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afr.com - Campbell Kwan - The life of an information security chief just got a lot faster
The life of an information security chief just got a lot faster
Australian Financial Review

The chief information security officer's job is being transformed by artificial intelligence, with security chiefs now forced to defend companies not only from increasingly capable hackers but from AI systems that can find their own way around the…

techrights.org - Digital Mass Surveillance as a Hallmark of Failed Societies
Digital Mass Surveillance as a Hallmark of Failed Societies
Techrights

The Cyber Show has just published this article about a 'small leap forward in tech ethics' and it alludes to the Lampard investigation. To quote: While clearly seen in the pharmaceutical trade it's also endemic in the infosec business, and we see a…

businessinsider.com - Stephen Council - Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Business Insider

Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI. The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI's bid to develop AI…

businessinsider.com - James Faris - Disney is ditching Microsoft's GitHub Copilot and adding OpenAI's Codex
Disney is ditching Microsoft's GitHub Copilot and adding OpenAI's Codex
Business Insider

Disney has decided it no longer needs a Copilot on its AI coding journey. The Mouse House is ditching Microsoft's GitHub Copilot and several other AI coding tools in August in the US, tech leaders told select staffers on Tuesday afternoon…

businessinsider.com - Lloyd Lee - Elon Musk's solar ambitions have shifted from powering homes to powering Tesla's AI era
Elon Musk's solar ambitions have shifted from powering homes to powering Tesla's AI era
Business Insider

About a decade ago, Tesla entered its solar-for-homes era with its contentious acquisition of SolarCity. Now, Tesla's solar dreams are taking a different shape as the company enters its AI era. Tesla has inked two long-term agreements to purchase…

afr.com - Tech: AI & Cybersecurity
Tech: AI & Cybersecurity
Australian Financial Review

The spread of artificial intelligence tools has made malicious hacking much faster and easier – and that's just for humans – while becoming the locus of a new global arms race. 8 stories or Subscribe to save article The US withheld…

travelweekly.co.uk - Phil Davies - Cyber security expert latest guest speaker confirmed for Abta Travel Convention
Cyber security expert latest guest speaker confirmed for Abta Travel Convention
Travel Weekly

Jul 29, 202606:22 GMT by Phil Davies Cyber security expert Jenny Radcliffe is the latest guest speaker confirmed for the Abta Travel Convention in Madeira. Known as ‘The People Hacker', Radcliffe has spent her career testing the security of…

ndtv.com - Rahul Kumar - V Kamakoti: Education, Career And Complete Profile Of IIT Madras Director
V Kamakoti: Education, Career And Complete Profile Of IIT Madras Director
NDTV

Professor V Kamakoti joined IIT Madras as a faculty member in 2001. Who is V Kamakoti? Professor V Kamakoti, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and a member of the Prime Minister's newly constituted High-Power Task…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Mate Security Raises $35 Million for Agentic SOC
Mate Security Raises $35 Million for Agentic SOC
SecurityWeek

AI-powered Security Operations Center (SOC) startup Mate Security has announced raising $35 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total raised by the company to over $50 million. Led by Canaan Partners, with additional support from…

dev.to - Michael Cooke - From Logs to Insights: My First SIEM Deployment with Wazuh
From Logs to Insights: My First SIEM Deployment with Wazuh
DEV Community

When I first started learning about Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, I understood the theory: collect logs from multiple systems, correlate events, and give defenders a centralized place to investigate suspicious…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Critical VM Escape Vulnerability Patched in VMware ESXi
Critical VM Escape Vulnerability Patched in VMware ESXi
SecurityWeek

Broadcom published a new security advisory on Wednesday, informing VMware product users that patches are available for several vulnerabilities affecting ESXi, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion. Three of the vulnerabilities have been assigned a…

forbes.com - Syed Ali - ​How Generative AI May Be Quickly Expanding Your Attack Surface
​How Generative AI May Be Quickly Expanding Your Attack Surface
Forbes

Syed Ali is the CEO of EZO. EZO's asset management & intelligence solutions increase agility and decrease costs for businesses globally. Generative AI may ultimately become one of the most transformative technologies of our generation. The…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million in Series F Funding
ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million in Series F Funding
SecurityWeek

Florida-based zero trust endpoint security company ThreatLocker announced on Wednesday that it has raised $190 million in a Series F funding round. The company previously raised $20 million in Series B funding, $100 million in Series C funding, and…

securityweek.com - Associated Press - US Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security
US Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security
SecurityWeek

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. The measures are…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Spur Raises $200 Million for IP Intelligence Platform
Spur Raises $200 Million for IP Intelligence Platform
SecurityWeek

IP intelligence and bot detection company Spur Intelligence announced it has received a $200 million investment from Insight Partners. Founded in 2017 and operating fully bootstrapped for nine years, Spur will use the fresh funding to accelerate…

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