May 2025

ComputerWorld.com reported that “a group of Israeli researchers has found that most AI chatbots can still be easily fooled into providing information that could be harmful, or even illegal.”  The May 27, 2025 article entitled “How ‘dark LLMs’ produce harmful outputs, despite guardrails” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3995563/how-dark-llms-produce-harmful-outputs-despite-guardrails.html) included these comments:

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ComputerWorld.com reported that  “Microsoft became the world leader in AI by investing $13 billion in OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, then using ChatGPT as the engine behind its Copilot AI assistant, which it has integrated into just about every product it creates.”  The May 28, 2025 report entitled ” Microsoft cements

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SCWorld.com reported that “AI has been deployed faster than the industry can secure it. Whether it’s LLM-based assistants, GenAI-powered workflows, or agentic AI automating decisions, traditional security tooling was never designed for this. Firewalls, EDR, SIEM, DLP—none were built for models that hallucinate, systems that evolve, or

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DarkReading.com reported that “Economic indicators in the cybersecurity sector are leading some industry observers to conclude that mass layoffs are on the way in the US. But boards should beware: All those pink slips come with a hidden cost.”  The May 14, 2025 article entitled “Infosec Layoffs Aren’t the Bargain

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SCWorld.com reported that “In a May 21 settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with GoDaddy to settle allegations that the popular webhosting provider misled its customers by failing to implement data security protections, practices that led to multiple data breaches.”  The May 22, 2025 article entitled

Continue Reading GoDaddy agrees to implement standard data security to protect websites and data!

Computerworld.com reported that “This week, more than 140 civil rights and consumer protection organizations signed a letter to Congress opposing legislation that would preempt state and local laws governing artificial intelligence (AI) for the next decade. House Republicans last week added a broad 10-year ban on state and local AI

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CIO.com reported that “Over the last year, vendors have been rushing to add agentic AI products to their offerings. Microsoft, AWS, Google, IBM, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and SAP are already there, while data management software provider Informatica promised this week to add AI agents to its Intelligent Data Management Cloud

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ComputerWorld.com reported that Microsoft “Announced at its ongoing Build developer conference, NLWeb, short for Natural Language Web, is designed to help enterprises build a natural language interface for their websites using the model of their choice and data to answer user queries about the contents of the website.”  The May

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CSOonline.com reported that “The smartphone revolution was supposed to provide a second chance for the tech industry to roll out a secure computing platform. These new devices were purported to be locked down and immune to malware, unlike buggy PCs and vulnerable servers.”  The May 15, 2025 article entitled ”

Continue Reading Watch out!! – here are 7 common attack methods directed to your smartphone!

ComputerWorld.com reported that “Concurrent with the rise of artificial intelligence in recent years has been an uptick in fear of it. With every new use of artificial intelligence comes the fear that it will cost jobs. Now that fear has expanded to not only costing humans their jobs, but killing

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