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The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making

When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “In […]

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The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem

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The frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. That’s not unusual or unexpected as companies spend heavily on cyber defense in an asymmetric war against hackers who can string together a few lines of code and wreak havoc. But the largest IT outage ever on Friday, resulting from a CrowdStrike software bug

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CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say

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A general view from Dusseldorf Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Hesham Elsherif | Anadolu | Getty Images Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software,

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Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike suffers major outage affecting businesses around the world

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In this photo illustration, CrowdStrike logo of a U.S. cybersecurity technology company is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike suffered a major outage on Friday, the company told NBC, impacting businesses globally. The outage resulted from an issue with the

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Socialist AI: Chinese regulators are reviewing GenAI models for ‘core socialist values,’ FT reports

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Digital code and Chinese flag representing cybersecurity in China. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images AI companies in China are undergoing a government review of their large language models, aimed at ensuring they “embody core socialist values,” according to a report by the Financial Times. The review is being carried out by the Cyberspace Administration

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AT&T’s massive data breach deepens crisis for Snowflake seven weeks after hack was disclosed

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Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake and formerly co-founder and CEO of startup Neeva, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 21, 2022. Eóin Noonan | Sportsfile | Collision | Getty Images Snowflake has spent the past seven weeks dealing with the fallout of a major cyberattack that compromised sensitive customer data at several

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Biggest risks of using gen AI like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Apple Intelligence in your private life

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Many consumers are enamored with generative AI, using new tools for all sorts of personal or business matters. But many ignore the potential privacy ramifications, which can be significant. From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini to Microsoft Copilot software and the new Apple Intelligence, AI tools for consumers are easily accessible and proliferating. However the

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Election deepfakes could undermine institutional credibility, Moody’s warns

Finance News

With election season underway and artificial intelligence evolving rapidly, AI manipulation in political advertising is becoming an issue of greater concern to the market and economy. A new report from Moody’s on Wednesday warns that generative AI and deepfakes are among the election integrity issues that could present a risk to U.S. institutional credibility. “The

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America’s drinking water is under attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran

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Houston Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The City of Wichita recently had an experience that’s become all too common — its water system was hacked. The cyberattack, which targeted water metering, billing and payment processing, followed the targeting of water utilities across the U.S. in recent years. In going

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Nvidia-backed AI startup Synthesia now lets you make multilingual video presentations using just your phone or webcam

Finance News

Synthesia launched an option to make AI-generated avatars by recording footage of yourself with a webcam or your phone. Synthesia Synthesia, a British artificial intelligence startup, on Monday showed off a slew of new product updates including the ability to create your own Apple-style key presentations with AI avatars by using just a laptop webcam

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The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making

The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem

CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say

Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike suffers major outage affecting businesses around the world

Socialist AI: Chinese regulators are reviewing GenAI models for ‘core socialist values,’ FT reports

AT&T’s massive data breach deepens crisis for Snowflake seven weeks after hack was disclosed

Biggest risks of using gen AI like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Apple Intelligence in your private life

America’s drinking water is under attack, with links back to China, Russia and Iran

Nvidia-backed AI startup Synthesia now lets you make multilingual video presentations using just your phone or webcam

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