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White House to issue AI rules for federal employees

After earlier efforts to reign in generative artificial intelligence (genAI) were criticized as too vague and ineffective, the Biden Administration is now expected to announce new, more restrictive rules for use of the technology by federal employees.

The executive order, expected to be unveiled Monday, would also change immigration standards to allow a greater influx of technology workers to help accelerate US development efforts.

On Tuesday night, the White House sent invitations for a “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” event Monday hosted by President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to The Washington Post.

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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is “a growing concern”—Microsoft

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: ALPHV

Tags: Octo Tempest

Tags: RaaS

Tags: LOTL

Tags: social engineering

Tags: SIM swapping

A group of cybercriminals known for advanced social engineering attacks has joined one of the biggest ransomware groups as an affiliate.

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Android’s new biometric spec for 'strong security' is anything but

Credit to Author: eschuman@thecontentfirm.com| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Google has released new biometrics specs for Android devices, with the top-level “strong security” option requiring only “a spoof and imposter acceptance rate not higher than 7%.” But most biometrics specialists say that for something to be considered “high security,” that imposter and acceptance rate should be closer to 1%.

That prompted me to ask Google for comment. Google replied by emailing an anonymous statement to be attributed to nobody that doesn’t directly defend the levels it chose — but did say security decisions are ultimately up to each handset manufacturer.

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Update now! Apple patches a raft of vulnerabilities

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: iLeakage

Tags: side-channel

Tags: Safari

Tags: CVE-2023-40413

Tags: CVE-2023-40416

Tags: CVE-2023-40423

Tags: CVE-2023-42487

Tags: CVE-2023-42841

Tags: CVE-2023-41982

Tags: CVE-2023-41997

Tags: CVE-2023-41988

Tags: CVE-2023-40447

Tags: CVE-2023-42852

Tags: CVE-2023-32434

Tags: CVE-2023-41989

Tags: CVE-2023-38403

Tags: CVE-2023-42856

Tags: CVE-2023-40404

Tags: CVE-2023-41977

Tags: Vim

Apple has released security updates for its phones, iPads, Macs, watches and TVs.

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Update vCenter Server now! VMWare fixes critical vulnerability

Categories: Business

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: VMWare

Tags: vCenter Server

Tags: CVE-2023-34056

Tags: CVE-2023-34048

Tags: DCE/RPC

Tags: out of bounds write

Tags: information disclosure

Tags: remote code execution

VMWare has issued an update to address out-of-bounds write and information disclosure vulnerabilities in its server management software, vCenter Server.

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