2023

Continuous Security Validation with Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) 09/08/2023 at 15:01 By Validate security continuously across your full stack with Pen Testing as a Service. In today’s modern security operations center (SOC), it’s a battle between the defenders and the cybercriminals. Both are using tools and expertise – however, the cybercriminals have the

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks 09/08/2023 at 15:01 By Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet. The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off

Sparkling fresh updates to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorin on way 09/08/2023 at 14:48 By Liam Proven What’s new in the world of Irish Ubuntu derivatives It seems to be kernel update season out there. The current Ubuntu LTS gets a new kernel, Zorin OS 17 gets a new point release – and Mint announces two

It’s that time of the year again: the trinity of infosec conferences 09/08/2023 at 13:50 By Iain Thomson A quick guide to Hacker Summer Camp Black Hat  Another year, another Hacker Summer Camp – the collective phrase for BSidesLV, Black Hat, and DEF CON, the infosec conference trinity that traditionally takes place around about this

U.K. Electoral Commission Breach Exposes Voter Data of 40 Million Britons 09/08/2023 at 13:49 By The U.K. Electoral Commission on Tuesday disclosed a “complex” cyber attack on its systems that went undetected for over a year, allowing the threat actors to access years worth of voter data belonging to 40 million people. “The incident was

New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks 09/08/2023 at 13:49 By Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet. The search giant said it’s introducing a second user setting to turn off

Microsoft Releases Patches for 74 New Vulnerabilities in August Update 09/08/2023 at 13:49 By Microsoft has patched a total of 74 flaws in its software as part of the company’s Patch Tuesday updates for August 2023, down from the voluminous 132 vulnerabilities the company fixed last month. This comprises six Critical and 67 Important security vulnerabilities. Also

Malicious Campaigns Exploit Weak Kubernetes Clusters for Crypto Mining 09/08/2023 at 13:01 By Exposed Kubernetes (K8s) clusters are being exploited by malicious actors to deploy cryptocurrency miners and other backdoors. Cloud security firm Aqua, in a report shared with The Hacker News, said a majority of the clusters belonged to small to medium-sized organizations, with a smaller

Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing 09/08/2023 at 12:34 By Thomas Claburn Rival to CoPilot and CodeWhisperer sees the Big G join the error-ridden robo-coding market Google on Tuesday announced Project IDX, an AI-infused cloud-based integrated development environment.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source