2023

If you’re Russian to the Moon, expect traffic: Moscow’s Putin a lander into orbit 14/08/2023 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood India’s close to landing one, too, and Japan is counting down to a launch If you’re thinking of taking a trip to the Moon in the next few weeks, check the traffic report before you

Hactivitsts attack Japanese government over Fukushima wastewater release 14/08/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein Claiming affiliation with Anonymous, hackers want more public debate over radioactive water release plans Entities using the name and iconography of Anonymous (EUTNAIOA) claim to have conducted cyberprotests against the Japanese government for actions related to the release of wastewater from

India Passes New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDPB), Putting Users’ Privacy First 14/08/2023 at 08:46 By The Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Friday granted assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDPB) after it was unanimously passed by both houses of the parliament last week, marking a significant step towards securing people’s information.

Honey, can you shrink the plugin? Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android 14/08/2023 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood Browser has added multi-process support Mozilla has teased an upcoming plan to allow plugins developed for its desktop browser to run on its Android app.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

US government to investigate China’s Microsoft email breach 14/08/2023 at 06:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: Phishing campaign targets the C-suite; Cybercrime arrests in EU and Africa; and more Infosec in brief  The July breach of Microsoft Exchange Online by suspected Chinese hackers is the next topic up for review by the Department of Homeland Security’s

Multiple Flaws in CyberPower and Dataprobe Products Put Data Centers at Risk 13/08/2023 at 00:48 By Multiple security vulnerabilities impacting CyberPower’s PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform and Dataprobe’s iBoot Power Distribution Unit (PDU) could be potentially exploited to gain unauthenticated access to these systems and inflict catastrophic damage in target environments. The

Let’s play… Turn off the power to datacenter boxen 13/08/2023 at 00:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Trellix bods say it’s not that hard to do, thanks to these vulnerabilities DEF CON  It would be relatively easy for miscreants to break into critical datacenter power management gear, shut off electricity supplies to multiple connected devices, and

Inside the Black Hat network operations center, volunteers work in geek heaven 12/08/2023 at 16:31 By Iain Thomson NOC, NOC … Who’s there? Black Hat  Every summer, pandemics permitting, a group of volunteers gather in a Las Vegas hotel to run one of the more unusual examples of IT infrastructure on the planet: the Black

Zoom ZTP & AudioCodes Phones Flaws Uncovered, Exposing Users to Eavesdropping 12/08/2023 at 15:01 By Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in AudioCodes desk phones and Zoom’s Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) that could be potentially exploited by a malicious attacker to conduct remote attacks. “An external attacker who leverages the vulnerabilities discovered in AudioCodes Ltd.’s

Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers 12/08/2023 at 13:36 By Thomas Claburn QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now? Google has started deploying a hybrid key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) to protect the sharing of symmetric encryption secrets during the establishment of secure TLS network connections.…

Curiosity finds evidence of wet and dry seasons on ancient Mars 12/08/2023 at 11:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Scientists: Martian mud cracked in a manner that only happens after repeated cycles of drying The Mars Curiosity rover continues to make discoveries that shed light on the early days of the Red Planet, this time having found