December 2023

World’s largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan 04/12/2023 at 11:47 By Laura Dobberstein JT-60SA produces largest volume of plasma ever made by humans, paves way for ITER Japan’s joint fusion reactor project with the European Union (EU), the JT-60SA, was inaugurated in Naka, Japan on Friday, marking the start of experimental operations for

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LogoFAIL: UEFI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Stealth Malware Attacks 04/12/2023 at 11:01 By The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code from various independent firmware/BIOS vendors (IBVs) has been found vulnerable to potential attacks through high-impact flaws in image parsing libraries embedded into the firmware. The shortcomings, collectively labeled LogoFAIL by Binarly, “can be used by threat actors

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The 2023 Annual Guarding Report: Finding the right mix of human and machine 04/12/2023 at 08:16 By In this year’s report, security executives and guarding companies identify trends in security guarding throughout 2023, from emerging robotics to training strategies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React

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Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware 04/12/2023 at 08:01 By Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as an initial access vector. The DanaBot infections led to “hands-on-keyboard activity by ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198), culminating in the deployment of CACTUS

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New Relic’s cyber-something revealed as attack on staging systems, some users 04/12/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Ongoing investigation found evidence of stolen employee creds and social engineering Nine days after issuing a vaguely worded warning about a possible cyber security incident, web tracking and analytics outfit New Relic has revealed a two-front attack.… This

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Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window 04/12/2023 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a coder was stirring, not even their mouse.… This article is an excerpt

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Creating a single AI-generated image needs as much power as charging your smartphone 04/12/2023 at 04:48 By Katyanna Quach PLUS: Microsoft to invest £2.5B in UK datacenters to power AI, and more AI in brief  Using a text-to-image model to craft an AI-generated image can require almost the same amount of power as that required

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