Industrial sector sees 17% drop in ransomware attacks in Q1 2024
New research from Dragos has revealed a 17% decrease in global ransomware attacks on the industrial sector in Q1 of...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
UK ICO and Ofcom Joint Statement on Regulation of Online Services
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Smashing Security podcast #370: The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer
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Google spurs US to ease immigration rules for tech talent
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Federal Courts to review endpoint detection and response
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Apple set for big sales decline
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IBM wins reversal of US$1.6 billion judgment to BMC
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NBN Co hits 6050 fibre upgrades a week in the first 17 weeks of the year
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Govt sector leads in daily high-severity cyber incidents in 2023
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Australian SMEs risk efficiency due to slow tech adoption
Recent research has shown that Australian small businesses may be failing to adapt to the evolving technological landscape, thereby risking...
消費者ローン企業Rocket Mortgage、生成AI成功の基礎を築く
生成AIのプロセスの意思決定と結果を承認するために人間の意見を取り入れることが、初期の生成AIの成功に不可欠な原動力であることが証明されつつある、というのがアナリストの意見だ。 IDCのワールドワイドAI・オートメーションマーケットリサーチ・アドバイザリーサービス担当グループバイスプレジデントであるリトゥ・ジョティ氏は、「生成AIは、さまざまなデータポイントを結びつけ、数秒で洞察をまとめ、合成する能力を持つバーチャルナレッジワーカーになりつつあり、より付加価値の高いタスクに集中できるようになっている」と語る。 AIはローンの引き受けのようなプロセスを変革しつつあるが、真に効果的で実行可能なテクノロジーとなるためには、100％の精度が要求されるため、人間によるイン・ザ・ループが不可欠である。 モデルにとらわれないAIを目指す 1,000人以上のエンジニアと600人以上のデータサイエンティストが協力し合い、Rocketのコードのほとんどを社内で構築している。 ウッドリングがプロダクト・エンジニアリング・チームを率いるCTOとして2017年に入社したとき、彼の最優先事項の1つは、Rocketのクラウド導入を加速させることだった。 「入社後、6ヶ月目に最初にやったことのひとつは、今後、新しいテクノロジーはすべてクラウドで構築すると宣言したことです」と彼は言う。 (more…)
Ex-NSA employee sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia
Ex-NSA employee sentenced to 262 months in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia Pierluigi Paganini May 01,...
Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade SOHO routers
Cuttlefish malware targets enterprise-grade SOHO routers Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2024 A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small...
A flaw in the R programming language could allow code execution
A flaw in the R programming language could allow code execution Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2024 A flaw in the...
Workers with AI skills are getting these pay cash premiums
Cash premiums for skills such as AI chatbot app developer and large language model (LLM) tuning are paid out separately...
