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  • Microsoft Patches Exploited Power Pages Vulnerability

    Microsoft Patches Exploited Power Pages Vulnerability 2025-02-20 at 12:49 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft has patched CVE-2025-24989, a Power Pages privilege escalation vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks. The post Microsoft Patches Exploited Power Pages Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think

    Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think 2025-02-20 at 12:33 By Dan Robinson Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot Using apps and websites in dark mode can actually use more energy than standard mode, according to researchers, as it causes people to crank up the brightness.… This article…

  • Microsoft’s End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now

    Microsoft’s End of Support for Exchange 2016 and 2019: What IT Teams Must Do Now 2025-02-20 at 12:33 By For decades, Microsoft Exchange has been the backbone of business communications, powering emailing, scheduling and collaboration for organizations worldwide. Whether deployed on-premises or in hybrid environments, companies of all sizes rely on Exchange for seamless internal…

  • Hackers pose as employers to steal crypto, login credentials

    Hackers pose as employers to steal crypto, login credentials 2025-02-20 at 12:03 By Help Net Security Since early 2024, ESET researchers have been tracking DeceptiveDevelopment, a series of malicious campaigns linked to North Korea-aligned operators. Disguising themselves as software development recruiters, these threat actors lure victims with fake job offers and deliver software projects embedded…

  • DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project

    DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project 2025-02-20 at 11:39 By Lindsay Clark Systems integrator secured ‘variation’ just before mega SAP migration put on hold Systems integrator DXC accrued over 50 percent more than its original contract value for completing less than half the scheduled contract term during…

  • Updated Shadowpad Malware Leads to Ransomware Deployment

    Updated Shadowpad Malware Leads to Ransomware Deployment 2025-02-20 at 11:18 By In this blog, we discuss about how Shadowpad is being used to deploy a new undetected ransomware family. They deploy the malware exploiting weak passwords and bypassing multi-factor authentication This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source…

  • Privacera enables enterprises to identify, assess, and remediate AI-related risks

    Privacera enables enterprises to identify, assess, and remediate AI-related risks 2025-02-20 at 11:18 By Industry News Privacera announced significant updates to its AI Governance (PAIG) platform, reinforcing its commitment to AI risk management and compliance. These additions align PAIG to the existing National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework, offering a…

  • Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec

    Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec 2025-02-20 at 10:49 By Jessica Lyons FBI and CISA issue reminder – deep sigh – about the importance of patching and backups The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay is possible by…

  • Norton’s AI-powered features defend against scams and social engineering threats

    Norton’s AI-powered features defend against scams and social engineering threats 2025-02-20 at 10:49 By Industry News Norton is setting the standard for scam protection with a new range of AI-powered features fully integrated in Norton Cyber Safety products to help protect people from the most widespread cyberthreat of our time. Like the first domino tipping…

  • 1Password helps MSPs boost security and streamline their operations

    1Password helps MSPs boost security and streamline their operations 2025-02-20 at 10:31 By Industry News 1Password introduced 1Password Enterprise Password Manager – MSP Edition, a dedicated solution that transforms how MSPs safeguard client data and helps them confront complex threat environments. With features tailored to MSPs’ unique needs, this comprehensive solution strengthens client security posture…

  • Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider

    Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider 2025-02-20 at 09:49 By Iain Thomson 2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it’s probing IT ‘security incident’ Exclusive  HCRG Care Group, a private health and social services provider, has seemingly fallen victim to the Medusa ransomware…

  • Lumu Playback strengthens threat detection

    Lumu Playback strengthens threat detection 2025-02-20 at 09:30 By Industry News Lumu announced Playback feature for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Playback collects, analyzes and stores network metadata including network logs, and turns them into actionable threat intelligence. This enterprise-grade technology is widely adopted by the financial sector, healthcare, government, and education, and is now being…

  • Cybersecurity needs more than strong tech, it needs strong messaging

    Cybersecurity needs more than strong tech, it needs strong messaging 2025-02-20 at 08:52 By While companies invest millions in cybersecurity tools and infrastructure, many overlook a critical component of defense: clear, consistent messaging that builds a security-minded culture. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to…

  • A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive

    A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive 2025-02-20 at 08:39 By Simon Sharwood Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid Big Tech’s plans to spend hundreds of billions on infrastructure during 2025 are often considered to…

  • France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run

    France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run 2025-02-20 at 07:51 By Simon Sharwood Nice number, but also not much more than a nice advance France’s Commissariat à L’énergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives on Tuesday claimed it’s topped China’s recently-established for record maintaining fusion plasma in a tokamak, and therefore taken another…

  • Unknown and unsecured: The risks of poor asset visibility

    Unknown and unsecured: The risks of poor asset visibility 2025-02-20 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Juliette Hudson, CTO of CybaVerse, discusses why asset visibility remains a critical cybersecurity challenge. She explains how to maintain security without slowing down operations, shares ways to improve visibility in OT environments, and explains…

  • Citrix Releases Security Fix for NetScaler Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Citrix Releases Security Fix for NetScaler Console Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 2025-02-20 at 07:21 By Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler Agent that could lead to privilege escalation under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12284, has been given a CVSS v4 score of…

  • Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Power Pages Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Power Pages Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 2025-02-20 at 07:21 By Microsoft has released security updates to address two Critical-rated flaws impacting Bing and Power Pages, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) – Microsoft Bing Remote Code Execution…

  • 300% increase in endpoint malware detections

    300% increase in endpoint malware detections 2025-02-20 at 07:04 By Help Net Security The third quarter of 2024 saw a dramatic shift in the types of malware detected at network perimeters, according to a new WatchGuard report. The report’s key findings include a 300% increase quarter over quarter of endpoint malware detections, highlighted by growing…

  • US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law

    US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law 2025-02-20 at 05:19 By Iain Thomson That’s the way the cookie melts A US Army soldier suspected of hacking AT&T and Verizon has admitted leaking online people’s private call records.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

  • Trump can’t quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it

    Trump can’t quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it 2025-02-20 at 01:48 By Tobias Mann Reported layoffs suggest R&D functions may be hobbled, fab subsidies also at risk Comment  US President Donald Trump has made it plain he’s not a fan of the $53 billion CHIPS…

  • Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension

    Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension 2025-02-20 at 00:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Hey, at least Katie Arrington brings a solid resume Donald Trump’s nominee for a critical DoD cybersecurity role sports a resume that outshines many of his past picks, despite previously suspended security clearance.… This article is an excerpt from The…

  • Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to ‘a million qubits’. So far: Eight

    Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to ‘a million qubits’. So far: Eight 2025-02-19 at 23:04 By Thomas Claburn Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too Microsoft says it has developed a quantum-computing chip made with novel materials that is expected to enable the development of…

  • Check out this free automated tool that hunts for exposed AWS secrets in public repos

    Check out this free automated tool that hunts for exposed AWS secrets in public repos 2025-02-19 at 22:48 By Jessica Lyons You can find out if your GitHub codebase is leaking keys … but so can miscreants A free automated tool that lets anyone scan public GitHub repositories for exposed AWS credentials has been released.……

  • Unlock the Full Potential of Microsoft FastTrack with Trustwave

    Unlock the Full Potential of Microsoft FastTrack with Trustwave 2025-02-19 at 22:48 By Unlock Hidden Benefits: If your company uses Microsoft 365, you may already have free access to Microsoft FastTrack—streamlining deployment and adoption at no extra cost. Maximize Your Investment: FastTrack provides expert guidance for deploying Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Viva, and more—helping you get…

  • We meet the protesters who want to ban Artificial General Intelligence before it even exists

    We meet the protesters who want to ban Artificial General Intelligence before it even exists 2025-02-19 at 21:45 By Thomas Claburn STOP AI warns of doomsday scenario, demands governments pull the plug on advanced models Feature  On Saturday at the Silverstone Cafe in San Francisco, a smattering of activists gathered to discuss plans to stop…

  • South Korea Halts DeepSeek AI Downloads Over Privacy Issues

    South Korea Halts DeepSeek AI Downloads Over Privacy Issues 2025-02-19 at 20:53 View original post at Safety Detectives South Korea has halted downloads of DeepSeek’s AI-powered chatbot while it conducts a review of the Chinese startup’s privacy practices. The country’s privacy watchdog (called Personal Information Protection Commission or PIPC) announced this week it’s temporarily paused…

  • Want to play billionaire for a day? This app lets you rent your own armed goon squad

    Want to play billionaire for a day? This app lets you rent your own armed goon squad 2025-02-19 at 20:51 By Brandon Vigliarolo Black Escalade motorcade sold separately – of course Need to turn heads and burn cash while out on the town? A new app lets you hire armed bodyguards to escort you around…

  • Windows to Lose Location History Feature in Upcoming Update

    Windows to Lose Location History Feature in Upcoming Update 2025-02-19 at 20:46 View original post at Safety Detectives Microsoft has announced the removal of the Location History feature from Windows — the data will no longer be stored locally, and the setting will be removed from Windows 10 and 11. “We are deprecating and removing…

  • X in talks to raise money at $44B valuation — same price Elon Musk paid to buy Twitter: report

    X in talks to raise money at $44B valuation — same price Elon Musk paid to buy Twitter: report 2025-02-19 at 20:22 By Thomas Barrabi The possible move would mark the first time that Musk has raised money for X since he took the company private after the acquisition. This article is an excerpt from…

  • Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes

    Hackers Exploit Signal’s Linked Devices Feature to Hijack Accounts via Malicious QR Codes 2025-02-19 at 20:03 By Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors have been observed targeting individuals of interest via the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to gain unauthorized access to their accounts. “The most novel and widely used technique underpinning Russian-aligned attempts to compromise Signal accounts…

  • Evaluating Email Security Services: Methods, Challenges and Best Practices

    Evaluating Email Security Services: Methods, Challenges and Best Practices 2025-02-19 at 19:45 By Warren Sealey Here’s what you need to know to test and compare email security solutions with confidence This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Judge Halts DOGE’s Breach of Treasury Records

    Judge Halts DOGE’s Breach of Treasury Records 2025-02-19 at 19:39 View original post at vpnMentor Federal judge Paul Engelmayer has issued a preliminary injunction to prevent Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing and using sensitive financial data belonging to millions of Americans. The court order mandated DOGE to destroy any obtained data.…

  • KDE Plasma 6.3 released – and 6.3.1 is already here

    KDE Plasma 6.3 released – and 6.3.1 is already here 2025-02-19 at 19:20 By Liam Proven A year on from the big overhaul of Plasma 6, more functionality appears KDE Plasma 6.3 is here, closely followed by a point release, alongside new versions of the KDE Frameworks and KDE Gear apps collection.… This article is…

  • Trump Media, Rumble sue controversial Brazil judge who feuded with Elon Musk

    Trump Media, Rumble sue controversial Brazil judge who feuded with Elon Musk 2025-02-19 at 18:31 By Reuters Moraes has issued many rulings blocking social media accounts as he spearheaded a crusade against perceived attacks on democracy and the political use of disinformation in Brazil. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

  • Microsoft researchers promise entire game worlds made from AI slop

    Microsoft researchers promise entire game worlds made from AI slop 2025-02-19 at 18:16 By Lindsay Clark WHAM, bam, no thank you, ma’am? Researchers have produced a generative AI tool they say can create a three-dimensional game world to help developers design and tweak gameplay.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

  • iOS 18 settings to lock down your privacy and security

    iOS 18 settings to lock down your privacy and security 2025-02-19 at 18:04 By Help Net Security Enhancing your security and privacy on iOS 18 involves configuring various settings to control access to your personal data and device features. Here are 12 essential settings to consider. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) Using 2FA authentication adds an…

  • Temu’s toy fail leaves dad speechless: ‘Not today, Satan’

    Temu’s toy fail leaves dad speechless: ‘Not today, Satan’ 2025-02-19 at 17:31 By Kidspot As far as Temu fails to go, this one is by far the most puzzling.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites

    Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites 2025-02-19 at 17:31 By Dan Robinson Because 4G notspots aren’t much good to anyone Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to open a research hub this summer to test and validate the integration of orbital services with terrestrial cellphone networks.… This article is an excerpt…

  • Phishing remains the preferred technique among threat actors

    Phishing remains the preferred technique among threat actors 2025-02-19 at 17:18 By Phishing is the preferred technique among threat actors, according to a new report. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Fortinet enhances FortiAnalyzer to deliver accelerated threat hunting and incident response

    Fortinet enhances FortiAnalyzer to deliver accelerated threat hunting and incident response 2025-02-19 at 17:00 By Industry News Fortinet announced significant enhancements to FortiAnalyzer, reinforcing its role in driving faster, smarter security operations (SecOps)—all from a single, turnkey hybrid platform tailored for mid-sized enterprises and teams impacted by the cyber skills shortage. FortiAnalyzer offers a powerful,…

  • How Hackers Manipulate Agentic AI with Prompt Engineering

    How Hackers Manipulate Agentic AI with Prompt Engineering 2025-02-19 at 16:45 By Etay Maor Organizations adopting the transformative nature of agentic AI are urged to take heed of prompt engineering tactics being practiced by threat actors. The post How Hackers Manipulate Agentic AI with Prompt Engineering appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt…

  • Where to Watch Grosse Pointe Garden Society in 2025

    Where to Watch Grosse Pointe Garden Society in 2025 2025-02-19 at 16:38 View original post at vpnMentor Have you been asking yourself, “Where can I watch Grosse Pointe Garden Society?” If you’re in the US, you can join the 51.5 million viewers and stream the Michigan-set drama on Peacock1. Besides, DirecTV and YouTube TV allow…

  • Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered

    Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered 2025-02-19 at 16:34 By Richard Speed Microsoft suggests a move to the cloud Microsoft has issued administrators a 60-day warning – driver synchronization using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be deprecated.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

  • CardinalOps expands Threat Exposure Management platform

    CardinalOps expands Threat Exposure Management platform 2025-02-19 at 16:33 By Industry News CardinalOps announced new enhancements to its Threat Exposure Management platform. The newly launched platform provides security teams with better visibility, smarter prioritization, and consistent workflows to address exposures and proactively reduce the risk of a breach. With this expansion, CardinalOps is building on their…

  • CISO Conversations: Kevin Winter at Deloitte and Richard Marcus at AuditBoard

    CISO Conversations: Kevin Winter at Deloitte and Richard Marcus at AuditBoard 2025-02-19 at 16:33 By Kevin Townsend SecurityWeek speaks with Kevin Winter, Global CISO at Deloitte, and Richard Marcus, CISO at AuditBoard. The post CISO Conversations: Kevin Winter at Deloitte and Richard Marcus at AuditBoard appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward

    Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward 2025-02-19 at 16:03 By Richard Speed It’s probably fine As the risk corridor narrows for asteroid 2024 YR4, the possibility of a collision with Earth have increased.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Echoworx launches Manage Your Own Keys feature powered by AWS

    Echoworx launches Manage Your Own Keys feature powered by AWS 2025-02-19 at 16:03 By Industry News Echoworx has unveiled its “Manage Your Own Keys” (MYOK) feature, powered by AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), an Amazon Web Services (AWS) service. This solution gives businesses greater control over sensitive data by allowing them to generate, manage,…

  • Blockaid Raises $50 Million to Secure Blockchain Applications

    Blockaid Raises $50 Million to Secure Blockchain Applications 2025-02-19 at 15:45 By Ionut Arghire Blockaid raises $50 million in Series B funding to scale operations to meet demand for its blockchain application security platform. The post Blockaid Raises $50 Million to Secure Blockchain Applications appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • OpenSSH Patches Vulnerabilities Allowing MitM, DoS Attacks

    OpenSSH Patches Vulnerabilities Allowing MitM, DoS Attacks 2025-02-19 at 15:41 By Ionut Arghire The latest OpenSSH update patches two vulnerabilities, including one that enabled MitM attacks with no user interaction. The post OpenSSH Patches Vulnerabilities Allowing MitM, DoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to…

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