Category: Apple Watch

ChatGPT, the sensational conversational app of Microsoft, has been identified as a threat to national security due to its increased sophistication in phishing scams. The Silicon Valley sophisticated sensation developed by OpenAI has become a part of every tech discussion on LinkedIn and Redditt these days. People believe that it assists threat actors in launching cyber-attacks.

Security firm Darktrace has found that ChatGPT has the potential to assist cyber criminals in launching phishing emails, enabling adversaries to track down more targets and personalize the attacks to such a level that they yield sure shot results.

Therefore, is the newly developed technology a bane to us? Well, it depends on the mind that is using it. ChatGPT is a beautifully carved conversational bot that has tons of information loaded onto it and is capable of answering anything and everything.

However, if the human mind desires to used to launch sophistication driven cyber-attacks, then what is wrong with the software then?

For instance, a group of scientists belonging to the department of Virology were researching about an influenza virus in a Chinese lab of Wuhan. The virus somehow leaked from the research facility and it spread into a pandemic called COVID 19, claiming millions of lives worldwide.

Here the issue is not with the development of virus, as in practical it was done to create a medicine against it. But some human mind, whether wontedly or innocently, leaked it to the world and today we have come to a stage where we are discussing our lives before lockdown and after lock down.

So, Darktrace has issued a statement that ChatGPT can be used as a catalyst to launch phishing scams. But at the same time, it has the potential to simplify our lives to a great extent……isn’t it?

NOTE- From March last week, Apple Inc will be introducing to its users a new app called WatchGPT, that brings in all the power of the conversational AI app to the wrist. It will be available in the Apple App Store from 21st of this month and will eliminate the need for users to open the browser, type the URL and then take advantage of the service.

 

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When Ubiquiti suffered a hack the world assumed it was just a regular security breach, but the truth was much stranger... why are police happy that criminals keep using end-to-end encrypted messaging systems… and why is the Apple Watch being accused of crying wolf? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley. Plus don't miss our featured interview with SecurEnvoy's Chris Martin.

All those parents who are worried about the whereabouts of their kids, here’s a solution to wipe-out your concerns. The iPhone maker has introduced a new app feature on its Apple Watch that allows children to send their location to their parents when emergency. It also allows the parents to keep a watch on the places their kids are visiting- all thorough the ‘Find My Kids’ feature on the apple watch.

It is simple, just download the app on the phone and sync-it with the operations of the watch and you’re done!

The American tech giant says that the new feature introduced onto its watch will help parents keep a watch on their kids in real-time and will allow children to send an SOS, when in need or the situation demands.

Interestingly, the app also allows the parent/s to listen to the surroundings if their children do not pick up their calls. The phone app that is synced to the watch will also ring loud(max volume) if the child keeps the phone in mute for a specific period.

Precise location of the kids is also stored in the app up to a month and can anytime be deleted, if the user has any privacy concerns.

Coming to the application, this is the first app developed by a 3rd party company and allowed to operate on the Apple’s ecosystem.

To those uninitiated, the app already has made its way to about 3 million smartphones and from now on the figure might inflate massively, as it has got the permission to operate on the platform of the iPhone giant.

NOTE 1- The application works marvelously, only when it is provided with all required permissions.

NOTE 2- Recently, iPhone users were presented with a new feature of sending a message on iMessage using an invisible link that disappears after the first read. It also blocks people from snooping on previews on the iMessages app without the user’s consent.

 

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