December 2023

From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls 02/12/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Although since it’s the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell? Although Musk: The Movie remains on the drawing board, we were delighted by the reader response to our question of who should play the

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Agent Racoon Backdoor Targets Organizations in Middle East, Africa, and U.S. 02/12/2023 at 11:47 By Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service (DNS)

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Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Convicted for Creating TrickBot Malware 02/12/2023 at 11:17 By A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S.

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No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data 02/12/2023 at 04:33 By Tobias Mann Senator Ron Wyden tired of asking, puts foot down for as long as he can Is the NSA buying up Americans’ location and browsing data? Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is tired of asking

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60 US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit 02/12/2023 at 03:20 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving A ransomware infection at a cloud IT provider has disrupted services for 60 or so credit unions across the US, all of which were relying on the attacked

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Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals’ Basecamp over CTO’s blogs 02/12/2023 at 01:32 By Thomas Claburn We’re canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder’s views The Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using 37Signal’s Basecamp project management software after almost a decade due to public statements from the supplier’s co-founder and chief technology officer.…

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Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports 02/12/2023 at 01:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days The US Transportation Security Administration’s plans to expand its use of facial recognition tech, already in use at several American airports, may

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Apple slaps patch on WebKit holes in iPhones and Macs amid fears of active attacks 02/12/2023 at 00:55 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Two CVEs can be abused to steal sensitive info or execute code Apple has issued emergency fixes to plug security flaws in iPhones, iPads, and Macs that may already be under attack.… This

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HPE says impact of AI on enterprise not ‘overstated.’ It must be hoping so 02/12/2023 at 00:17 By Dan Robinson Company counting on widespread business adoption to counter server declines HPE Discover EMEA  Now that every big tech maker is jockeying for a bite of the AI revenue pie, HPE is pitching to remain relevant

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UEFI flaws allow bootkits to pwn potentially hundreds of devices using images 01/12/2023 at 23:17 By Connor Jones Exploits bypass most secure boot solutions from the biggest chip vendors Hundreds of consumer and enterprise devices are potentially vulnerable to bootkit exploits through unsecured BIOS image parsers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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FTC creates compulsory process for legal issues involving AI 01/12/2023 at 23:16 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a compulsory process regarding fraud investigations involving artificial intelligence (AI). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability 01/12/2023 at 22:19 By Richard Speed Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars Consumer Reports’ latest car reliability survey suggests electric vehicles (EVs) are causing owners more problems than their hybrid or conventional counterparts.… This article is an excerpt

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