2023

Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It’s not you, it’s your CO2 04/08/2023 at 13:47 By Dan Robinson Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with ‘best practices’ and a ‘climate lens’ A telecoms industry body focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) has called for all companies to take action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Malicious npm Packages Found Exfiltrating Sensitive Data from Developers 04/08/2023 at 13:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new bunch of malicious packages on the npm package registry that are designed to exfiltrate sensitive developer information. Software supply chain firm Phylum, which first identified the “test” packages on July 31, 2023, said they “demonstrated increasing

Major Cybersecurity Agencies Collaborate to Unveil 2022’s Most Exploited Vulnerabilities 04/08/2023 at 10:31 By A four-year-old critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiOS SSL has emerged as one of the most routinely and frequently exploited vulnerabilities in 2022. “In 2022, malicious cyber actors exploited older software vulnerabilities more frequently than recently disclosed vulnerabilities and targeted unpatched,

Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons 04/08/2023 at 09:33 By Thomas Claburn Why ‘dont deploy on Frday’ is a thnng Boffins have spent two years monitoring the computers of office staff at a large Texas energy concern and found that workers did less and made more mistakes in the afternoon

Big Tech’s going to love India’s new personal data protection bill, say digital rights groups 04/08/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein Big fines for breaches. Also big powers, including takedowns, for planned Data Protection Board India’s long awaited digital Personal Data Protection Bill was tabled in parliament on Thursday, complete with stiff penalties for data

Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy 04/08/2023 at 08:02 By Simon Sharwood What could possibly go wrong with this Fujitsu tech? A Japanese supermarket has started analyzing customers’ in-store behavior and feeding it to a generative AI to drive an avatar that makes real-time suggestions about stuff you

Out of nowhere, India requires PC and server makers to get an import license 04/08/2023 at 05:47 By Simon Sharwood This is one way to kickstart local manufacturing India yesterday changed its trade rules to require manufacturers of many types of computers to secure an import license to bring their goods into the country.… This

Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist 04/08/2023 at 04:17 By Thomas Claburn A man, a plan, and Razzlekhan fought the law – and the law won Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on Thursday pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges related to the 2016 theft of some 120,000 Bitcoins from Hong Kong-based