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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

TechCrunch

Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. Also featured are stories about WeWork’s perennial struggles, Google’s Messages app fully embracing RCS, and spyware maker LetMeSpy shutting down after a massive data breach. Now, on with the recap.

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Operating System Characteristics (Features)

The Crazy Programmer

The operating system is the software that enables an ideal environment for all these application software to work effectively. And without using an operating system, it is not possible to use smartphone devices to computer devices efficiently. What is an Operating System? Operating System Characteristics. Image Source.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Schools Suffer Heavy Downtime Losses Due To Ransomware, as Banks Grapple with AI Challenges

Tenable

And get the latest on AI-system inventories, the APT29 nation-state attacker and digital identity security! Most schools faced astronomical recovery costs as they tried to restore computers, recover data, and shore up their systems to prevent future attacks,” reads a Comparitech blog about the research published this week.

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AI transformation 101: Security risks of AI in life sciences

Modus Create

They come in many forms, but some of the most pressing risks include: Malware : As with traditional systems, AI-powered ones can also be targeted by malicious software designed to infiltrate and disrupt operations. Spyware : Secretly collects sensitive data without the users knowledge. And the risks dont stop there.

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A Look at the 5 Most Common Types of Cyberattacks

Tenable

Malware: This catch-all term encompasses a number of different cybersecurity threats, including everything from viruses and worms to banking trojans, adware, spyware and ransomware. Once these programs gain access to a targeted system, they can steal, destroy, encrypt or corrupt valuable databases, files and applications. .

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CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-4863, CVE-2023-5129: Frequently Asked Questions for ImageIO and WebP/libwebp Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Tenable

On September 7, researchers at Citizen Lab published a blog post detailing their discovery of an iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit chain in Apple iOS used to deploy a spyware known as Pegasus. It is a part of Apple operating systems from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, and watchOS. Did Google also patch this vulnerability?

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Japan used to be the world leader where robotic technology is concerned, but their grip on the crown looks set to be slipping, as their supremacy in this particular field is beginning to see cracks appear due to other rival robot producing countries … Read more on Ubergizmo (blog). Regin, new computer spyware, discovered by Symantec.