Chinese Labs Are Selling Fentanyl Ingredients for Millions in Crypto
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 19:02:25 +0000
And it’s happening in plain sight.
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There’s Finally a Way to Improve Cloud Container Registry Security
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 18:23:51 +0000
“Container registries” are ubiquitous software clearinghouses, but they’ve been exposed for years. Chainguard says it now has a solution.
Read moreLeaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Morgan Meaker, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 19:23:57 +0000
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”
Read moreG7 leaders warn of AI dangers, say the time to act is now
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the creation of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence (AI) in check, saying AI has outpaced oversight for safety and security.
Meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the leaders said nations must come together on a common vision and goal of trustworthy AI, even while those solutions may vary. But any solution for digital technologies such as AI should be “in line with our shared democratic values,” they said in a statement.
Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Morgan Meaker, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 19:23:57 +0000
The file reveals how a proposal to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material is forcing EU states to defend or deny encryption’s importance.
Read moreMeta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Is a Strike Against Surveillance Capitalism
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 14:38:43 +0000
The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta’s business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.
Read moreWhy Apple's iOS 16.6 upgrade will be talk of the town
Apple’s big developer event is approaching, and it looks as if the company will press home its message on privacy as it begins to seed support for the AR operating systems it’s now expected to announce there.
Apple wants to get you updating
As of now, the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) starting June 5 seems set to see Apple introduce its first mixed reality glasses, likely called RealityPro. These will be accompanied by an operating system that recent patent filings suggest will be called xrOS or xrProOS. The event will also see Apple introduce new iterations of its other operating systems, which developers will be able to work with soon after the show.
China bans chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects
Credit to Author: avenkat@idg.com| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 05:42:00 -0700
A network security review of Micron products sold in China has revealed that these products pose a significant security risk to the country’s key information infrastructure supply chain, according to the Cyberspace Affairs Commission of China.
Micron is a US memory chip giant that produces computer memory and computer data storage including dynamic random-access memory, flash memory, and USB flash drives. The Chinese authorities have not mentioned which Micron products are banned, what kind of security risk they pose, nor what would happen to existing Micron products that are already in use.
“The review found that Micron’s products have more serious cybersecurity problems and pose significant security risks to China’s critical information infrastructure supply chain, affecting China’s national security,” according to a machine translation of a Cyberspace Affairs Commission of China statement.