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AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively.  “You can see some of these…

How NHIs Contribute to IT Stability

Why Are NHIs Crucial for IT Stability? How often do we consider Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their role in IT stability? Many organizations are unaware of the strategic importance of NHI management. With more businesses adopt cloud-based solutions, the science of managing and protecting these machine identities becomes paramount. Understanding the Significance of NHIs and…

Being Proactive with NHIs in Cyber Defense

The Proactive Cyber Defense: Why Embrace NHIs? How often do you consider the role of Non-Human Identities (NHIs)? The significance of NHIs cannot be downplayed. Ensuring the security of these machine identities or NHIs is a cornerstone for a proactive cyber defense strategy. Delving into Non-Human Identities NHIs refer to machine identities used in cybersecurity.…

Are Expenditures on NHI Justified?

Does Your Cybersecurity Strategy Justify NHI Costs? Organizations must frequently evaluate their strategies to ascertain if the costs of implementing and maintaining specific security measures are justified. The scenario is no different when it comes to Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their associated costs. So, is the investment in NHI management justified? The answer, quite simply,…

Weekly Update 450

Looking back at this week’s video, it’s the AI discussion that I think about most. More specifically, the view amongst some that any usage of it is bad and every output is “slop”. I’m hearing that much more broadly lately, that AI is both “robbing” creators and producing sub-par results. The latter is certainly true…

Amazon, CrowdStrike, Google and Palo Alto Networks claim no change to threat intel sharing under Trump

SAN FRANCISCO — Threat intelligence sharing is flowing between the private sector and federal government and remains unimpeded thus far by job losses and budget cuts across federal agencies that support the cyber mission, according to executives at major security firms. Top brass at Amazon, CrowdStrike, Google and Palo Alto Networks said there’s been no…

Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten has passed the reins to me, Rebecca Bellan, for the day, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last-minute save. …

BSidesLV24 – Proving Ground – You Can Be Neurodivergent And Succeed In InfoSec

Author/Presenter: Randall Wyatt Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Proving Ground – You Can Be Neurodivergent And Succeed In InfoSec appeared first on…

Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform

Apple and Anthropic are teaming up to build a “vibe-coding” software platform that will use generative AI to write, edit, and test code for programmers, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The iPhone maker is planning to roll out the software internally, according to Bloomberg, but hasn’t decided if it will launch it publicly. The system is…

Uber’s latest autonomous vehicle partner? Chinese startup Momenta

Uber announced Friday yet another autonomous vehicle partnership as it leverages its dominant ride-hail and delivery position while relying on partners to supply the self-driving tech it isn’t building in-house. Today, the lucky startup is Chinese self-driving firm Momenta. The tie-up comes a day after Uber added Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to its roster of…

Privacy for Agentic AI

Sooner or later, it’s going to happen. AI systems will start acting as agents, doing things on our behalf with some degree of autonomy. I think it’s worth thinking about the security of that now, while its still a nascent idea. In 2019, I joined Inrupt, a company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s open protocol…

Trump administration proposes cutting $491M from CISA budget

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal would slash $491 million from the budget of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to a summary released Friday. That would amount to a nearly 17% reduction to the agency’s approximately $3 billion budget. The administration did not release a detailed itemization of the cuts, only an…

Apple approves Spotify app update that allows U.S. users to access pricing info, external payment links

Spotify said on Friday that Apple has approved its U.S. app update that will allow users to access pricing information and external payment links. The approval comes days after a U.S. judge ordered Apple to stop charging commissions on purchases through iPhone apps. “In a victory for consumers, artists, creators, and authors, Apple has approved Spotify’s…

Strategien für eine sichere digitale Zukunft von der RSA

Auf der RSA Conference wurden zentrale Strategien diskutiert, wie Unternehmen KI sicher und wirkungsvoll einsetzen können. Gorodenkoff – Shutterstock.com Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird künftig eine noch größere Rolle für CISOs spielen. Angesichts Herausforderungen wie dem Fachkräftemangel nutzen viele Unternehmen bereits KI in der Cybersicherheit. Deren sicherer und strategischer Einsatz ist jedoch komplex. Die RSA Conference…

Microsoft ernennt Deputy-CISO für Europa

Microsoft ernennt einen Deputy-CISO für Europa. MacroEcon – shutterstock.com Die immer lauter werdenden Rufe nach einer digitalen Souveränität Europas angesichts des erratisch agierenden Mannes im Weißen Haus lassen Microsoft um seine Geschäfte bangen. Der jüngste Coup nach der Ankündigung eines Investitionsprogramms in EU-Rechenzentren, frei von US-Zugriffen: Für Europa wird ein Deputy-CISO im Rahmen des Microsoft…

NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography”

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre just released its white paper on “Advanced Cryptography,” which it defines as “cryptographic techniques for processing encrypted data, providing enhanced functionality over and above that provided by traditional cryptography.” It includes things like homomorphic encryption, attribute-based encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and secure multiparty computation. It’s full of good advice. I…

Mehr Assets – mehr Angriffsfläche – mehr Risiko

loading=”lazy” width=”400px”>Unternehmen sollten ihre Angriffsflächen genau kennen. ozalpvahid – shutterstock.com Nur wer seine Angriffsflächen kennt, kann diese wirksam verteidigen. Was eine Binsenweisheit scheint, scheint vielen Unternehmen jedoch Probleme zu bereiten. Laut einer Umfrage des Security-Anbieters Trend Micro unter mehr als 2.000 Cybersecurity-Führungskräften mussten knapp drei Viertel (73 Prozent) von ihnen einräumen, schon einmal einen Sicherheitsvorfall…

Use AI-Driven Reconnaissance to Identify Cyber Threats

Surviving in the digital world is not about stopping the next attack. It’s about preventing any new attack from surfacing. It’s about cyberdefense – predictively and not just reactively. Like the time when GPS revolutionized navigation by showing us what lies ahead, today, AI-Driven Reconnaissance provides security teams a real-time, evolving map of threats before…

What is EDR? An analytical approach to endpoint security

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) security tools monitor end-user hardware devices across a network for a range of suspicious activities and behavior, reacting automatically to block perceived threats and saving forensics data for further investigation. Endpoint here generally means any end-user device, from a laptop to a smartphone to IoT gadgets. An EDR platform combines…

Trusted Tech Exec on Microsoft Growth in AI, Cloud & More

The expansive ecosystem of Microsoft solutions touches virtually every aspect of the tech stack powering SMBs today. Channel Insider spoke with Samuel Ra, the senior solutions marketing manager at Microsoft-oriented solutions provider Trusted Tech, to learn more about the state of the channel for Microsoft partners and how AI adoption is fueling demand in other…

Neurohacks to outsmart stress and make better cybersecurity decisions

Cybersecurity is one of the most high-stress professions in the world — and it’s only worsening. According to ISACA’s 2024 State of Cybersecurity survey, 60% of cybersecurity professionals say their role is more stressful than five years ago. The biggest cause? A more complex threat landscape, followed by budget constraints, staffing shortages, and retention challenges.…

Video: Why Women Are Leaving Tech – And How BouncePoint Plans to Stop It

Why are women leaving the tech industry—and how can we bring them back?In this episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV, host Katie Bavoso interviews Belinda Yax, Executive Director of BouncePoint, a new nonprofit on a mission to support, retain, and re-engage women in technology and the IT channel. Belinda previously spent three years at an…

xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs

An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter/X, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.…

CISOs should re-consider using Microsoft RDP due to password flaw, says expert

CISOs allowing remote access to Windows machines through Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) should re-think their strategy after the discovery that changed or revoked passwords can still work, says an expert. “I was unpleasantly surprised” to hear about the vulnerability, David Shipley, head of Canadian security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said in an interview. “I…

Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack spree

Federal authorities extradited a Ukrainian citizen to the United States on Wednesday to face charges for participating in a series of ransomware cyberattacks on organizations based in the U.S. and multiple European countries.  Artem Stryzhak, 35, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and was scheduled to appear for arraignment Thursday in the U.S. District…

National Security Council cyber lead wants to ‘normalize’ offensive operations 

SAN FRANCISCO — The senior director for cyber at the White House’s National Security Council told an audience Thursday that he wants to “destigmatize” offensive cyber operations, seeing them as a vital tool in the government’s playbook in its battle with foreign adversaries.  Alexei Bulazel told an audience at the RSAC 2025 conference that he…

Reddit’s AI play is for the Google crowd, not just the community scrollers

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says there are two kinds of people who come to the social media platform: Scrollers and seekers. Scrollers are the ones who come to Reddit’s core product, which is community conversation and engaging about topics they’re passionate about, from r/sourdough to r/popculturechat. Then there are the Seekers; the people who might…

Apple CEO Tim Cook says tariffs to add only $900M in costs in Q3

Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on the impact of President Trump’s tariffs during Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call with investors. While the iPhone maker saw only “limited impact” from tariffs in the March quarter, Cook said Apple couldn’t forecast what that would mean for the coming quarter. However, if things remained the same, the company estimates…

Apple CEO Tim Cook says tariffs to add $900M in costs in Q3, but future uncertain

Apple CEO Tim Cook offered the company’s first comments on the impact of President Trump’s tariffs during Thursday’s second-quarter earnings call with investors. While the iPhone maker saw only “limited impact” from tariffs in the March quarter, Cook said Apple couldn’t forecast what that would mean for the coming quarter. However, if things remained the…

Peacock trained TikTokers to make content, and now four creators are getting original series

Three years ago, a group of TikTokers joined NBCUniversal’s new initiative aimed at transforming social media influencers into the next generation of TV show creators.  Now, four of these creators are set to launch their original series on Peacock.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the shows set to premiere are “The Warehouse Phase,” developed by…

Quantum computer threat spurring quiet overhaul of internet security

SAN FRANCISCO — Cryptography experts say the race to fend off future quantum-computer attacks has entered a decisive but measured phase, with companies quietly replacing the internet plumbing that the majority of the industry once considered unbreakable. Speaking at Cloudflare’s Trust Forward Summit on Wednesday, encryption leaders at IBM Research, Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare…

Rising star defense tech startup Mach Industries is raising $100 million, sources say

Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, is about to close a fresh $100 million in financing co-led by new investor Khosla and existing investor Bedrock Capital, a source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch. The new round will value the company at around $470 million, according to the source. However, the…

Stripe shows iOS developers how to avoid Apple’s App Store commission

Payments processing software provider Stripe is ready to help iOS app developers bypass Apple’s cut of App Store transactions. Following yesterday’s ruling in the Apple-Epic antitrust trial, where Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers outright shamed Apple for not permitting external payment links in apps as she had previously ruled, Stripe shared documentation that shows iOS developers…

Fintech Bench conducts layoff while others still work month-to-month

Bench, the accounting and tax startup that was bought in a fire sale last December, has conducted a round of significant layoffs, it confirmed to TechCrunch. Bench didn’t specify how many people were affected, but one person who works there estimated that Bench was eliminating dozens of positions – that’s a big chunk of the…

Application-Layer Visibility and Security | Contrast ADR vs Traditional Tools | Contrast Security

Imagine you’re a lifeguard at a beach, but you’re only allowed to watch from a helicopter or from a camera mounted on the boardwalk. Sure, you’ll see some splashing — maybe even a shark fin or two — but if something happens beneath the waves when you’re looking the other way, you’re completely in the…

BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – AI In The Human Loop: GenAI In Security Service Delivery

Author/Presenter: Preeti Ravindra Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – AI In The Human Loop: GenAI In Security Service Delivery appeared…

Microsoft appoints Deputy CISO for Europe to reassure European IT leaders

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it will be creating a new position: a Deputy CISO for Europe. Who that Deputy CISO will ultimately be is unclear. Wednesday’s statement simply said that Microsoft CISO Igor Tsyganskiy is “appointing a new Deputy CISO for Europe as part of the Microsoft Cybersecurity Governance Council,” but the phrasing made…

Ai2’s new small AI model outperforms similarly-sized models from Google, Meta

‘Tis the week for small AI models, it seems. On Thursday, Ai2, the nonprofit AI research institute, released Olmo 2 1B, a 1-billion-parameter model that Ai2 claims beats similarly-sized models from Google, Meta, and Alibaba on several benchmarks. Parameters, sometimes referred to as weights, are the internal components of a model that guide its behavior.…

Leaders of 764, global child sextortion group, arrested and charged

Two alleged leaders of the child sextortion group 764 were arrested and charged for directing and distributing child sexual abuse material, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Leonidas Varagiannis, 21, and Prasan Nepal, 20, face charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.  Varagiannis, also known as “War,” and Nepal, also known as…

The organizational structure of ransomware threat actor groups is evolving before our eyes

The Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model has not recovered from law enforcement disruption, and the entrance of novice actors along with non-Russian state-linked cybercriminals has led to uncertain outcomes for victims. The post The organizational structure of ransomware threat actor groups is evolving before our eyes appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Nvidia takes aim at Anthropic’s support of chip export controls

Nvidia clearly doesn’t agree with Anthropic’s support for export controls on U.S.-made AI chips. On Wednesday, Anthropic doubled down on its support for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion,” which would impose sweeping AI chip export restrictions starting May 15. The next day, Nvidia responded with a very different take on…

Kubernetes Resource Optimization & Best Practices with Goldilocks

Kubernetes is now the industry standard for orchestrating containerized workloads, but efficient resource management remains a challenge for many organizations. It’s important to get right though! Over-provisioning leads to wasted cloud spend, while under-provisioning risks instability, throttling, or outages. When we first open-sourced Goldilocks in October 2019, our goal was to offer a dashboard utility…

May Mobility to launch robotaxis on Uber platform this year in Texas

Startup May Mobility plans to deploy its autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform by the end of 2025, starting in Arlington, Texas, as part of a multi-year partnership. The tie-up with Uber offers May a chance to grow beyond offering shuttles within campuses and planned communities, while Uber adds May Mobility to its growing roster…

Epic Games is launching webshops to allow developers to circumvent app store fees after new ruling

Epic Games is taking a victory lap. After notching a big win against Apple in a years-long legal dispute, Epic announced that its Epic Games Store will allow developers to open webshops, which can offer players out-of-app purchases to circumvent fees from Apple and Google. Epic has been in a long legal battle with Apple…

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