Neowin News Feed for: Intelligence

Apple releases first iOS 18.2 beta with more Apple Intelligence features

Steve Bennett — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:28:02 +0000

The first iOS 18.2 developer beta, which is out now, includes Genmoji and Image Playground, as well as ChatGPT integration in Siri and more. Read more...

Meta is partnering up with U.K. banks to prevent scams on its platforms

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:22:01 +0000

Meta is partnering up with banks in the United Kingdom to combat fraudulent activities on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp with the help of the FIRE program. Read more...

Generative AI still not as intelligent as a dog says Meta AI chief

Paul Hill — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:00:04 +0000

Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has said that AI doesn't pose a risk to humanity and that right now it's still not as intelligent as a dog as it's only based on vast quantities of text. Read more...

Germany fires cybersecurity chief because of close ties to Russia

Usama Jawad — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:34:01 +0000

Germany has sacked its chief of cybersecurity after media allegations that the executive has close ties to a Russian firm with links to president Vladimir Putin. An investigation is underway. Read more...

The 2022 State of Protective Intelligence Report — Free Download

Sponsored — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:52:02 +0000

To better understand the current threat landscape, Ontic surveyed 300 physical security, legal and compliance leaders from U.S. enterprise companies. Download the free report today. Read more...

FBI, NSA, and CIA use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:34:01 +0000

A document has revealed that most U.S. intelligence agencies, including FBI, NSA, CIA, and DHS use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads and malvertising, even though they are not mandated to do so. Read more...

UK: GCHQ official puts the dampener on Huawei's 5G hopes

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:14:01 +0000

Dr Ian Levy from GCHQ has cast some doubts on Huawei's 5G future in the UK. His comments come a month in advance of a government decision on whether Huawei should be barred from the UK's 5G network. Read more...

Free Download: Threat Intelligence Report

News Staff — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:16:01 +0000

Download this free report to find out how organizations are leveraging threat intelligence, what challenges they are facing and the benefits they receive from threat intelligence platforms. Read more...

Reuters: Yahoo was snooping on user emails en masse [Update]

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:14:01 +0000

According to a recent Reuters report, Yahoo received, and complied with, a 2015 request by government intelligence agencies to search all users' emails for specific information. Read more...

The Russian government hacked the DNC after all

Jett Goldsmith — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 05:14:01 +0000

Despite claims that the Democratic National Committee's servers were hacked by a lone individual called Guccifer 2, researchers have confirmed that the attack originated from Russian intelligence. Read more...

Twitter denies US intelligence agencies further access to datamining service

Boyd Chan — Mon, 09 May 2016 10:16:02 +0000

In a move that will please data privacy advocates, Twitter has declined to further its involvement with the US intelligence community and their access to Dataminr, a widely used analytics platform. Read more...

FBI warns law enforcement officials that they could be targeted by doxing

Jett Goldsmith — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:44:01 +0000

Following the doxing of CIA director John Brennan by a teenager belonging to a hacking group, the FBI has sent out an advisory to law enforcement officials warning them of a similar risk. Read more...

GCHQ has been censured for sharing intel with the NSA

Daniel Moxon — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:04:19 +0000

GCHQ, a UK-based agency similar to the NSA, has been officially censured for not disclosing enough information about what it shares with the US government. Read more...

Report says Russia may be gathering intelligence with malware

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:02:02 +0000

A new report by cyber security firm Fire Eye says that malware may have been developed and deployed by the Russian government to collect intelligence and other sensitive information. Read more...

Supercomputer passes the Turing Test laying the foundations for Skynet

James Walker — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:38:58 +0000

After 64 years, a computer has finally passed the Turing Test designed to make a machine exhibit intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from that of humans in double-blind trials. Read more...

Leaked report reveals $52.6 billion dollar budget for the National Intelligence Program

Phi Ha — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:47:59 +0000

More money is spent on spying in the US than the GDP of Luxembourg, Sri Lanka or Croatia. This is recording to a report leaked by Edward Snowden which reveals a $59 billion dollar budget. Read more...

Ants inspire new generation of security software

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:45:20 +0000

The way ants behave when their colony is under threat is the inspiration behind a new generation of network security software, which has been successfully deployed by security experts. By mimicking the behaviour of real... Read more...

Combating Malware with Collective Intelligence

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:52:10 +0000

Panda Security is arming customers with new software—Panda Security for Business Version 4.02SP1—that takes advantage of its "Collective Intelligence" strategy. The Madrid-based company is bringing the Collective Intelligence approach to bear with integration between the... Read more...

Microsoft to Expand Business Intelligence Product Line

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:22:05 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. — June 6, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, a complete performance management (PM) application including business scorecarding, analytics and planning functionality that enables companies to more effectively... Read more...

U3, partners add intelligence to USB drives

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:17:33 +0000

Technology startup U3 on Monday is expected to announce the availability of USB drives based on its smart computing platform, which allows applications to run directly off USB drives, independent of other storage devices. Smart... Read more...