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The Annual SaaS Security Report: 2024 Plans and Priorities The SaaS Security Survey Report: Plans and Priorities for 2024, developed by CSA in conjunction with Adaptive Shield, dives into these topics and more. The report looks at saaS security incidents and more. It reveals that enterprises are increasingly concerned about the security of their cloud…

Microsoft: Lace Tempest hackers behind active exploitation of MOVEit Transfer app Microsoft has officially linked the active exploitation of a critical flaw in the Progress Software MOVEit Transfer application to a threat actor named Lace Tempest. CVE-2023-34362 relates to an SQL injection vulnerability in the MOVEIT Transfer that enables unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain access…

If Pinocchio Doesn’t Freak You Out, Sydney Is Safe In November 2018, an elementary school administrator named Akihiko Kondo marries Miku Hatsune, a fictional pop singer. Four years later, in February 2023, the American journalist Kevin Roose holds a conversation with Microsoft’s chatbot, Sydney, and coaxes the persona into sharing what her shadow self might…

Chegg embraced AI ChatGPT still ate its lunch Investors were surprised when Chegg, an online education company, revealed that ChatGPT was hurting subscriber growth. The company lost half of its market value overnight. But long before Chat GPT, its top brass had heard warnings about the threat and opportunity of generative AI. According to multiple…

Google’s AI-powered search is way too slow In May, Google introduced an experimental feature called Search Generative Experience (SGE) that uses its AI systems to summarize search results for you. It works. You don’t have to wait for long for a result anymore. See, traditional search engines like Bing and Yahoo! have no animation, but…

Apple CEO Tim Cook praises augmented reality every time In August 2016, Cook makes a brief mention of augmented reality in a Washington Post profile. He says that he thinks augmented reality is extremely interesting and sort of a core technology. In February 2018, during Apple’s Q1 earnings call, Cook describes “great excitement” around augmented…

Google adds passwordless sign-in to Work and Cloud accounts Google has taken a step toward a passwordless future with the launch of an open beta for passkeys on Workspace accounts. Passkeys are a new form of passwordless sign-in technology developed by the FIDO Alliance, whose members include industry giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Starting…

If Apple wants to be successful with its headset, it needs to reinvent the app The whole structure of the app ecosystem is such that the first step of every process is to open an app. It wants to make apps work between and across devices. The Biggest New Idea About Apps might be interactive…

How AI Helps (and Hinders) Your Inbox A broader subset of AI, called machine learning, already performs a kind of safety dance long after you’ve logged off. It also can be used to track the people responsible for phishing attacks. Aparna Pappu remains optimistic about the continued development of better, more refined security protections. On…

FTC fines Amazon $30.8 million for privacy violations involving Alexa and Ring The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined Amazon $30.8 million over privacy lapses involving its Alexa assistant and Ring security cameras. It includes a $25 million fine for breaching children’s privacy laws by retaining their Alexa voice recordings for indefinite time periods and…