October 2023

Mirai reloads exploit arsenal as botnet embarks on another expansion drive 10/10/2023 at 21:17 By Connor Jones With 13 new payloads it’s the biggest update to the botnet in months The infamous Mirai botnet was spotted by researchers who say it is spinning up again, this time with an “aggressively updated arsenal of exploits.”… This

Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone 10/10/2023 at 20:47 By Paul Kunert Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case Google pays Apple between $18 billion to $20 billion a year to remain the dominant search engine in

90% of CISOs faced at least one cyberattack in 2022 10/10/2023 at 20:17 By The security practices of Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Security Officers were analyzed in a recent report by Splunk Inc. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

9 factors to consider when choosing a blockchain consensus mechanism 10/10/2023 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph By Cointelegraph Innovation Circle Both broad and narrow considerations come into play when choosing a blockchain project’s consensus mechanism. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

RISC-V org claims export restrictions would stifle innovation 10/10/2023 at 19:51 By Dan Robinson Efforts to deny China access will hurt the ‘open’ part of open standard, says collab body CEO The CEO of RISC-V International is warning US politicos that subjecting the open processor standard to export restrictions could result in the development of

Researcher bags two-for-one deal on Linux bugs while probing GNOME component 10/10/2023 at 19:07 By Connor Jones One-click exploit could potentially affect most major distros Researchers discovered a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in an inherent component of GNOME-based Linux distros, potentially impacting a huge number of users.… This article is an excerpt from

HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited to Launch Record DDoS Attacks 10/10/2023 at 18:34 By Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google on Tuesday said they took steps to mitigate record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that relied on a novel technique called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset. The layer 7 attacks were detected in late August 2023, the companies

Microsoft extends life support for aging Apache Cassandra 3.11 database 10/10/2023 at 18:18 By Richard Speed But only if you’re ready to cozy up in Azure’s abode Microsoft says it plans to keep on supporting Apache Cassandra 3.11 a year past its end-of-life date… just as long as you’re running it as an Azure Managed

The new Cointelegraph Research Terminal, home to critical crypto data reports 10/10/2023 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph By Cointelegraph Research Cointelegraph’s new Research Terminal offers a slick new look and more features to help retail and institutional investors navigate the crypto space. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source