Enlarge David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Intel, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, is suspending business operations in Russia “effective immediately,” the company announced on Tuesday. “Intel continues…
Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime forum, shut down in police sting
Enlarge / Laundering of stolen cryptocurrency was a key service offered by Hydra. Getty Images Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime forum, is no more. Authorities in Germany have seized servers…
Zyxel patches critical vulnerability that can allow Firewall and VPN hijacks
Enlarge Getty Images Hardware manufacturer Zyxel has issued patches for a highly critical security flaw that gives malicious hackers the ability to take control of a wide range of firewalls…
Russia inches closer to its splinternet dream
Enlarge Kirill Kudryavtsev | Getty Images Russian Twitter users noticed something strange when they tried to access the service on March 4: They couldn’t. For the previous six days, anyone…
Explaining Spring4Shell: The Internet security disaster that wasn’t
Enlarge Getty Images Hype and hyperbole were on full display this week as the security world reacted to reports of yet another Log4Shell. The vulnerability came to light in December…
Building the NIST AI Risk Management Framework: Workshop #2
Roll up your sleeves and help NIST to develop the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AIRMF) by taking part in a workshop March 29-31, 2022. The second in a series,…
NIST Finalizes Recommendations on Removing Barriers for Voters With Disabilities
To help improve access to voting, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its publication outlining barriers that limit the ability of people with disabilities to vote…
NIST Seeks Comments on Draft AI Risk Management Framework, Offers Guidance on AI Bias
Seeking to promote the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and systems that are trustworthy and responsible, NIST today released for public comment an initial draft of the…
There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data, NIST Report Highlights
Bias in AI systems is often seen as a technical problem, but the NIST report acknowledges that a great deal of AI bias stems from human biases and systemic, institutional…
NIST Releases Assessment Procedures for Enhanced Security Requirements, NIST Special Publication 800-172A
NIST has released Special Publication (SP) 800-172A, Assessing Enhanced Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information, to support the protection of controlled unclassified information associated with a critical program or high…