Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong files comes this: An industrial control engineer recently made a workstation part of a botnet after inadvertently installing malware advertising itself as a means for recovering lost passwords. Lost passwords happen in many organizations. A programmable logic controller—used to automate processes inside factories, electric plants, and other industrial… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 31 with 27 posters participating Share this story Samsung is using artificial intelligence to automate the insanely complex and subtle process of designing cutting-edge computer chips. The South Korean giant is one of the first chipmakers to use AI to create its chips. Samsung is using AI features in new software… Read More »
reader comments 31 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story An employee for the city of Oldsmar, Florida, visited a malicious website targeting water utilities just hours before someone broke into the computer system for the city’s water treatment plant and tried to poison drinking water, security firm Dragos said Tuesday. Ultimately,… Read More »