November 2023

Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers 11/11/2023 at 16:46 By A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a “shift in […]

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Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome’s upcoming IP address cloaking 11/11/2023 at 13:02 By Thomas Claburn Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc Exclusive  Google’s plan to prevent marketers from tracking Chrome users across different websites by anonymizing IP addresses is being challenged by, surprise

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Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland 11/11/2023 at 11:17 By Thomas Claburn Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims Exclusive  Facebook-owner Meta and Google’s YouTube now face criminal complaints in Ireland for alleged unlawful surveillance of EU citizens via tracking scripts.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Google, Amazon among big names in tech axing jobs this week 11/11/2023 at 03:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Hiring boom followed by firing bust? More tech jobs are on the chopping block this week, with Amazon, Google, Snap and Zillow all cutting staff.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft 11/11/2023 at 02:33 By Katyanna Quach Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion Lockheed Martin has been awarded $33.7 million by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop nuclear-powered electric propulsion systems for

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Impatient LockBit says it’s leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land 10/11/2023 at 23:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit The LockBit crew is claiming to have leaked all of the data it stole from Boeing late last month, after the passenger

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Tipsy tongues tell all: How your sloshed speech could snitch to Siri 10/11/2023 at 22:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Alexa, am I wasted? Wondering if that wee tipple was a bit too much? Someday soon your sloshed speech may spill your secrets to your resident digital assistant as easily as you stumble through a tongue-twister.… This

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72% of security leaders are concerned about the adverse effects of AI 10/11/2023 at 22:16 By According to a report, 74% of IT and security decision makers said their organization’s IT or security budget increased compared to the year prior. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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6% of companies have not had a digital risk cyberattack since 2020 10/11/2023 at 22:16 By A recent BrandShield survey of chief information security officers (CISOs) found that CISOs reported an average loss of $2.1M USD per cyberattack. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Poloniex crypto-exchange offers 5% cut to thieves if they return that $120M they nicked 10/11/2023 at 22:04 By Connor Jones White hat bounty looks more like a beg bounty The founder of the Poloniex has offered to pay off thieves who drained an estimated $120 million of user funds from the cryptocurrency exchange in a

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