January 2024

Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches 2024-01-13 at 13:47 By Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. “An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in […]

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29-Year-Old Ukrainian Cryptojacking Kingpin Arrested for Exploiting Cloud Services 2024-01-13 at 12:31 By A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with running a “sophisticated cryptojacking scheme,” netting them over $2 million (€1.8 million) in illicit profits. The person was apprehended in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on January 9 by the National Police of Ukraine with

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Why do IT projects like the UK’s scandal-hit Post Office Horizon end in disaster? 2024-01-13 at 10:47 By Chris Williams Lack of skills, funding, and scrutiny – pick three Kettle  This week the incredible scandal that is the UK’s Post Office Horizon computer system, which ruined people’s lives and drove some to suicide, finally exploded

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Number of orgs compromised via Ivanti VPN zero-days grows as Mandiant weighs in 2024-01-13 at 04:31 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Snoops had no fewer than five custom bits of malware to hand to backdoor networks Two zero-day bugs in Ivanti products were likely under attack by cyberspies as early as December, according to Mandiant’s threat

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This is why we update… Data-thief malware exploits unpatched Windows PCs 2024-01-13 at 02:00 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Phemedrone Stealer loots drives for passwords, cookies, login tokens, etc Criminals are exploiting a Windows Defender SmartScreen bypass vulnerability to infect PCs with Phemedrone Stealer, a malware strain that scans machines for sensitive information – passwords, cookies,

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GitHub Copilot copyright case narrowed but not neutered 2024-01-13 at 00:17 By Thomas Claburn Microsoft and OpenAI fail to shake off AI infringement allegations The judge overseeing the AI code-copying case filed against GitHub, OpenAI, and Microsoft has dismissed some but not all of the aggrieved developers’ claims, leaving the plaintiffs a more limited but

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The week in weird: Check out the strangest CES tech of 2024 2024-01-12 at 22:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo Cat flap fever, a streaming service for dogs, and other oddities on display in Vegas this week CES  Ah, January: The start of a new year, crisp winter weather (if you live in the northern hemisphere, at

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Exploit for under-siege SharePoint vuln reportedly in hands of ransomware crew 2024-01-12 at 21:47 By Connor Jones It’s taken months for crims to hack together a working exploit chain Security experts claim ransomware criminals have got their hands on a functional exploit for a nearly year-old critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability that was this week added

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Alabama law firm issues data breach notification 2024-01-12 at 21:01 By An Alabama-based law firm announced that the company experienced a data breach affecting client information, including insurance information. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Google to lay Asia-Pacific to South America undersea cable 2024-01-12 at 20:46 By Laura Dobberstein Humboldt cable to zoom from Chile to Australia through the South Pacific Google says it is building the first ever subsea cable connecting South America to Asia-Pacific, in partnership with Chilean state-run infrastructure fund Desarrollo Pais and the Office of

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Secret multimillion-dollar cryptojacker snared by Ukrainian police 2024-01-12 at 19:31 By Connor Jones Criminal scored $2M in crypto proceeds but ends up in ‘cuffs following property raid The criminal thought to be behind a multimillion-dollar cryptojacking scheme is in custody following a Europol-led investigation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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US tech innovation dreams soured by changed R&D tax laws 2024-01-12 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo But Congress is on top of that, right? A US federal tax change that took effect in 2022 thanks to a time-triggered portion of the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act may leave entrepreneurs with massive tax bills. … This

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FTC blocks data broker from selling information 2024-01-12 at 18:31 By The FTC has prohibited X-Mode Social and Outlogic from selling or sharing sensitive data to settle allegations regarding precise location data. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Going green Hertz: Rental giant axes third of EV fleet over lack of demand 2024-01-12 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Company expects $245 million hit due to depreciation Rental giant Hertz is backing away from electric vehicles (EVs) and plans to sell off a third of its global fleet of battery-powered cars.… This article is

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Media experts cry foul over AI’s free lunch of copyrighted content 2024-01-12 at 17:02 By Katyanna Quach US senators want to know how chatbots represent an existential crisis to journalism and democracy Tech companies should compensate news publishers for training AI models on their copyrighted content, media experts told senators in a hearing this week.…

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