July 2023

SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro… again 12/07/2023 at 12:50 By Liam Proven The chameleon-rancher chooses a new, Rocky course SUSE is reconsidering the change of course it made at the beginning of last year: it is launching its own RHEL-compatible distro, or as it puts it, a fork of RHEL.… This article is an

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OECD finds 27% of jobs are under threat from AI 12/07/2023 at 11:34 By Lindsay Clark But people keeping jobs might find they are less boring, study shows An international policy think-tank has found 27 percent of jobs are in occupations under threat from AI and other forms of automation.… This article is an excerpt

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Python-Based PyLoose Fileless Attack Targets Cloud Workloads for Cryptocurrency Mining 12/07/2023 at 11:18 By A new fileless attack dubbed PyLoose has been observed striking cloud workloads with the goal of delivering a cryptocurrency miner, new findings from Wiz reveal. “The attack consists of Python code that loads an XMRig Miner directly into memory using memfd, a known Linux

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Japan schedules August launch for ‘Moon Sniper’ lander 12/07/2023 at 10:33 By Simon Sharwood Nifty XRISM plasma-spotting scope to ride the same Mitsubishi Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has named August 26 as its intended launch date for a lunar lander it hopes will improve humanity’s ability to touch down on other worlds –

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Internet registry APNIC announces governance and election reforms 12/07/2023 at 09:48 By Simon Sharwood Addresses criticisms raised by sections of the community and recent controversies The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the regional internet registry for 56 economies across the region, has announced significant governance changes.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Microsoft Releases Patches for 130 Vulnerabilities, Including 6 Under Active Attack 12/07/2023 at 08:49 By Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a total of 130 new security flaws spanning its software, including six zero-day flaws that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 130 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 121 are

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China outsources censorship to web giants to break the fake news business model 12/07/2023 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein The likes of WeChat and Weibo suddenly have a lot of work to do – including turning off the money tap The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has announced new requirements for platforms, to prevent accounts

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VMware teases multi-cloud generative AI offerings for August debut 12/07/2023 at 07:35 By Simon Sharwood Data here, model there, Virtzilla’s usual abstraction principles in between VMware has teased looming announcements outlining how it will enable generative AI to run on it stack, drawing on resources housed across multiple clouds.… This article is an excerpt from

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Texas works to prevent workplace violence 12/07/2023 at 07:02 By Texas legislation protects healthcare workers from workplace violence. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Stronger together: How security executives build solid teams 12/07/2023 at 07:02 By A focus on workplace culture helps security executives build strong security teams and improve departmental collaboration and efficiency. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Chinese battery maker for the stars of the EV world suddenly wants to be seen powering human rights 12/07/2023 at 06:33 By Laura Dobberstein As allegations of forced labour circulate, CATL goes for a jolt of social responsibility Chinese battery company Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), which makes around a third of the world’s EV batteries

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You’re too dumb to use click-to-cancel, Big Biz says with straight face 12/07/2023 at 04:33 By Thomas Claburn Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering whether to make it easier for folks to cancel deliveries and subscription services. People should be able

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After Meta hands over DMs, mom pleads guilty to giving daughter abortion pills 12/07/2023 at 03:04 By Thomas Claburn Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty on Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an abortion last year and to helping her dispose of the

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