October 2023

LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 staff, engineers to suffer the most 17/10/2023 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Time to update that resume on, er … oh. Microsoft is kicking off another round of layoffs, this time cutting 668 jobs across several teams at LinkedIn. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Signal shoots down zero-day rumors, finds ‘no evidence’ of device takeover 16/10/2023 at 23:03 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Looks to be related to critical libwebp bug found — and fixed — last month Signal has denied a “vague viral reports” of a zero-day vulnerability in its Generate Links Previews that could allow device takeover.… This

Henry Schein announces data breach 16/10/2023 at 22:47 By Henry Schein announced that a part of the company’s manufacturing and distribution business suffered a data breach on October 14, 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Windows 10’s latest update issue isn’t a bug but a feature – to test your patience 16/10/2023 at 22:18 By Connor Jones Some attempted installations of KB5031356 were reportedly stuck on 30% after 24 hours Microsoft has offered a resolution for widespread reports of issues from Windows 10 users attempting to install the latest cumulative

Look, boss – Nvidia’s still cool with staff working from home 16/10/2023 at 21:17 By Paul Kunert Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data If it ain’t broke, there’s no need to fix it. Or so is the mantra at one of the fastest-growing mature tech companies. Unlike some

We’re not in e-Kansas anymore: State courts reel from ‘unauthorized incursion’ 16/10/2023 at 20:51 By Brandon Vigliarolo Fax, post, and human messengers can still be used for filing vital evidence An unspecified security incident is forcing many state courts across Kansas to rely on paper filings, and it may have continue to do so for

Tell me Huawei: Chinese giant wants to know what made EU label it high security risk 16/10/2023 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson Files official complaint as it battles to keep market share Chinese tech megacorp Huawei is kicking back after EU officials characterized it as a “high-risk supplier,” filing an official complaint with the European

Data privacy among top concerns for workplace generative AI use 16/10/2023 at 19:47 By Generative artificial intelligence use within the workplace was analyzed in a recent report, finding 9% of organizations feel prepared for the threat. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Meta Quest 3 is a virtual reality of repair insanity 16/10/2023 at 19:18 By Richard Speed Bravery and a bucket for the screws required to service latest idiot visor Meta’s Quest 3 headset has fallen victim to the iFixit team, and the news from a repairability perspective is not good.… This article is an excerpt

BLOODALCHEMY provides backdoor to southeast Asian nations’ secrets 16/10/2023 at 18:18 By Connor Jones Sophisticated malware devs believed to be behind latest addition to toolset of China-aligned attackers Security researchers have uncovered a backdoor used in attacks against governments and organizations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).… This article is an excerpt from

92% of business plan to move to passwordless technology 16/10/2023 at 18:17 By A recent report found that 55% of IT leaders surveyed feel they need more education on how passwordless technology works and/or how to deploy it. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source