July 2023

Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users’ Cryptocurrency Wallets 26/07/2023 at 10:46 By A new malware family called Realst has become the latest to target Apple macOS systems, with a third of the samples already designed to infect macOS 14 Sonoma, the upcoming major release of the operating system. Written in the Rust programming language, the malware […]

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Sneaky Python package security fixes help no one – except miscreants 26/07/2023 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn Good thing these eggheads have created a database of patches Python security fixes often happen through “silent” code commits, without an associated Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier, according to a group of computer security researchers.… This article

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Australian court orders Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million over data use 26/07/2023 at 10:03 By Laura Dobberstein Adverts said Onavo Protect user data would be kept a secret – just didn’t say from whom On Wednesday, Australia’s Federal Court ordered two Meta subsidiaries to pay $14 million after an over two and a half

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Ivanti plugs critical bug – but not before it was used against Norwegian government 26/07/2023 at 09:33 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Uncle Sam warns sysadmins to get patching as soon as possible A critical security flaw in Ivanti’s mobile endpoint management code was exploited and used to compromise 12 Norwegian government agencies before the vendor plugged

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Critical MikroTik RouterOS Vulnerability Exposes Over Half a Million Devices to Hacking 26/07/2023 at 08:47 By A severe privilege escalation issue impacting MikroTik RouterOS could be weaponized by remote malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and seize full control of vulnerable devices. Cataloged as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), the shortcoming is expected to put approximately 500,000 and

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NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it 26/07/2023 at 08:35 By Katyanna Quach Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen NASA is distributing $150 million between 11 US organizations developing technology and infrastructure supporting long-term human exploration

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Clients turn to Indian IT outsourcers for AI faster than industry can train staff 26/07/2023 at 05:46 By Laura Dobberstein Earnings calls from the Big Four show massive reskilling in progress India’s top four IT outsourcers saw a quarter where clients were hesitant about everything except their desire to discuss AI, according to earnings reports

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One problem with America’s chip ambitions: Not quite enough staff 26/07/2023 at 04:02 By Tobias Mann Semi industry fears US will be short 70K engineers, technicians, computer scientists by end of decade Last week, TSMC postponed production at its under-construction Arizona chip fab until at least 2025 because it said it couldn’t find enough skilled

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OpenAI pulls AI text detector due to it being a bit crap 26/07/2023 at 03:19 By Katyanna Quach If getting stuff right is such a deal breaker, why are we still so deep into this ML hype? OpenAI has taken down its AI classifier months after it was released due to its inability to accurately

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FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: ‘Losing two is okay’ 26/07/2023 at 02:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo How quick y’all are to forget Nvidia-Arm Two high-profile defeats in court do not a failed strategy make, or so says FTC boss Lina Khan. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Apple patches exploited bugs in iPhones plus other holes 26/07/2023 at 00:40 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle One spotted by Amnesty International – wonder what that was used for? Apple has released fixes for several security flaws that affect its iPhones, iPads, macOS computers, and Apple TV and watches, and warned that some of these bugs

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ModSecurity v3: DoS Vulnerability in Four Transformations (CVE-2023-38285) 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By ModSecurity is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) engine maintained by Trustwave. This blog post discusses an issue with four transformation actions that could enable a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by a malicious actor. The issue has been addressed with fixes in

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Whistleblower reinstated after reporting concerns to Coast Guard 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By OSHA announces that marine cargo service Maersk Line Limited wrongfully terminated a seaman for reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattack incidents 25/07/2023 at 23:05 By With increased digitalization comes greater vulnerability to cyber threats, making cybersecurity a top priority for lodging and aviation companies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits 25/07/2023 at 22:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says Google’s plans to go green are faltering – and its all AI’s fault, the company claims.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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