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How not to write about network security – and yes, I'm speaking from experience
Systems Approach In 1996, Larry Peterson and I published the first edition of Computer Networks: A Systems Approach in the hope that it would become a widely adopted textbook in networking classes. Our draft manuscripts had been reviewed by a number of professors so we had a decent amount of feedback regarding the content and overall structure of the book.…
Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket
Google so far has lived up to its commitments to make room in its Privacy Sandbox for rivals, though the UK's Competition and Markets Authority says a number of concerns still have to be addressed before the web giant's ambitious advertising technology gets its blessing.…
Qualcomm signals its PC push will coincide with back to school sales and be tied to a Windows launch
Qualcomm's attempt to grab a slab of the PC CPU market will commence in earnest in the middle of 2024, the mobile chip shop's president and CEO Cristiano Amon told investors on Wednesday.…
Singtel does the 'we’re building datacenters to host Nvidia clusters’ thing
Telcoms giant Singtel announced Thursday a collaboration with Nvidia to deliver purpose-built AI infrastructure across Southeast Asia.…
Indian PM's advisors suggest AI might lead to 'mass schizophrenia'
India's Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EACPM) has penned a document warning that current global AI regulations are likely to be ineffective, and recommended regulating the technology with alternative tactics – like those used in financial markets.…
Congress told how Chinese attackers plan to incite 'societal chaos' in the US
Chinese attackers are preparing to "wreak havoc" on American infrastructure and "cause societal chaos" in the US, infosec, and law enforcement bosses told a US House committee on Wednesday.…
Cloud Software Group effectively snuffs open source XenCenter via a README file
Disgruntled VMware users contemplating the open source cut of XenCenter as an alternative need to think again. In December the Cloud Software Group quietly canned the offering with an update to the project's README file.…
Dems and Repubs agree on something – a law to tackle unauthorized NSFW deepfakes
US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow victims portrayed in non-consensual AI-generated pornographic deepfakes to sue the creators for damages. …
'I’m sorry for everything...' Facebook's Zuck apologizes to families at Senate hearing
Executives from the top social media companies faced contentious, sometimes contemptuous, questioning from the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday in a hearing titled: Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.…
DeepMind's robot chef cooks up 'novel' materials with a side of controversy
Google DeepMind and UC Berkeley's research into a robot cooking up new materials predicted by AI algorithms is being called into question by a group of chemists.…
FBI confirms it issued remote kill command to blow out Volt Typhoon's botnet
China's Volt Typhoon attackers used "hundreds" of outdated Cisco and NetGear routers infected with malware in an attempt to break into US critical infrastructure facilities, according to the Justice Department.…
Ransomware payment rates drop to new low – only 29% of victims are forking over cash
Trusting a ransomware crew to honor a deal isn't the greatest idea, and the world seems to be waking up to that. The number of victims who chose to pay dropped to a new low of 29 percent in the last quarter of 2023.…
Japanese space lasers plan to show aims to clean up orbital junk
A Japanese company wants to remove debris from Earth orbit by using a satellite-mounted laser to decelerate an object such as a defunct satellite so it gradually descends towards the atmosphere and burns up.…
Adobe has 'no plans' to invest in XD despite failed Figma buy
Adobe has confirmed it will no longer push the envelope for XD, the vector design tool used by developers for web and mobile apps.…
Nearly 4-year-old Cisco vuln linked to recent Akira ransomware attacks
Security researchers believe the Akira ransomware group could be exploiting a nearly four-year-old Cisco vulnerability and using it as an entry point into organizations' systems.…
We know nations are going after critical systems, but what happens when crims join in?
Volt Typhoon, the Chinese government-backed cyberspies whose infrastructure was at least partially disrupted by Uncle Sam, has been homing in on other US energy, satellite and telecommunications systems, according to Robert Lee, CEO of security shop Dragos.…
Microsoft seeks Rust developers to rewrite core C# code
Microsoft's adoption of Rust continues apace if a posting on the company's careers website is anything to go by.…
Ivanti releases patches for VPN zero-days, discloses two more high-severity vulns
Ivanti has finally released the first round of patches for vulnerability-stricken Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways, but in doing so has also found two additional zero-days, one of which is under active exploitation.…
Samsung pins hopes on AI to return to growth this year
Samsung Electronics' is betting that demand for generative AI will equate to a busy year for memory sales.…
Investors threw 50% less money at quantum last year
Quantum companies received 50 percent less venture cap funding last year as investors switched to generative AI or shied away from risky bets on Silicon Valley startups. Progress in quantum computing is being made, but practical applications of the technology are still likely years away.…