Subterms
style-photography/Getty The Indonesian government says it will not give in to ransom demands following a security breach over the past week that disrupted major public services — including immigration — causing backlogs at its international airport in Jakarta. The ransomware attack targeted a national data center, impacting more than 200 institutions across the country — […] More
Kaspersky If you use Kaspersky security software in the US, start looking at alternatives. On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce announced a ban on Kaspersky software, prohibiting the Russia-based company from selling any of its core security products in the US. Also: The best VPN services: Expert tested and reviewed The ban follows an investigation […] More
Timucin Taka/Getty Images It has always been fashionable to anthropomorphize artificial intelligence (AI) as an “evil” force – and no book and accompanying film does so with greater aplomb than Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey<!–>, which director Stanley Kubrick brought to life on screen. Who can forget HAL’s memorable, relentless, homicidal tendencies along with […] More
NurPhoto/Getty Images For the past several months, YouTube has been cracking down on the use of ad blockers, going so far as stopping videos from playing if the viewer was using an ad blocker. This comes after last summer when YouTube hiked the price of its Premium subscription without notice. Now, the video-sharing platform is […] More
Flipper Zero reading an NFC security key. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETAfter over a year of use, I love my Flipper Zero, and I’m still finding cool things to do with it.Am I using it to steal cars, clone credit cards, or change prices shown of gas station displays? Of course not! That’s just fake trash stuff people upload to TikTok to try to look cool, and you can’t do anything like that. But that doesn’t mean the Flipper Zero can’t do some very cool and useful things. Over the past year, I’ve been exploring the suite of tools built into the Flipper Zero, as well as extending its capabilities by installing custom firmware. It’s been a game-changer in so many ways! View at Flipper Zero store More
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images At the Asia Tech x Singapore 2024 summit, several speakers were ready for high-level discussions and heightened awareness about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) safety to turn into action. Many are looking to prepare everyone from organizations to individuals with the tools to deploy this tech properly. Also: How to use ChatGPT to […] More
Weiquan Lin/Getty As the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) grows, it appears to be running into an issue that has also plagued other industries: a lack of inclusivity and global representation. Encompassing 11 markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, Southeast Asia has a total population of some 692.1 million people. Its residents speak more than […] More
blackdovfx/Getty Images Just under 45% of organizations conduct regular audits and assessments to ensure their cloud environment is secured, which is “concerning” as more applications and workloads are moved to multi-cloud platforms. Asked how they were monitoring risk across their cloud infrastructure, 47.7% of businesses pointed to automated security tools while 46.5% relied on native […] More
