February 2024

Raspberry Robin devs are buying exploits for faster attacks 2024-02-08 at 19:16 By Connor Jones One of most important malware loaders to cybercrims who are jumping on vulnerabilities faster than ever Researchers suspect the criminals behind the Raspberry Robin malware are now buying exploits for speedier cyberattacks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Report: Blocked IP addresses increased by 116.42% 2024-02-08 at 19:16 By The number of blocked IP addresses suspected of malicious traffic such as DDoS attacks surged from 18.5 million to 40.15 million from Q2 to Q3. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Europe’s deepest mine to become Europe’s deepest battery 2024-02-08 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo 2 MW of energy storage using dirt, winches, and cables set to be installed in Finland The deepest metal mine in Europe, unused since 2022, is set to host a giant underground gravity battery.… This article is an excerpt from The

Leaked memo: Microsoft employees should be using Copilot too 2024-02-08 at 18:17 By Richard Speed It’s all part of a push to get more devs using AI tools While blasting customers with the promise of AI, Microsoft is now telling its employees to tiptoe into the brave new world too.… This article is an excerpt

Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing 2024-02-08 at 17:32 By Richard Speed You think your latency is bad? How about 45 hours to see if a command worked? NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that work to resolve a data issue aboard Voyager 1 continues, almost two months since the

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11 2024-02-08 at 17:17 By Richard Speed Linux users have enjoyed such functionality for decades Microsoft has accidentally announced the arrival of sudo in Windows, bringing to an end fervent industry chatter about the tool emerging in the company’s flagship operating system.… This article is

Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper, including $300m spoof trades 2024-02-08 at 16:31 By Lindsay Clark Fourth conviction in South Africa-linked scheme The head of financial engineering at fintech platform Hydrogen Technology has been convicted of manipulating the price of a security and scheming to defraud investors in the company’s cryptocurrency, HYDRO.… This article

Cybercrime duo accused of picking $2.5M from Apple’s orchard 2024-02-08 at 16:02 By Connor Jones Security researcher buddies allegedly tag team a four-month virtual gift card heist at Cupertino tech giant A cybersecurity researcher and his pal are facing charges in California after they allegedly defrauded an unnamed company, almost certainly Apple, out of $2.5