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All sectors need to be clear-eyed about AI security risks, warns NCSC Annual Report 2023
The UK National Cyber Security Centre published its seventh annual review today, covering key threat developments between September 2022 and August 2023. Perhaps unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence featured rather heavily.

DP World outage: Cyber attack stops 40% of Australian shipping
DP World suffered a cyber attack that took its sites offline over the weekend. Alex Kidman breaks down everything you need to know.

OpenAI’s building GPT-5 – but it hasn’t got a clue what it will do
OpenAI boss admits he can't predict what GPT-5 will do

Four real ways IBM is using AI to help businesses
During an IBM media briefing about AI for Business, we took a look at four ongoing projects that are using AI in the real world

How do you create a GPT?
Discover how to create a chatbot that does precisely what you want it to

Have 19.8 million LinkedIn email records just been leaked?
Two databases, containing a total of 19.8 million claimed LinkedIn email records, have just appeared on the dark web Breach Forums site. But all is not as it seems.

ChatGPT “app store” coming soon so you can sell your own AI bots
ChatGPT is getting an app store, where you can make - and sell - your own AI-powered systems.

CVSS 4.0 vulnerability rating standard fails to provide patch peace-of-mind
The new CVSS 4.0 vulnerability rating is finally here, but Davey Winder isn't convinced it will help businesses tackle the prioritisation problem.

Meet Grok, the Musk AI with a “sense of humour”
Just days after declaring that AI is so dangerous it might one day chase you up a tree, Elon Musk's company has released its own Grok AI chatbot

Will Australia’s commitments to AI safety work with new privacy laws – or in stark contrast to them?
At the AI Safety Summit, Australia agreed to the principles of the Bletchley Declaration - how does that change the upcoming revisions to the Privacy Act?

Governments vow to safety test AI. Now for the tricky bit: how?
Governments have agreed to test AI models before they're released, but how will they work together to get on top of this enormous task?

TAPPED Out report reveals why we make bad security decisions: phones, location and lunch
A new report -- TAPPED Out from security awareness firm KnowBe4 -- helps to explain why we all make bad security decisions. We can summarise its findings in three words: phones, lunch and location.

Clop ransomware MOVEit attacks exposed email addresses of 632,000 Pentagon & DoJ employees
The Pentagon is the latest known victim of the MoveIT attack by the Clop ransomware group, explains Davey Winder. And it exposes the importance of applying patches quickly.

ChatGPT Plus upgraded with powerful new features
ChatGPT Plus gains the native ability to analyse PDFs and other documents

Octo Tempest: the hacking group that resorts to death threats
Microsoft issues warning about dangerous hacking group Octo Tempest

Happy 20th birthday Patch Tuesday, but why do we still have Exploit Wednesday?
Back on 14 October 2003, Microsoft published the first set of bundled vulnerability fixes on a set date every month: Patch Tuesday. So why are organisations still so slow to patch?

Lenovo reveals a wrist phone and AI twins for everyone
We reveal the highlights so far from Lenovo's Tech World 23, including a wrist-worn watch and a personal AI that will live in your laptop

Is LinkedIn a safe place to do business?
LinkedIn is undisputedly a valuable business tool, but in light of recent attacks we wonder: is LinkedIn a safe place to do business?

Apple AI: what’s coming in 2024?
Apple's AI plans are gathering pace, according to a renowned Apple watcher

AI-enhanced Windows 12 could be the answer to Microsoft’s prayers
Flatlining growth of Windows 11 may prompt a quick shift to Windows 12