January 2024

Wait, hold on, everyone – Mozilla thinks Apple, Google, Microsoft should play fair 2024-01-25 at 09:31 By Thomas Claburn Firefox maker about five years too late Mozilla has decided to be more vocal about the ways in which Apple, Google, and Microsoft set technical requirements that have hindered development of its Firefox web browser, and […]

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New CherryLoader Malware Mimics CherryTree to Deploy PrivEsc Exploits 2024-01-25 at 09:31 By A new Go-based malware loader called CherryLoader has been discovered by threat hunters in the wild to deliver additional payloads onto compromised hosts for follow-on exploitation. Arctic Wolf Labs, which discovered the new attack tool in two recent intrusions, said the loader’s icon and

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IBM Cloud is upgrading a datacenter and users will have to halt their Power VMs 2024-01-25 at 09:02 By Simon Sharwood Big Blue will move two VMs in each five-hour window offered to those willing to stay IBM Cloud has advised customers who run Power Systems Virtual Servers in its Toronto Canada (TOR01) datacenter of

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Tech Giant HP Enterprise Hacked by Russian Hackers Linked to DNC Breach 2024-01-25 at 08:16 By Hackers with links to the Kremlin are suspected to have infiltrated information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) cloud email environment to exfiltrate mailbox data. “The threat actor accessed and exfiltrated data beginning in May 2023 from a small

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SK hynix posts surprise profit after AI boosts memory prices 2024-01-25 at 07:16 By Simon Sharwood This may be the best bad news we’ve had all year Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but South Korean memory-maker SK hynix has posted a surprise profit.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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HPE joins the ‘our executive email was hacked by Russia’ club 2024-01-25 at 04:17 By Simon Sharwood Cozy Bear may have had access to the green rectangular email and SharePoint cloud for six months HPE has become the latest tech giant to admit it has been compromised by Russian operatives.… This article is an excerpt

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Apple’s on-device gen AI for the iPhone should surprise no-one. The way it does it might 2024-01-25 at 03:33 By Tobias Mann They have the hardware, now they just need models that don’t, ah… suck? Comment  Apple’s efforts to add generative AI to its iDevices should surprise no one, but Cupertino’s existing uses of of

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Google settles with Singular Computing over claims of stolen AI chip tech 2024-01-25 at 02:47 By Tobias Mann Search giant faced potential damages of over $5B but terms haven’t been disclosed Singular Computing’s multi-billion dollar patent infringement lawsuit against Google was cut short on Wednesday after the search giant agreed to settle the case for

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US judge rejects spyware developer NSO’s attempt to bin Apple’s spyware lawsuit 2024-01-25 at 01:54 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Judge says anti-hacking laws fits Pegasus case “to a T” A US court has rejected spyware vendor NSO Group’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple that alleges the developer violated computer fraud and other

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AI dashcam slinger Samsara accuses rival Motive of corporate skullduggery 2024-01-25 at 00:47 By Katyanna Quach Lawsuit claims top execs made fake accounts to study and copy competing products for years AI-powered dashcam maker Samsara sued rival startup Motive Technologies in US federal court on Wednesday, accusing top execs of IP theft, patent infringement, fraud,

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Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries … again 2024-01-24 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo There’s more than one way for these things to crash Deliveries of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets to the US military are being delayed again and despite all the metal, software is the culprit. … This article is an excerpt from

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Datacenters could account for a third of Ireland’s electricity by 2026 2024-01-24 at 22:17 By Dan Robinson International Energy Agency has some chilling global figures in latest report Global electricity demand from datacenters could double by 2026, with IT infrastructure adding the equivalent power requirements of another Sweden or Germany. However, low-emission sources are expected

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AI software still needs the human touch, Willison warns 2024-01-24 at 21:46 By Thomas Claburn Code assistance is like having a weird intern who memorized the docs Simon Willison, a veteran open source developer who co-created the Django framework and built the more recent Datasette tool, has become one of the more influential observers of

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Browser-based phishing attacks increased 198% in H2 2023 2024-01-24 at 21:16 By Browser security was analyzed in a recent report. The report uncovered a 198% increase in browser-based phishing attacks in the second half of 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Boeing goes boing: 757 loses a wheel while taxiing down the runway 2024-01-24 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo That old kit isn’t our fault Boeing tells us Another day, another incident with a Boeing passenger jet, this time when a landing gear wheel popped off a Delta Airlines 757 while it was waiting to take

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