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Future insurance: Top trends transforming the industry

Leigh Mc Gowran — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:03:43 +0000

In a video interview, Wouter Bosschaart and Amy Harding of Aon discuss the opportunities that various ‘megatrends’ will present and how insurers can capitalise on them.

‘Bias in AI should be a concern for any tech solutions organisation’

silicon — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 06:01:38 +0000

William Alfred Rose, CTO at Talent Select AI, discusses bias in AI algorithms and how the tech is affecting the talent acquisition sector.

What’s going on with data breaches in UK police forces?

Leigh Mc Gowran — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:04:43 +0000

Four police forces have revealed details of data breaches this month, which were reportedly caused by technical issues and human error.

WormGPT and FraudGPT: The dark side of generative AI

Leigh Mc Gowran — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:51:37 +0000

Hackers are turning to ChatGPT alternatives that have no restrictions as a way to create their own forms of malware.

Bulletproof hosting site shut down by Polish police

Leigh Mc Gowran — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:53:16 +0000

Authorities claim the site was used to conduct various cyberattacks worldwide, while it maintained a don't ask, don't tell' philosophy.

‘Honeypot’ computers used to gain insights on cyberattackers

Leigh Mc Gowran — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:15:33 +0000

The GoSecure investigation claims to have gathered hundreds of hours of cybercriminal footage, which was used to group attackers based on their behaviours.

‘Brand protection is facing an unprecedented threat with generative AI’

silicon — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:01:40 +0000

Kieron Smith, CTO at SnapDragon Monitoring, discusses his role and how generative AI is affecting the brand protection landscape.

How biased are our search results?

silicon — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:00:37 +0000

The latest episode of For Tech’s Sake explores the inner workings of search and the algorithms behind recommendation engines with Prof Gareth Jones.

PSNI leaks staff details in massive ‘human error’ data breach

Leigh Mc Gowran — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:38:41 +0000

The leaked data is a concern for various officers in sensitive roles who operate under a 'severe threat' of terrorism.

Interpol shuts down ‘phishing-as-a-service‘ platform 16shop

Leigh Mc Gowran — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:20:48 +0000

Interpol said the criminal platform sold hacking tools that compromised more than 70,000 users in 43 countries.

UK electoral commission cyberattack could affect 40m people

Jenny Darmody — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:04:08 +0000

The cybercriminals first accessed the electoral systems in August 2021 and were able to access reference copies of the electoral registers between 2014 and 2022.

Zoom updates terms for using customer data after AI privacy concerns

Rebecca Graham — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:05:06 +0000

The popular video conferencing platform has been criticised for using customers’ data without getting consent.

How AI optimisation affects data centre design

Colin Ryan — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:01:13 +0000

Verne Global's Tate Cantrell discusses the implications that AI has on data centre design, from complex cooling requirements to NATO-level security protocols.

Multinationals make Ireland a ‘very attractive’ cyberattack target

Leigh Mc Gowran — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:54:30 +0000

BlackBerry’s Dmitry Bestuzhev spoke to SiliconRepublic.com about the geopolitical issues that impact Irish cybersecurity and ‘initial access brokers’, which sell stolen data on organisations to aid other cyberattacks.

Voyager faces potential data breach amid bankruptcy payouts

Leigh Mc Gowran — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:28:16 +0000

The crypto company reopened its platform to let customers withdraw funds, but has received multiple reports of scams targeting these creditors.

AI has become a key focus for Irish IT leaders

Leigh Mc Gowran — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:02:59 +0000

The latest State of IT Report from Salesforce claims 91pc of Irish IT leaders believe generative AI will have a prominent role in their organisations within the next 18 months.

Fake job offers are the main LinkedIn scams for businesses

Leigh Mc Gowran — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:30:29 +0000

67pc of smaller businesses surveyed by NordLayer said they experienced financial loss as a result of a LinkedIn scam, while larger businesses were more likely to suffer reputational damage.

Ethereum-based crypto exchange Curve targeted in major hack

Vish Gain — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:47:45 +0000

Blockchain auditing firm BlockSec estimates a bug in the Vyper programming language used by Curve and other projects has led to more than $40m in losses.

Ryanair challenged by Noyb over ‘invasive’ facial recognition

Leigh Mc Gowran — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:08:27 +0000

The digital privacy group claims Ryanair's use of facial recognition breaches GDPR and is being used to push users away from external online travel agencies.

‘Salesforce has been reimagined for an AI world’

silicon — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:01:02 +0000

Salesforce Ireland's Carolan Lennon talks to us about her role as country leader and how the company has been utilising AI technology.