โŒ

Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

If you're serious about encryption, keep control of your encryption keys

updatedย  If you think using Microsoft's BitLocker encryption will keep your data 100 percent safe, think again. Last year, Redmond reportedly provided the FBI with encryption keys to unlock the laptops of Windows users charged in a fraud indictment.โ€ฆ

AI researchers map models to banish 'demon' persona

Keeping models on the Assistant Axis improves AI safety

Researchers from Anthropic and other orgs have observed situations in which LLMs act like a helpful personal assistant, and are trying to study the phenomenon further to make sure chatbots don't go off the rails and cause harm.โ€ฆ

Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln

Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required

If you use virtual machines, there's reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD's CPUs. Computer scientists affiliated with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found a vulnerability in AMD CPUs that exposes secrets in its secure virtualization environment.โ€ฆ

โŒ