Tag: data

Meet “AI”, your new colleague: could it expose your company’s secrets?

May 18, 2023

Before rushing to embrace the LLM-powered “hire”, make sure your organization has safeguards in place to avoid putting its business and customer data at risk. Chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) are not just the world’s new favorite pastime. The technology is increasingly being recruited to boost workers’ productivity and efficiency, and given its … More Meet “AI”, your new colleague: could it expose your company’s secrets?

You may not care where you download software from, but malware does

May 17, 2023

Why do people still download files from sketchy places and get compromised as a result? One of the pieces of advice that security practitioners have been giving out for the past couple of decades, if not longer, is that you should only download software from reputable sites. As far as computer security advice goes, this … More You may not care where you download software from, but malware does

Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware

May 16, 2023

According to Ars Technica*, Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents into archived zip files has long been a tactic threat actors use to conceal malware spreading through email or downloads. Eventually, … More Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware

Google Launching Tools to Identify Misleading and AI Images

May 16, 2023

According to Bloomberg*, Google is adding two new features to its image search to reduce the spread of misinformation, especially now that artificial intelligence tools have made the creation of photorealistic fakes trivial. The Alphabet Inc.* company’s first new feature is called ‘About this image,’ serving up additional context like when an image or similar ones were … More Google Launching Tools to Identify Misleading and AI Images

How is ChatGPT revolutionising communication and education?

May 15, 2023

Imagine having a conversation with a machine that understands the meaning of almost every word you say or type and responds with near-to-humanlike language. That’s the promise of ChatGPT, an advanced language model developed by OpenAI. With the ability to generate text that is often indistinguishable from that of a human, ChatGPT has captured the … More How is ChatGPT revolutionising communication and education?