Microsoft warns over growing threat from Octo Tempest gang
A gang of native English-speaking cyber criminals who began their careers as social engineers in support of so-called SIM swapping attacks and cryptocurrency fraud, and…
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‘Egregious’ to link passport data with facial recognition systems
The policing minister’s “egregious proposal” to link the UK’s passport database with facial recognition systems is “unethical and potentially unlawful”, according to the Scottish biometrics…
Google launches bug bounties for generative AI attack scenarios
Google is taking steps to address cyber risks associated with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by expanding its bug bounty scheme, the Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP)…
AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back
Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported a 12% year-on-year uptick in its revenue growth during the third quarter of 2023, with the firm reporting a bounceback…
UK regulators confident they are ready for AI safety governance
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently took evidence from Ofcom and other regulators looking at the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). Regulator readiness Ofcom…
ChatGPT, Bard, lack effective defences against fraudsters, Which? warns
Despite refusing to write phishing emails, popular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard lack any truly effective protections to…
Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit
Artificial intelligence (AI) risks are serious but nothing to lose sleep over, prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech on the UK’s global responsibility…
Boardrooms losing control in generative AI takeover, says Kaspersky
Over 90% of senior business leaders interviewed for a study on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the enterprise believe that such tools…
AWS to open European sovereign cloud region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has set its sights on building an independent, sovereign cloud platform to meet the data residency and regulatory needs of its…
Facebook pins future on Quest 3 and AI development
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has used its latest quartly earnings call to discuss how it is differentiating its Threads platform.…
Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler vulns reaching dangerous levels
Time may be running short for users of Citrix’s NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway products who have not yet patched against two…
UK Finance paints mixed picture of fraud as losses top £500m
The rate of cyber fraud dropped slightly over the first six months of 2023, falling 2% compared to the same period in 2022, but even…