Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em Some Linux kernel maintainers remain unconvinced that adding Rust code to the open source project is a good idea, but its VIPs are coming out in support of the language's integration.... [...]
Rustaceans could just wait for unwelcoming C coders to slowly SIGQUIT... The Rust for Linux project is alive and well, despite suggestions to the contrary, even if not every Linux kernel maintainer is an ally.... [...]
Fourth time’s the harm? Gravy Analytics has been sued yet again for allegedly failing to safeguard its vast stores of personal data, which are now feared stolen. And by personal data we mean information including the locations of tens of millions of smartphones, coordinates of which were ultimately …
Some worry multi-lang codebase makes it harder to maintain open source uber-project, others disagree Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome and risky complication.... [...]
Oh someone's in DeepShi... China-based AI biz DeepSeek may have developed competitive, cost-efficient generative models, but its cybersecurity chops are another story.... [...]
It's another cousin of Spectre, here to read your email, browsing history, and more Many recent Apple laptops, desktops, tablets, and phones powered by Cupertino's homegrown Silicon processors can be exploited to reveal email content, browsing behavior, and other sensitive data through two newly identified side-channel attacks on Chrome …
Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity Updated China's DeepSeek, which shook up American AI makers with the debut of its V3 and reasoning-capable R1 LLM families, has limited new signups to its web-based interface to its models due to what's said to be an ongoing cyberattack …
'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs Sage Group plc has confirmed it temporarily suspended its Sage Copilot, an AI assistant for the UK-based business software maker's accounting tools, this month after it blurted customer information to other users.... [...]
The S in LLM stands for Security OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler appears to be willing to initiate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on arbitrary websites, a reported vulnerability the tech giant has yet to acknowledge.... [...]
If you want a picture of the future, imagine your infosec team stamping on software forever Microsoft brainiacs who probed the security of more than 100 of the software giant's own generative AI products came away with a sobering message: The models amplify existing security risks and create new …
We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC General Motors on Thursday said that it has reached a settlement with the FTC "to address privacy concerns about our now-discontinued Smart Driver program."... [...]
We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC General Motors on Thursday said that it has reached a settlement with the FTC "to address privacy concerns about our now-discontinued Smart Driver program."... [...]
You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial-recognition algorithms' focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.... [...]
Beware the IoT that doesn’t get a security tag The White House this week introduced a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for technology products so that consumers can have some assurance their smart devices aren't spying on them.... [...]
Mini-C is a subset of C that can be automatically turned to Rust without much fuss Computer scientists affiliated with France's Inria and Microsoft have devised a way to automatically turn a subset of C code into safe Rust code, in an effort to meet the growing demand for …
Enrollment invitations will continue until security improves Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.... [...]
All it took to make an Google Edge TPU give up model hyperparameters was specific hardware, a novel attack technique... and several days Computer scientists from North Carolina State University have devised a way to copy AI models running on Google Edge Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), as used in …
Victims' feelings might get hurt, global cops contend, and that could hinder reporting Interpol wants to put an end to the online scam known as "pig butchering" – through linguistic policing, rather than law enforcement.... [...]
The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the year 2030 – years before other nations plan to do …
Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories A year ago, Google announced plans to save people's Location History, which it now calls Timeline, locally on devices rather than on its servers.... [...]
Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory Researchers have found that the security mechanism AMD uses to protect virtual machine memory can be bypassed with $10 of hardware – and perhaps not even that.... [...]
Video slinger looks to Supremes for salvation, though anything could happen under Trump A US federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the law that prevents popular apps that collect data on Americans from being controlled by a foreign adversary.... [...]
Damage likely limited to those running bots with private key access Malware-poisoned versions of the widely used JavaScript library @solana/web3.js were distributed via the npm package registry, according to an advisory issued Wednesday by project maintainer Steven Luscher.... [...]
Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices Office buildings have become like web browsers – they're full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs.... [...]
VotingWorks, developer of the system, disputes critics' claims An electronic voting project backed by DARPA – Uncle Sam's boffinry nerve center – to improve the process of absentee voting for American military personnel stationed abroad has been slammed by security researchers.... [...]