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GUEST ESSAY: A DIY guide to recognizing – and derailing – Generative AI voice scams

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Americans lost a record $10 billion to scams last year — and scams are getting more sophisticated. Related: Google battles AI fakers Recently used to impersonate Joe Biden and Taylor Swift, AI voice cloning scams are gaining momentum — and one in three adults confess they aren’t confident they’d identify the cloned voice from the real thing. Google searches for ‘AI voice scams’ soared by more than 200 percent in the course of a few months.

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News alert: Chiral announces $3.8m funding round to advance nanomaterial chip manufacturing

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Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 27, 2024 — Chipmaking has become one of the world’s most critical technologies in the last two decades. The main driver of this explosive growth has been the continuous scaling of silicon technology (widely known as the Moore’s Law). But these advances in silicon technology are slowing down, as we reach the physical limits of silicon.

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SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

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Achieving “ digital trust ” is not going terribly well globally. Related: How decentralized IoT boosts decarbonization Yet, more so than ever, infusing trustworthiness into modern-day digital services has become mission critical for most businesses. Now comes survey findings that could perhaps help to move things in the right direction. According to DigiCert’s 2024 State of Digital Trust Survey results, released today , companies proactively pursuing digital trust are seeing boosts in revenue, i

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GUEST ESSAY: Everything you should know about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of AI chatbots

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AI chatbots are computer programs that talk like humans, gaining popularity for quick responses. They boost customer service, efficiency and user experience by offering constant help, handling routine tasks, and providing prompt and personalized interactions. Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms.

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News alert: Reken raises $10M from Greycroft to protect against generative AI-enabled fraud

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San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 – Reken, an AI & cybersecurity company, today announced the close of its $10M oversubscribed seed round, led by Greycroft and FPV Ventures. Other investors in the round include Firebolt Ventures, Fika Ventures, Omega Venture Partners, Homebrew, and JAZZ Venture Partners. The funding will be used for core research and development to build new AI technology and products to protect against generative AI threats, such as deepfake social engineering and autono

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News alert: Aembit, Crowdstrike partner to help companies tighten security of IAM workload access

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Silver Spring, Maryland, Jan. 30, 2024 — Aembit , the Workload Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform that enables DevOps and security teams to discover, manage, enforce and audit access between workloads, today announced the availability of a new integration with the industry-leading CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to give enterprises the ability to dynamically manage and enforce conditional access policies based on the real-time security posture of their applications and services.

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News alert: NCA’s Data Privacy Week webinars highlight data protection for consumers, businesses

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Washington D.C. Jan. 22, 2024 – Today, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) , announced the program for its third annual Data Privacy Week campaign, which will take place from January 22nd to January 27th. Throughout the week, NCA will emphasize the critical significance of digital privacy for both consumers and businesses through a series of educational webinars featuring experts from various industries. “Knowing how to safeguard your personal information has never been more i