2023

Twitter’s giant glowing X was put up without a permit, say SF officials 31/07/2023 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Neighbors say it’s an eyesore, but Musk’s underlings won’t let inspectors near it A giant light-up X logo appeared atop the HQ of the company formerly known as Twitter on Friday, spurring complaints from neighbors and

Fredrick Lee named Reddit’s Chief Information Security Officer 31/07/2023 at 19:16 By Fredrick “Flee” Lee has been named Reddit’s new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Between 80- and 95% of cyberattacks begin with phishing 31/07/2023 at 18:48 By A recent Comcast Business report pulls data from 23.5 billion cybersecurity attacks and found that attacks come from internal and external sources. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

LLMs appear to reason by analogy, a cornerstone of human thinking 31/07/2023 at 18:17 By Lindsay Clark How they do it remains a mystery, say boffins in research paper Large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 can display the ability to solve complex reasoning tasks which humans crack using analogies.… This article is an excerpt

FTC seeks comment over parental consent guidelines for COPPA 31/07/2023 at 17:31 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested commentary following an application for new methods of obtaining parental consent using biometrics. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New P2PInfect Worm Targets Redis Servers with Undocumented Breach Methods 31/07/2023 at 17:02 By The P2PInfect peer-to-peer (P2) worm has been observed employing previously undocumented initial access methods to breach susceptible Redis servers and rope them into a botnet. “The malware compromises exposed instances of the Redis data store by exploiting the replication feature,” Cado

AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Perhaps that’ll focus your minds on speeding up your adoption of IPv6, eh? Cloud giant AWS will start charging customers for public IPv4 addresses from next year, claiming it is forced to do this because of the increasing

Marshall Erwin hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Marshall Erwin has been hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly. Erwin was previously Chief Security Officer at Mozilla.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security leaders discuss CISA advisory of IDOR web app vulnerabilities 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Security leaders talk about a new advisory released by CISA which warns of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Patchwork Hackers Target Chinese Research Organizations Using EyeShell Backdoor 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Threat actors associated with the hacking crew known as Patchwork have been spotted targeting universities and research organizations in China as part of a recently observed campaign. The activity, according to KnownSec 404 Team, entailed the use of a backdoor codenamed EyeShell. Patchwork, also

Webinar: Riding the vCISO Wave: How to Provide vCISO Services 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Demand for Virtual CISO services is soaring. According to Gartner, the use of vCISO services among small and mid-size businesses and non-regulated enterprises was expected to grow by a whopping 1900% in just one year, from only 1% in 2021 to

Hikvision and Nvidia named in contract for Uyghur detection 31/07/2023 at 15:32 By Laura Dobberstein Chip giant washes its hands – but you can’t stop secondary sales Chinese video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision was reportedly paid $6 million by Beijing last year to provide technology that could identify members of the nation’s Uyghur people, a

Danny Rittman named CISO at Avant Technologies, Inc. 31/07/2023 at 15:01 By Avant Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Danny Rittman as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Arc: A radical fresh take on the web browser 31/07/2023 at 14:32 By Liam Proven In an industry that runs on hype, this might just live up to it Arc is a new Chromium-based web browser which shakes up the standard workflow that browsers have had ever since tabs were invented. It’s good, but it

BT hires chartered management accountant and telco veteran as next CEO 31/07/2023 at 14:03 By Paul Kunert Got to keep up with those FTTP builds and the tens of thousands of staff that will leave BT, the former state owned telecommunications monopoly that is building Britain’s fiber backbone, has confirmed current Telia Company president and