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LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Charged for Billions in Global Ransomware Damages 2024-12-21 at 12:02 By A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in or around 2019 through at least February 2024. Rostislav Panev, 51,…

Amazon labor strike at multiple facilities continues with more NY workers to join— here’s the latest 2024-12-21 at 02:22 By Associated Press The Teamsters haven’t formally indicated when the actions will end, but union officials said the walkout would continue “as long as it takes.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Billionaire Frank McCourt reveals his plan to revamp TikTok in bid for app 2024-12-20 at 20:55 By Reuters The plan faces several hurdles, including TikTok’s repeated assertions that it cannot be divested from its owner, Chinese tech firm ByteDance. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Porn star sells likeness to AI so she doesn’t have to work as much: ‘I can be everything that they want me to be’ 2024-12-20 at 20:55 By Adriana Diaz “Through AI, they have the same likeness of me, and it’s like I can be everything that they want me to be in a sense,”…

Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle 2024-12-20 at 20:30 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Facts can’t be decided by a roll of the dice’ Press freedom advocates are urgin Apple to ditch an “immature” generative AI system that incorrectly summarized a BBC news notification that incorrectly related that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter…

Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin 2024-12-20 at 20:30 By Richard Speed Says it’s not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options It’s not just you, there is indeed an activation problem in Microsoft 365 Office triggered by administrators making changes at the licensing level.… This article is an excerpt…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says search giant has slashed manager roles by 10% in efficiency drive 2024-12-20 at 19:13 By Thomas Barrabi Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed 10% of its managerial roles since last year as part of the Big Tech giant’s efforts to become more efficient. This article is an…

Truth Social parent Trump Media shares drop after president-elect transfers stake to trust 2024-12-20 at 18:47 By Reuters The move comes after Trump said in November that he had no intention of selling his shares in the company that owns Truth Social. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View…

Adélie Linux 1.0 – small, fast, but not quite grown up 2024-12-20 at 17:39 By Liam Proven Remarkably compact, remarkably cross-platform, remarkably long beta period Beta 6 of Adélie Linux is arriving, just over six years after Beta 1 – but they do say that good things come to those who wait.… This article is…

The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress wars are getting really annoying 2024-12-20 at 15:50 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Forks at dawn…. but it’s not great sign for open source Opinion  I am so sick of this. I’ve been a happy WordPress user since it rolled out the door in 2003, and I kissed Vignette (since…

Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware 2024-12-20 at 13:51 By The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a “complex infection chain” targeting at least two employees belonging to an unnamed nuclear-related organization within the span of one month in…

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 for Apple Macs is out 2024-12-20 at 11:40 By Liam Proven New shiny if you run Linux on an M1 or M2 The Fedora 41 version of Asahi Linux is out – the go-to Linux distro for Apple Silicon Macs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

Rspack npm Packages Compromised with Crypto Mining Malware in Supply Chain Attack 2024-12-20 at 11:39 By The developers of Rspack have revealed that two of their npm packages, @rspack/core and @rspack/cli, were compromised in a software supply chain attack that allowed a malicious actor to publish malicious versions to the official package registry with cryptocurrency…

Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation 2024-12-20 at 11:39 By Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain conditions. Of the three, two are rated Critical in severity. There…

Survey: Parking lot safety influences holiday shopping habits 2024-12-20 at 11:15 By Perceptions of safety influence holiday shopping habits, with parking lot security being a major factor.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools 2024-12-20 at 08:34 By A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk and ScreenConnect.  The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score: 9.3),…

Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna’s history needs revision 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By Simon Sharwood Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Chinese scientists think it’s time to rewrite the Moon’s history after analyzing samples from returned to Earth by the Chang’e 6 mission.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the…

Executives targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Executives are targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks, and security leaders share their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams 2024-12-20 at 05:32 By Laura Dobberstein Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC  Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it is truly helpful…

Massive data breach at federal credit union exposes 240K members 2024-12-20 at 04:34 By Fox News SRP Federal Credit Union had a major data breach impacting more than 240,000 people. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

ChatGPT CEO talks Elon Musk feud, criticizes Biden admin AI regulation 2024-12-20 at 01:48 By Fox Business ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman said he thinks Musk’s feud with OpenAI is based on competitive concerns. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this…

Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches 2024-12-20 at 01:33 By Richard Speed Users report the sound of silence from operating system update Microsoft has logged some new known issues with Windows 11 24H2 and thrown up more safeguard holds until the problems are resolved.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner 2024-12-19 at 23:33 By Richard Speed Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS Axiom Space has shuffled the assembly sequence of its space station to remove any dependence it would have on the International Space…

US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests 2024-12-19 at 21:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report, outlining recommendations for…

Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic 2024-12-19 at 19:40 By Tobias Mann It’s not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon Comment  Next year will see some truly monstrous compute projects get underway as the AI boom enters its third year. Among…

Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays 2024-12-19 at 17:38 By Brandon Vigliarolo Week-long mission set to stretch into ninth month Two astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner are facing another extended delay. … This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Feds issue another warning about texting dangers — the scary reason to stop using two-factor authentication now 2024-12-19 at 17:19 By Brooke Kato The warning comes a week after the FBI said cybercriminals, suspected to be from China, hacked into AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to spy on customers. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

Thousands Download Malicious npm Libraries Impersonating Legitimate Tools 2024-12-19 at 17:18 By Threat actors have been observed uploading malicious typosquats of legitimate npm packages such as typescript-eslint and @types/node that have racked up thousands of downloads on the package registry. The counterfeit versions, named @typescript_eslinter/eslint and types-node, are engineered to download a trojan and retrieve…

Apple and Meta trade barbs over interoperability requests 2024-12-19 at 15:48 By Richard Speed Both are only thinking about the best interests of users, of course The European Commission (EC) has continued pushing Apple to open up more of iOS to third parties, and Apple has pushed back, warning that doing so risks user privacy.……

Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords 2024-12-19 at 15:48 By Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are being targeted as part of a malicious campaign that deploys the Mirai botnet malware. The company said it’s issuing the advisory after “several customers” reported anomalous…