ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:08:14 +0000
Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT’s regulatory woes.
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A Tiny Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won
Credit to Author: Amos Zeeberg| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war.
Read MoreSamsung shows we need an Apple approach to generative AI
It feels as if practically everyone has been using Open AI’s ChatGPT since the generative AI hit prime time. But many enterprise professionals may be embracing the technology without considering the risk of these large language models (LLMs).
That’s why we need an Apple approach to Generative AI.
What happens at Samsung should stay at Samsung
ChatGPT seems to be a do-everything tool, capable of answering questions, finessing prose, generating suggestions, creating reports, and more. Developers have used the tool to help them write or improve their code and some companies (such as Microsoft) are weaving this machine intelligence into existing products, web browsers, and applications.
China to probe Micron over cybersecurity, in chip war’s latest battle
The Chinese government is instituting a cybersecurity review of US-based memory chip maker Micron’s products being sold in the country, in the latest move in the ongoing semiconductor trade dispute that pits China against the US and its allies.
The rupture between China and the West over semiconductors is causing chip supply chain disruptions that threaten many of the fastest-growing parts of the technology sector – mainly AI and cloud technology. The chip war is also putting global enterprises in the crosshairs, as auto manufacturing and a host of other sectors are increasingly dependent on the availability of advanced silicon for growth.
Massive 3CX Supply-Chain Hack Targeted Cryptocurrency Firms
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:03:55 +0000
North Korean hackers appear to have used the corrupted VoIP software to go after just a handful of crypto firms with “surgical precision.”
Read MoreICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:00:00 +0000
An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse.
Read MoreMullvad VPN and Tor Project Create New Privacy-Focused Mullvad Browser
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Mullvad Browser, a collaboration between the nonprofit and Mullvad VPN, offers an anti-tracking browser designed to be used with a VPN.
Read MoreRansomware as a service? Windows users can still fight back.
Ransomware.
It’s one word that can strike a chill in anyone from a corporate C-suite to a home user. It’s sometimes hard to get a feel for the overall ransomware industry (and yes, it’s now an industry). But based on anecdotal reviews of forums and social media, it appears as though attacks against individuals are slowing. I no longer see people report they’ve been hit by ransomware on their PCs.
But it may be that attackers have realized that going after “one-off” targets isn’t the best business plan. In fact, in a recent Microsoft Secure online seminar (registration required), Jessica Payne and Geoff McDonald discuss how ransomware is now a big business, offered as a service by those who sell access to compromised networks to others.