TIOBE Index News (September 2023): Java Competitor Kotlin Returns to the Top 20

Kotlin competes with Java to be a top programming language for mobile applications on Android. The top 3 stay steady. Image: monsitj/Adobe Stock This month, the programming language Kotlin reached…

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Check Point: Hackers Are Dropping USB Drives at Watering Holes

Image: Timon/Adobe Stock In its 2023 Mid-Year Cyber Security Report, Check Point Software spotlighted numerous exploits so far this year, including novel uses of artificial intelligence and an old-school attack…

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Cloud Strategies Are Facing a New Era of Strain in Australia, New Zealand

Enterprises across Australia and New Zealand have been enthusiastic adopters of the cloud. A 2023 IDC whitepaper sponsored by Microsoft said Australia and New Zealand are among the few countries…

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UK’s NCSC Warns Against Cybersecurity Attacks on AI

The National Cyber Security Centre provides details on prompt injection and data poisoning attacks so organizations using machine-learning models can mitigate the risks. Image: Michael Traitov/Adobe Stock Large language models…

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Generative AI and Foundation Models Face Inflated Expectations

Computer vision, data labeling and annotation, cloud AI services, and intelligence applications are the most mature applications of AI, according to Gartner's 2023 AI Hype Cycle. Image: putilov_denis/Adobe Stock Generative…

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Cisco Talos Research: New Lazarus Group Attack Malware Campaign Hits UK & US Businesses

The Cisco Talos report exposes new malware used by the group to target Internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare organizations in the U.K. and the U.S. Image: SomYuZu/Adobe Stock Two reports…

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