on an information display near United Airlines gates at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Friday, July 19, 2024. Transport providers, businesses…
Risk-averse organizations chose CrowdStrike for cybersecurity. Now its software is causing chaos
A Crowdstrike office is shown in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Friday, July 19, 2024. An overnight outage was blamed on a software update that cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike sent to Microsoft computers…
Since 2018, data protection laws have reduced security breaches but affected firms’ value
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The introduction of new data protection rules significantly reduced breaches by firms but negatively impacted their market value, according to new research by the University of…
Trusted TV doctors ‘deepfaked’ to promote health scams on social media
Credit: AI-generated image Some of the UK’s most recognizable TV doctors are increasingly being “deepfaked” in videos to sell scam products across social media, finds The BMJ today. Trusted names…
Engineers evaluate cybersecurity risks associated with EV fast-charging equipment
SwRI research engineers, from left, FJ Olugbodi, Mark Johnson and Katherine Kozan demonstrate an adversary-in-the-middle device they developed to test the cyber resiliency of ISO 15118-compliant vehicle-to-grid charging systems. With…
What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too
A person uses a cell phone on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reports that SIM-swapping complaints have increased more than 400% from…
Protecting yourself against SIM swapping
A SIM card is shown next to a cellphone in this photo taken on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 in London. Physical SIM cards are going away, replaced by eSIMs which…
US mobile giant AT&T suffers fresh massive data theft
According to AT&T, the data downloaded by the hackers did not include the content of calls and messages, nor personal information such as names or social security numbers. US mobile…
