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Alphabet-owned Google is working on blocking user conversations with its new Bard generative AI assistant from being indexed on its Search platform or showing up as results.

“Bard allows people to share chats, if they choose. We also don’t intend for these shared chats to be indexed by Google Search. We’re working on blocking them from being indexed now,” Google’s Search Liaison account posted on Twitter, now X.

The internet search giant was responding to an SEO Consultant who pointed out on Twitter that user conversations with Bard were being indexed on Google Search.

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‘Snatch’ Ransom Group Exposes Visitor IP Addresses

September 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments @htmalgae, 8base ransomware, atomicstealer, Breadcrumbs, data breaches, DomainTools.com, google.com, Malwarebytes, microsoft teams, mihail kolesnikov, Ne'er-Do-Well News, ransomware, rilide, Trustwave Spiderlabs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:48:37 +0000

The victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its visitors, KrebsOnSecurity has found. The leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing malware disguised as popular free software, such as Microsoft Teams, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Discord.

ComputerWorld Independent

Q&A: How one CSO secured his environment from generative AI risks

September 25, 2023 admin 0 Comments 5G, Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Data Privacy, Emerging Technology, generative ai, Security, software development

In February, travel and expense management company Navan (formerly TripActions) chose to go all-in on generative AI technology for a myriad of business and customer assistance uses.

The Palo Alto, CA company turned to ChatGPT from OpenAI and coding assistance tools from GitHub Copilot to write, test, and fix code; the decision has boosted Navan’s operational efficiency and reduced overhead costs.

GenAI tools have also been used to build a conversational experience for the company’s client virtual assistant, Ava. Ava, a travel and expense chatbot assistant, offers customers answers to questions and a conversational booking experience. It can also offer data to business travelers, such as company travel spend, volume, and granular carbon emissions details.

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LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

September 22, 2023 admin 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, data breaches, International Computer Science Institute, karim toubba, lastpass breach, Nicholas Weaver, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0, wladimir palant

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:41:09 +0000

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. LastPass says the changes are needed to ensure all customers are protected by their latest security improvements. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early adopters whose password vaults were exposed in a 2022 breach at LastPass.

ComputerWorld Independent

ServiceNow embeds AI-powered customer-assist features throughout products

September 21, 2023 admin Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, Emerging Technology, Endpoint Protection, Productivity Software

Workflow management software provider ServiceNow has embedded a chatbot for assisting customers with most of its products.

ServiceNow’s new Now Assist tool is an expansion to its AI-powered Now Platform, and is available in its Vancouver software release for IT Service Management (ITSM), Customer Service Management (CSM), HR Service Delivery (HRSD), and Creator workflow application.

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UK's controversial online safety bill set to become law

September 20, 2023 admin encryption, privacy, Regulation, Technology Industry

Four years after it started life as a white paper, the UK government’s controversial Online Safety Bill has finally passed through Parliament and is set to become law in the coming weeks.

The bill aims to keep websites and different types of internet-based services free of illegal and harmful material while defending freedom of expression. It applies to search engines; internet services that host user-generated content, such as social media platforms; online forums; some online games; and sites that publish or display pornographic content.

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Jamf: Generative AI is coming to an Apple IT admin near you

September 20, 2023 admin apple, generative ai, it skills, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Imagine running fleets of iPhones that alert you when unexpected security-related incidents take place, or when otherwise legitimate service requests arrive from devices at an unexpected time or location. Imagine management and security software that not only identified these kinds of anomalies but gave you useful advice to help remediate the problem.

This, and more, is the kind of protection Jamf hopes to deliver using generative AI tools.

Generative IT for Apple admins

Jamf believes generative AI can be a big benefit to tech support and IT admin, and talked about its efforts at the end of an extensive Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) keynote. Akash Kamath, the company’s senior vice president, engineering, explained that just as the Mac made computing personal, genAI makes AI personal.

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Independent Krebs

Who’s Behind the 8Base Ransomware Website?

September 18, 2023 admin @htmalgae, 8base ransomware, A Little Sunshine, andrei kolev, gitlab, jcube group, Ne'er-Do-Well News, ransomware, VMware

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 02:12:53 +0000

The victim shaming website operated by the cybercriminals behind 8Base — currently one of the more active ransomware groups — was until earlier today leaking quite a bit of information that the crime group probably did not intend to be made public. The leaked data suggests that at least some of website’s code was written by a 36-year-old programmer residing in the capital city of Moldova.

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