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Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won't take out jobs, but it could take out brains
The CEO of a software testing company told a panel at Catholic University of America that AI will not create mass unemployment – though it could make people more stupid.…
Prompt injection – and a $5 domain – trick Salesforce Agentforce into leaking sales
A now-fixed flaw in Salesforce’s Agentforce could have allowed external attackers to steal sensitive customer data via prompt injection, according to security researchers who published a proof-of-concept attack on Thursday. They were aided by an expired trusted domain that they were able to buy for a measly five bucks.…
Volvo North America confirms staff data stolen following ransomware attack on IT supplier
Volvo North America is the latest large organization to announce attackers accessed employee data after a ransomware attack struck its HR system provider.…
SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost
NASA has made progress with plans to boost the rapidly decaying orbit of the Swift observatory while calling an abrupt halt to an attempt to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX's Dragon.…
Microsoft digs up Vista-era animated wallpaper for Windows 11. Here's how to get it
hands on If you're tired of staring at the same old static wallpapers in Windows 11, there's help on the way. Microsoft has just added support for animated video backgrounds in the latest Insider builds of its popular operating system, heralding their likely appearance in a production update soon.…
UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild
Cybersecurity agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are sounding the alarm over Cisco firewall vulnerabilities that are being exploited by an "advanced threat actor."…