2023

Google hopes to end tsunami of data dragnet warrants with Location History shakeup 16/12/2023 at 00:33 By Thomas Claburn Android giant follows Apple’s lead, will store whereabouts on device and delete info earlier by default Google has announced changes to its handling of Location History data that are expected to limit the internet giant’s ability […]

Kraft Heinz suggests we simmer down about those Snatch ransomware claims 15/12/2023 at 23:04 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Ah, beans The Kraft Heinz Company says its systems are all up and running as usual as it probes claims that some of its data was stolen by ransomware crooks.… This article is an excerpt from The

Missing tomatoes ketchup with ISS crew after almost a year lost in space 15/12/2023 at 22:07 By Richard Speed Sadly not saucy enough in this state for return trip to Earth There is good news and bad news regarding the two tomatoes lost aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last year. The good news is

UTSA names David Brown as next NSCC executive director 15/12/2023 at 21:08 By The University of Texas at San Antonio has announced David Brown as the new executive director of its National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC) and professor of practice. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google Pixel gets privacy mode to keep your selfies safe from prying repair techs 15/12/2023 at 20:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo You’d better have 2GB free on that handset and be running Android 14 Google Pixel owners who need to take their devices in for repair now have an option to protect their data from snooping

HashiCorp loses its Hashi, keeps the Corp as co-founder waves goodbye 15/12/2023 at 19:53 By Richard Speed Mitchell Hashimoto departs, apparently unconnected to controversial licensing change HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto is leaving the building.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

OSHA and FCC update communication tower safety 15/12/2023 at 19:30 By OSHA and the FCC have partnered to eliminate fatalities and reduce injuries and illnesses among workers in the communications tower erection industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SpaceX cleared to test satellite phone service via Starlink 15/12/2023 at 18:37 By Dan Robinson Low Earth orbit cell ops will help remote region get services SpaceX has got approval to run tests of a proposed service that allows unmodified smartphones to make calls via a satellite link.… This article is an excerpt from The

New KV-Botnet Targeting Cisco, DrayTek, and Fortinet Devices for Stealthy Attacks 15/12/2023 at 18:03 By A new botnet consisting of firewalls and routers from Cisco, DrayTek, Fortinet, and NETGEAR is being used as a covert data transfer network for advanced persistent threat actors, including the China-linked threat actor called Volt Typhoon. Dubbed KV-botnet by the Black Lotus Labs

NKabuse backdoor harnesses blockchain brawn to hit several architectures 15/12/2023 at 17:43 By Connor Jones Novel malware adapts delivers DDoS attacks and provides RAT functionality Incident responders say they’ve found a new type of multi-platform malware abusing the New Kind of Network (NKN) protocol.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Last Vega rocket launch delayed over fuel tank vanishing act 15/12/2023 at 16:47 By Richard Speed Choose your own adventure: Use the old qualification tanks, or squeeze in some from Vega-C? The final Vega rocket launch is being delayed to September 2024 as engineers wrestle with the unusual problem of disappearing fuel tanks.… This article

80% predict burnout will have significant effect on businesses 15/12/2023 at 16:16 By The global perma-crisis is set to continue to take its toll in 2024, as extreme weather events continue to impact organizations and global instability deepens.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger’s Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft 15/12/2023 at 16:16 By Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger published a new version of its “@ledgerhq/connect-kit” npm module after unidentified threat actors pushed malicious code that led to the theft of more than $600,000 in virtual assets. The compromise was the result of a former employee falling victim

England’s village green hydrogen dream in tatters 15/12/2023 at 16:03 By Lindsay Clark Another Johnson era fantasy fails to survive its encounter with science, engineering and economics A second planned trial to provide hydrogen for home heating was this week officially cancelled in England, a government minister has confirmed.… This article is an excerpt from

Bug or Feature? Hidden Web Application Vulnerabilities Uncovered 15/12/2023 at 15:43 By Web Application Security consists of a myriad of security controls that ensure that a web application: Functions as expected. Cannot be exploited to operate out of bounds. Cannot initiate operations that it is not supposed to do. Web Applications have become ubiquitous after

New Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered in pfSense Firewall Software – Patch Now 15/12/2023 at 15:42 By Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the open-source Netgate pfSense firewall solution called pfSense that could be chained by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible appliances. The issues relate to two reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs and