AI. I hear that it is a thing these days. In order for that to work, companies need to have data to train their software on. Continuously new data. What better way to do that than to use the data that you already have collected from your customers. Some companies are quietly changing their privacy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FCC Bans Robocalls Using AI-Generated Voices This comes after someone generated thousands of robocalls pretending to be Joe Biden telling people not to vote. Unless they get express permission from the recipient of the call, which would, of course, defeat the purpose of the call. The FCC wrote the rule in a way that allows […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Security or convenience, pick one. Background: there is a difference between IDENTIFICATION and AUTHENTICATION. Identification is the equivalent of a userid. Userids are not secret. Authentication is the equivalent of a password. Passwords are secret. Many systems use biometrics like a face scan to BOTH identify a user and authenticate that it is really that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]U.S. Intelligence agencies say that China is shifting tactics. Or, maybe just adding new ones. The NSA, CISA and FBI said, in a joint advisory, that China-backed hackers have maintained access inside U.S. critical infrastructure such as aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage to prepare to launch a catastrophic attack at […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Assuming you are like every other company, you communicate with people. People like employees, customers, suppliers and the media. Given what we are seeing, already, with deepfakes and the the fact that this is only just starting, what is your plan to protect your reputation? Would a competitor or someone else publish a photo, video, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]DEF CON is Canceled, No Really It is a meme. Every year there are announcements that DEF CON is canceled, but this year it is real. Sort of. DEF CON is the world’s largest hacking convention and has, for years, been held at Caesars in Las Vegas. You may remember that Caesars had an unfortunate […]
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