August 2023

GNOME 45 beta: Less buggy, more colorful, and still not your grandma’s desktop 10/08/2023 at 14:49 By Liam Proven Codenamed Riga after the venue for this year’s GUADEC conference GNOME 45 has just graduated from alpha test to beta, and will see final release late next month. Here is what to expect.… This article is

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Emerging Attacker Exploit: Microsoft Cross-Tenant Synchronization 10/08/2023 at 14:32 By Attackers continue to target Microsoft identities to gain access to connected Microsoft applications and federated SaaS applications. Additionally, attackers continue to progress their attacks in these environments, not by exploiting vulnerabilities, but by abusing native Microsoft functionality to achieve their objective. The attacker group Nobelium,

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Encryption Flaws in Popular Chinese Language App Put Users’ Typed Data at Risk 10/08/2023 at 14:32 By A widely used Chinese language input app for Windows and Android has been found vulnerable to serious security flaws that could allow a malicious interloper to decipher the text typed by users. The findings from the University of

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Cybercriminals Increasingly Using EvilProxy Phishing Kit to Target Executives 10/08/2023 at 13:18 By Threat actors are increasingly using a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit dubbed EvilProxy to pull off account takeover attacks aimed at high-ranking executives at prominent companies. According to Proofpoint, an ongoing hybrid campaign has leveraged the service to target thousands of Microsoft 365 user

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Get your staff’s consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns 10/08/2023 at 13:03 By Jude Karabus Plus: British government’s push to reform data protection is working against the cause Companies that monitor their employees should only do so after they consult with and get consent from the staffers they are watching or tracking.… This

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Larry Ellison a major contributor to Blaire Institute vaccine database plan 10/08/2023 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark A relationship forged in UK government IT continues to blossom Software magnate Larry Ellison is a leading contributor to the policy institute built by former UK prime minister Tony Blair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Infosys launches ‘sonic identity’ – an aural logo to ‘reinforce brand purpose’ 10/08/2023 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood It’s a ‘digital metaphor’ that signals the sound of opportunity, apparently LogoWatch  Indian tech services giant Infosys has launched a “sonic identity” that The Register‘s irregular marketing column Logo Watch feels compelled to cover because the outfit

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Interpol Busts Phishing-as-a-Service Platform ’16Shop,’ Leading to 3 Arrests 10/08/2023 at 10:19 By Interpol has announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called 16Shop, in addition to the arrests of three individuals in Indonesia and Japan. 16Shop specialized in the sales of phishing kits that other cybercriminals can purchase to mount phishing attacks on

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Most distant observed star is blue – and it isn’t alone 10/08/2023 at 09:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Light from Earendel takes 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, and it’s serendipitous the JWST can see it at all It was a little more than a year ago that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted the most distant

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Biden Administration restricts US investment in tech China’s military might employ 10/08/2023 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein Venture capital is helping Beijing arm and Washington wants that to stop US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an Executive Order restricting stateside investors from sinking their funds into Chinese firms developing certain technologies, as part of

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