What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
Credit to Author: Julie Charnet| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Think US health data is automatically kept private? Think again.
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The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes
Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:15:13 +0000
Soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sensors in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reported radiation spikes. A researcher now believes he’s found evidence the data was manipulated.
Read moreMicrosoft’s AI Red Team Has Already Made the Case for Itself
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:51:37 +0000
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.
Read moreHas Microsoft cut security corners once too often?
Credit to Author: eschuman@thecontentfirm.com| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0700
As Microsoft revealed tidbits of its post-mortem investigation into a Chinese attack against US government agencies via Microsoft, two details stand out: the company violated its own policy and did not store security keys within a Hardware Security Module (HSM) — and the keys were successfully used by attackers even though they had expired years earlier.
This is simply the latest example of Microsoft quietly cutting corners on cybersecurity and then only telling anyone when it gets caught.
Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.
Read moreHow to Automatically Delete Passcode Texts on Android and iOS
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Here’s one simple way to reduce your security risk while logging in.
Read moreSecurity News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree
Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.
Read moreThe Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past
Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:05:38 +0000
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
Read moreFree Airline Miles, Hotel Points, and User Data Put at Risk by Flaws in Points Platform
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:57:43 +0000
Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.
Read moreA New Attack Impacts ChatGPT—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Credit to Author: Will Knight| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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