The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society
Today Microsoft is releasing a new book, The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society. The two of us have written the foreword for the book, and our teams collaborated to write its contents. As the title suggests, the book provides our perspective on where AI technology is going and the new societal issues it has raised.
Security Central: Forever Breached
Forever 21 revealed that hackers breached their payment system several times in 2017, admitting encryption was turned off on some of their POS devices.
9 Steps Intel Recommends To Sidestep Spectre And Meltdown
Intel: How To Prevent Spectre, Meltdown
The exploits, which account for three variants of a side-channel analysis security issue in server and PC processors, could potentially enable hackers to access protected data. Intel, for its part, has organized all its recommended mitigation methods into a whitepaper, which the company sent to channel partners this week.
7 Things You Need To Know About Spectre And Meltdown Security Exploits
So Far -- No "Observed Active Deployment" Of Spectre And Meltdown
Intel Vice President Stephen Smith says that so far the chip giant has observed "proof of concept" of the Spectre and Meltdown exploits but has not "observed any active deployment" of the exploits in PCs or servers.
Security Central: Channel Execs 2018 Security Predictions
Well folks, it’s official. 2017 is over, and 2018 has begun. As we dust off our gym memberships and march forward into the new year with shiny new resolutions, let’s take a look at what the industry may have in store for the cybersecurity sector.