1+ week, 3+ day ago   (402+ words) OpenAI committed $1 billion in subsidized access to its security program, Daybreak, for community and regional banks and other operators of essential services, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 3) blog post. The new global initiative, Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (616+ words) Amazon is moving fraud prevention upstream. Its new Alexa verification feature helps shoppers authenticate suspicious emails, texts and calls before they click, share credentials or send money. Walmart is connecting fraud signals across the shopping journey. By linking identity, transaction,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (260+ words) Amazon announced Wednesday (Sept. 2) that it is giving consumers a new way to fight back against one of scammers’ most effective weapons, impersonation. The company is adding a feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether an email, text,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (520+ words) ToxicPanda sounds like an energy drink formulated for people who regard sleep as a character flaw. It’s actually an Android banking Trojan capable of taking over phones, stealing financial credentials and initiating unauthorized transactions. Its newly discovered sequel, ToxicPanda 2.0, is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay making close to the opposite case. Titled “The Future Is for Everyone,” the essay argues that superintelligent AI should be distributed as broadly as possible, to individuals rather than concentrated among a…...