2023

Critical MikroTik RouterOS Vulnerability Exposes Over Half a Million Devices to Hacking 26/07/2023 at 08:47 By A severe privilege escalation issue impacting MikroTik RouterOS could be weaponized by remote malicious actors to execute arbitrary code and seize full control of vulnerable devices. Cataloged as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), the shortcoming is expected to put approximately 500,000 and […]

NASA awards $150 million to prototype tech for humans on the Moon, and above it 26/07/2023 at 08:35 By Katyanna Quach Inflatable heat shields, robot cable layers, and a furnace to burn lunar dust for minerals and oxygen NASA is distributing $150 million between 11 US organizations developing technology and infrastructure supporting long-term human exploration

Clients turn to Indian IT outsourcers for AI faster than industry can train staff 26/07/2023 at 05:46 By Laura Dobberstein Earnings calls from the Big Four show massive reskilling in progress India’s top four IT outsourcers saw a quarter where clients were hesitant about everything except their desire to discuss AI, according to earnings reports

One problem with America’s chip ambitions: Not quite enough staff 26/07/2023 at 04:02 By Tobias Mann Semi industry fears US will be short 70K engineers, technicians, computer scientists by end of decade Last week, TSMC postponed production at its under-construction Arizona chip fab until at least 2025 because it said it couldn’t find enough skilled

OpenAI pulls AI text detector due to it being a bit crap 26/07/2023 at 03:19 By Katyanna Quach If getting stuff right is such a deal breaker, why are we still so deep into this ML hype? OpenAI has taken down its AI classifier months after it was released due to its inability to accurately

FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: ‘Losing two is okay’ 26/07/2023 at 02:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo How quick y’all are to forget Nvidia-Arm Two high-profile defeats in court do not a failed strategy make, or so says FTC boss Lina Khan. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple patches exploited bugs in iPhones plus other holes 26/07/2023 at 00:40 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle One spotted by Amnesty International – wonder what that was used for? Apple has released fixes for several security flaws that affect its iPhones, iPads, macOS computers, and Apple TV and watches, and warned that some of these bugs

ModSecurity v3: DoS Vulnerability in Four Transformations (CVE-2023-38285) 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By ModSecurity is an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) engine maintained by Trustwave. This blog post discusses an issue with four transformation actions that could enable a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by a malicious actor. The issue has been addressed with fixes in

Whistleblower reinstated after reporting concerns to Coast Guard 26/07/2023 at 00:15 By OSHA announces that marine cargo service Maersk Line Limited wrongfully terminated a seaman for reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Travel and tourism sector ranked third in cyberattack incidents 25/07/2023 at 23:05 By With increased digitalization comes greater vulnerability to cyber threats, making cybersecurity a top priority for lodging and aviation companies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Our AI habit is making us less environmentally friendly, Google admits 25/07/2023 at 22:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just 6% of the water it consumed last year was replenished, report says Google’s plans to go green are faltering – and its all AI’s fault, the company claims.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Debian 12.1 released with bug fixes aplenty and excitement still in short supply 25/07/2023 at 21:04 By Liam Proven The next version, ‘Trixie’, is starting to take shape and boasts an additional official CPU architecture The first point release in the Debian “Bookworm” series is here, but version 12.1 is a modest bugfix. It might

GlobalFoundries claims German chip subsidies will ‘distort competition’ 25/07/2023 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson US semiconductor manufacturer unhappy rival TSMC is bagging billions US semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries has criticized the German government’s €20 billion ($22 billion) in semiconductor subsidies, claiming it will distort competition.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source