1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (279+ words) Amazon Web Services suffered two outages in December related to errors involved with its own AI tools " but has put the blame on employees, not technology. "People familiar with the matter" told The Financial Times that a 13-hour outage affecting…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (436+ words) Microsoft has said a software bug in its Microsoft 365 Copilot service caused the AI assistant to summarise confidential emails, despite safeguards designed to prevent such access. The company confirmed that an error in its code meant some messages marked with…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (292+ words) A research project led by the University of Glasgow has launched a free, open-source tool designed to make AI systems more trustworthy by enabling more rigorous audits, including by non-experts. The PHAWM Workbench is an online tool designed to enable…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (553+ words) A new strain of Android malware capable of taking full control of infected devices has been discovered embedded in tablet firmware and distributed through signed over-the-air updates. Security firm Kaspersky said the malware, dubbed Keenadu, was found inside system software…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (440+ words) A ransomware group has been using legitimate employee monitoring and remote support software to infiltrate corporate systems, according to new research. Researchers at Huntress say a member of the Crazy ransomware gang abused commercially available staff-tracking software Net Monitor for…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (536+ words) Meta is considering introducing facial recognition technology to its smart glasses, sparking debate over privacy and safety concerns. The feature, internally referred to as "Name Tag", would allow wearers to identify people around them and receive information through the glasses…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (504+ words) State-sponsored hacking groups from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are using Google's Gemini AI system to assist with nearly every stage of cyber operations, from reconnaissance to post-breach data theft. The findings suggest that GenAI is becoming embedded in…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (200+ words) Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at China's secret cyberattack platform, Bithumb's crypto booboo and Taiwan bringing some reality into the chip relocation conversation. Leaked documents suggest that China is using a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (306+ words) Anyone can hold a senior title, but only great leaders deliver change. The IT leader " be it CIO, CTO, COO or even CAIO " is integral to helping organisations meet their strategic goals. Few modern businesses can hope to operate, let…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (432+ words) A single Google Calendar event can silently compromise a system running Claude Desktop Extensions. Israel-based LayerX has identified a zero-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Claude Desktop Extensions (DXT) that an attacker could use to compromise an entire system....