Update now! Chrome fixes actively exploited zero-day vulnerability
Google’s released an update to Chrome which includes seven security fixes. Make sure you’re using the latest version!
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Many major websites allow users to have weak passwords
A new study that looked at the password requirements of the most popular websites came to a disappointing but not surprising conclusion.
Read MoreOkta: Breach Affected All Customer Support Users
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:41:14 +0000
When KrebsOnSecurity broke the news on Oct. 20, 2023 that identity and authentication giant Okta had suffered a breach in its customer support department, Okta said the intrusion allowed hackers to steal sensitive data from fewer than one percent of its 18,000+ customers. But today, Okta revised that impact statement, saying the attackers also stole the name and email address for nearly all of its customer support users.
Read MoreSchneider Electric Foundation celebrates 25 years of Impact
Credit to Author: Gilles Vermot Desroches| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:50:50 +0000
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Read MoreOkta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:53:24 +0000
Okta upped its original estimate of customer support users affected by a recent breach from 1 percent to 100 percent, citing a “discrepancy.”
Read MoreOpenAI’s Custom Chatbots Are Leaking Their Secrets
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Released earlier this month, OpenAI’s GPTs let anyone create custom chatbots. But some of the data they’re built on is easily exposed.
Read MoreA Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:03:17 +0000
Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”
Read MoreGenAI is highly inaccurate for business use — and getting more opaque
Large language models (LLMs), the algorithmic platforms on which generative AI (genAI) tools like ChatGPT are built, are highly inaccurate when connected to corporate databases and becoming less transparent, according to two studies.
One study by Stanford University showed that as LLMs continue to ingest massive amounts of information and grow in size, the genesis of the data they use is becoming harder to track down. That, in turn, makes it difficult for businesses to know whether they can safely build applications that use commercial genAI foundation models and for academics to rely on them for research.