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The US is urging infosec leaders to harden their endpoint management system configurations after last week’s hack of American medical supplies provider Stryker by pro-Iranian threat actor Handala. The warning from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is principally for organizations using Microsoft Intune, a cloud-based unified endpoint management (UEM) service that Handala, known for multiple destructive wiping, data theft and data leak attacks, was reportedly able to compromise. But CISA said the defensive principles of its recommendations can be applied to any endpoint management software. Top issue: phishing resistance The CISA advice is certainly “timely and appropriate,” [...]
Music giant BMG has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, the company behind the popular chatbot Claude, alleging it trained its AI models using copyrighted song lyrics from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bruno Mars, and Ariana Grande. “Anthropic’s practice of training AI models on copyrighted works from torrent sites is in direct violation of the standards required of all responsible actors,” a BMG spokesperson said in a statement quoted by Reuters. The lawsuit details 493 instances of copyright infringement, which could prove costly for Anthropic if the company is found liable in court. Last year, Anthropic chose to pay [...]
The conflict in the Middle East threatens to weigh heavily on the global economy, with soaring oil prices expected to dampen GDP growth and prompt businesses and consumers to reduce technology spending, according to analysts at IDC. The key question — and one with few answers — is how long the fighting will continue. The nearly three-week old war began Feb. 28 when Israel and the US launched attacks against Iran, killing that nation’s supreme leader, along with other top officials. In retaliation, Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, interrupting the worldwide flow of oil. Fighting that ends [...]
Microsoft 365 (and Office 365) subscribers get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches, and bug fixes. But it can be hard to keep track of the changes in each update and know when they’re available. We’re doing this for you, so you don’t have to. Following are summaries of the updates to Microsoft 365/Office 365 for Windows over the past year, with the latest releases shown first. We’ll add info about new updates as they’re rolled out. Note: This story covers updates [...]
The United Kingdom is may introduce labeling requirements for AI-generated content as part of a broader review of copyright law, Reuters reports. The aim is to make it easier for consumers to identify material created by AI and protect them against threats such as deepfakes and disinformation. At the same time, the government emphasized that the rules would need to be designed so as not to slow development in the rapidly growing AI sector. According to Technology Minister Liz Kendall, the government will also review the risks associated with digital copies of people created without consent, how creators can gain [...]
With a 60% surge in App Store submissions as developers embrace vibe coding and AI-assisted development tools, Apple’s App Store team has identified an emerging security challenge: what happens when an app you download later evolves into something fundamentally different — without Apple having a chance to review those changes. Vibe coding the new attack surface Let’s say you install a simple chess app, only to discover later that it has updated itself into something different, or that it’s downloaded external code that modifies or adds to what it does after installation. Some experts already expect as much as 30% of new security [...]
Growing AI adoption has slowed the hiring of young workers in software development and customer service jobs, and recent data suggests it could also be exerting pressure on entry-level wages, according industry experts. “For software developers, there’s been about a 20% decline for entry-level people aged 22 to 26,” said Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. “For call centers, [there’s been] about a 15% relative decline. Mid-career people are doing okay. The more senior people are doing well.” Instead of cutting wages, companies have stopped hiring for those positions, Brynjolfsson said during a panel discussion at last [...]
Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, can assist you in several ways in Google Sheets, from analyzing your data to helping you edit your spreadsheet faster. In Google Sheets, you mostly use these genAI tools through the Gemini sidebar. But you can also trigger Gemini to take action through a formula inside a cell. It also automatically performs actions in the background to provide suggestions. To use Gemini within Google Sheets, you need to be subscribed to a Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, or Enterprise plan or a Google AI plan. Alternatively, you can sign up for Google Workspace Labs with [...]
Mistral has introduced Forge, a new platform aimed at helping enterprises move beyond generic AI systems by enabling them to train and adapt models on proprietary data. Today’s AI systems are largely developed using open internet data and are built to handle a wide variety of general tasks. However, enterprises depend on deeply embedded internal knowledge, including proprietary processes, regulatory requirements, custom software environments, and the accumulated experience of their organizations. “Forge bridges the gap between generic AI and enterprise-specific needs,” Mistral said in a statement. “Instead of relying on broad, public data, organizations can train models that understand their internal context [...]
Sometimes, simple sure is tough to beat. In tech today, it’s all too easy to get lost in a sea of complexity — and to drown in desperate-seeming solutions for problems that don’t actually exist. (And that, ahem, is putting it nicely.) But perhaps not surprisingly, it’s the simple improvements to basic productivity challenges that tend to have the most genuine, lasting impact on our day-to-day lives. The perfect example, for me, is a teensy-seeming touch Google added into Android specifically for its own Pixel devices a couple years back. It’s a barely-noticed extra option that appears anytime you capture [...]