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    Asian banks are a favorite target of cybercooks, and malicious bots their preferred tool

    <!–> Andrew Brookes/Getty Images Financial institutions are hot favorites among cybercriminals, with those in Asia-Pacific among the most targeted by malicious bot requests and API (application programming interface) attacks.  Malicious bot traffic in Asia-Pacific including Japan climbed 128% from last year, as hackers turned to bots for scale, efficiency, and impact. The region was the […] More

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    iPhone users get even more browser options as Vivaldi for iOS arrives

    <!–> Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The wait is finally over. For those MacOS users who’ve adopted Vivaldi as their desktop web browser of choice, the mobile version of the browser is now available.  But why does this matter? Flexibility. Also: The best secure browsers for privacy in 2023 Part of the problem with Safari is that […] More

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    IT teams are taking on more responsibilities with hybrid work and cloud adoption

    <!–> Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images IT and security teams now are responsible for more functions, while corporate networks expand their footprint with employees moving to hybrid work and applications moving to cloud platforms.  For instance, 52% of IT security professionals were not responsible for ensuring the security of both on-site and remote workers five years ago […] More

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    Your Bard conversations are someone else’s Google results

    Qi Yang via Getty Images If I told you that your seemingly private conversations with Bard are being indexed and appearing in Google search results, would you still use the AI chatbot? That’s exactly what’s happened, and Google is now scrambling to fix the issue. Users on X, formerly Twitter, shared screenshots showing links to […] More

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    Net neutrality: What it is and why we’re talking about it again

    <!–> Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Back in 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Donald Trump’s hand-picked Chair Ajit Pai, a former Verizon in-house lawyer, dumped net neutrality. Now the FCC is back up to its full five-member quorum and current FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has announced the FCC will restore net neutrality.  Net neutrality […] More

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    Windows 11 begins (very slowly) rolling out a slew of new features

    <!–> Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Your Windows 11 PC is about to get a supersize helping of new features. Exactly when those features will arrive, though, is anybody’s guess. Welcome to the latest evolution of Windows as a Service. In Windows 11, Microsoft has once again shaken up the way it adds new features […] More