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Boeing faces allegations of ‘criminal coverup’ in Senate hearing

During a recent Senate hearing, Ed Pierson, a former Boeing manager and whistleblower, made striking allegations about a...

Russian-linked hackers target U.S. and European water systems

A Russian military-affiliated hacking group, Sandworm, is suspected of coordinating recent cyberattacks on water utilities in the U.S.,...

Amazon pushes back on public perceptions of “Just Walk Out” technology

Amazon is pushing back against perceptions that its "Just Walk Out" technology is exaggerating the capabilities of its AI. Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology allows...

Controversial expansion of US surveillance powers nears Senate vote

The US Senate is poised to vote on a significant expansion of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which has stirred...

AI-powered wearable “AI Pin” is savaged by tech reviewers

Humane's newly launched AI wearable, 'AI Pin,' envisioned to revolutionize the human-tech interface, has faced a barrage of...

Cisco Duo’s Multifactor Authentication service compromised by social engineering attack

Cisco Duo, a prominent provider of multifactor authentication (MFA) services, has fallen victim to a cyberattack targeting one...

Cyber Security Today, April 17, 2024 – More suspicious attempts to take over open source projects, a data theft at a Cisco Duo partner,...

This episode reports on security updates from Delinea and PuTTY, and reports on bad bots and threat actors going after Zoo

Broadcom backs down on VMWare pricing: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, April 17, 2024

YouTube clamps down on third party apps that block ads. Experts predict a new cyber-war between Iran and Israel. Elon Musk backs down on his fight with the Brazilian government and Broadcom makes concessions in the face of customer outrage and European regulatory scrutiny of its new VMWare pricing. All this and more on the

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Howard Solomon
Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times.

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Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, April 12, 2024

This episode features a discussion on Microsoft's cybersecurity troubles, worries about open source, a warning about abusing IT help desks to launch attack

Cyber Security Today, April 12, 2024 – A warning to Sisense customers, a new tactic for spreading the Raspberry Robin worm, and more

A warning to Sisense customers, a new tactic for spreading the Raspberry Robin worm, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday April 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon. Organizations that use products from business analytics provider Sisense [SI-SENSE] are being told to reset user login credentials and digital keys. The warning comes from the

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Microsoft and OpenAI partner to build a $100 Billion AI supercomputer “Stargate”

In a bold stride towards computational supremacy, Microsoft, in...

US Bill Aims to Unveil AI Training Data Sources Amid Copyright Concerns

In a significant move toward transparency, a bill was...

AI presents an “extinction level threat” – US Gov’t Report: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A new US government report warns that AI presents an “extinction level threat to the human species. Elon Musk is outsourcing his Grok AI code. Hackers have breached the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the US and a researcher shows how to steal a Tesla by leveraging a feature of the Tesla charging stations.

Robot startup uses ChatGPT to enhance its communications and reasoning skills

Humanoid robot startup Figure has secured a significant $675...

Lawsuit requires Pegasus spyware to provide code used to spy on WhatsApp users

NSO Group, the developer behind the sophisticated Pegasus spyware,...

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The race to harness AI in big banks heats up

The journey to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the...

IMF reports that 40 percent of global employment could be disrupted by AI

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark...

Reverse ATMs becomes solution for cashless business

To accommodate the expanding number of cashless companies, reverse...

Shopify teams up with Melio to launch bill pay tool

Melio, a B2B payments firm, has teamed with Shopify...

Federal Budget 2023: Millions to fight foreign interference, threats and covert activities

A new National Counter-Foreign Interference Office will be created if the bud

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The state of AI: Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition – Documentary Part 2

The state of AI is the second in this series prepared for the long weekend. In part one, we traced the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. In episode two, we discuss where we are today in the implementation of AI using a model developed by Jackie Fenn, a Gartner analyst who developed the “Hype Curve” –

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, March 29, 2024

This episode includes a discussion on a security awareness report, World Backup Day, mandatory government minimum cybersecurity standard

The road to AI: Hashtag Trending, Weekend Edition – March 29, 2024

Welcome to Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition. I’m your host, Jim Love. On this long weekend, I thought we’d try something a little different. I find that when I break my daily routine and get some time away, I can take a moment and reflect – see the bigger picture – and use that perspective

Cyber Security Today, March 29, 2024 – PyPI repository shuts to stop malicious uploads, a plea to developers to stop creating apps with SQL...

This episode reports on a US$10 million reward for a ransomware gang, a new Linux version of a backdoor

40 thousand routers compromised: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

A new cyberthreat is taking down home routers. Germany passes a law insisting on end to end encryption. Reports expose the craziness of tech hiring practices, the US government has had it with SQL injection attacks and Elon Musk gets a smackdown from a federal judge as we see more from the X files –

Cyber Security Today, March 27, 2024 – A botnet exploits old routers, a new malware loader discovered, and more warnings about downloading code from...

This episode reports on a new network of 40,000 infected small and home office routers and other devices that are part of a criminal botnet

Apple gets hammered by the EU again: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Apple gets hammered by the EU once again while there’s a threat in the US of breaking up the big tech giants. Google appears to have another problem AI implementation, Steve Wozniak is back as an unlikely critic of the TikTok ban, a new open source AI that runs on your computer an an Amazon

CIOs complain of “application sprawl” – Hashtag Trending, Monday March 25th, 2024

Apple may get an unexpected penalty from the US Governments new lawsuit, survey of CIOs complains of application sprawl but proposes that the way to get out of it is “more applications”, 1% of employees cause 89% of data loss events and information surfaces about some potentially enormous developments in AI in the coming months.

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