January 2024

PAX PoS Terminal Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Tamper with Transactions 2024-01-17 at 17:01 By The point-of-sale (PoS) terminals from PAX Technology are impacted by a collection of high-severity vulnerabilities that can be weaponized by threat actors to execute arbitrary code. The STM Cyber R&D team, which reverse engineered the Android-based devices manufactured by the […]

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Combating IP Leaks into AI Applications with Free Discovery and Risk Reduction Automation 2024-01-17 at 17:01 By Wing Security announced today that it now offers free discovery and a paid tier for automated control over thousands of AI and AI-powered SaaS applications. This will allow companies to better protect their intellectual property (IP) and data against the

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AI investment still at the planning stage through 2024, Gartner says 2024-01-17 at 16:47 By Lindsay Clark Imagined impact of GenAI on GDP is over-optimistic, analyst firm says Gartner thinks the ever-expanding GenAI ecosystem is being hyped with real customer deployments not emerging in earnest until next year.… This article is an excerpt from The

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AI political disinformation is a huge problem – but harder to fight than ever 2024-01-17 at 16:02 By Katyanna Quach How OpenAI, Microsoft, and others are trying to combat deepfakes and more Analysis  Tackling AI disinformation is more crucial than ever for tech companies this year as they brace for the upcoming US presidential election.…

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Post Office boss unable to say when biz knew Horizon could be remotely altered 2024-01-17 at 15:32 By Lindsay Clark CEO stays tight-lipped in front of MPs while Fujitsu admits moral responsibility for compensation Post Office chief exec Nick Read left British politicians shocked with his evidence before a Parliamentary committee yesterday after he admitted

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Beyond the Facade: Unraveling URL Redirection in Google Services 2024-01-17 at 15:16 By In the murky waters of cyber threats, one tactic has steadily gained wide adoption: URL redirection in phishing attacks. This stealthy technique allows cybercriminals to cloak malicious links, making them appear harmless to unsuspecting users. Among the vast expanse of online services,

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Microsoft touts migration to Windows 11 as painless, though wallets may disagree 2024-01-17 at 14:47 By Richard Speed Millions have perfectly serviceable PCs running Windows 10 at home Microsoft’s desperation to persuade customers that migrating to Windows 11 is a painless process has taken a new turn, thanks to a relentlessly perky video: “Make Your

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Windows Server 2022 patch is breaking apps for some users 2024-01-17 at 14:02 By Richard Speed Uninstall the update or edit the Windows registry to restore order The latest Windows Server 2022 patch has broken the Chrome browser, and short of uninstalling the update, a registry hack is the only way to restore service for

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Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials 2024-01-17 at 13:46 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that threat actors deploying the AndroxGh0st malware are creating a botnet for “victim identification and exploitation in target networks.” A Python-based malware, AndroxGh0st was first documented by Lacework in

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Webinar: The Art of Privilege Escalation – How Hackers Become Admins 2024-01-17 at 13:46 By In the digital age, the battleground for security professionals is not only evolving, it’s expanding at an alarming rate. The upcoming webinar, “The Art of Privilege Escalation – How Hackers Become Admins,” offers an unmissable opportunity for IT security experts

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The ‘nothing-happened’ Y2K bug – how the IT industry worked overtime to save world’s computers 2024-01-17 at 13:17 By Lindsay Clark …though bonkers conspiracies on solving date-field problem never died down Retro Tech Week  Forty years ago, both Jerome and Marilyn Murray saw their brainchild reach the light of day. In 1984, their book, Computers

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