February 2024

5G network slicing finally shown to be more than pipe dream 2024-02-08 at 15:31 By Dan Robinson Telcos demonstrate configuration in action at research facility. Now to find customers that want to buy one Telco BT has demonstrated network slicing, long slated as a key element for providing full fat 5G networks promised to subscribers.…

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Chinese Hackers Operate Undetected in U.S. Critical Infrastructure for Half a Decade 2024-02-08 at 15:31 By The U.S. government on Wednesday said the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon had been embedded into some critical infrastructure networks in the country for at least five years. Targets of the threat actor include communications, energy, transportation, and

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Super Bowl security tips for planning corporate security strategy 2024-02-08 at 15:16 By Like sporting events organizers, corporate teams can benefit from implementing core ideas from big event security into their own security strategy.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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European cloud providers locked in talks with Microsoft over licensing complaint 2024-02-08 at 14:46 By Paul Kunert Redmond has until end of this quarter to make ‘substantive progress’ A trade group representing 27 cloud businesses is back at the negotiating table in a bid to resolve the lawsuit it filed over Microsoft’s alleged anti-competitive licensing

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Microsoft seeks patent for tech to put words into your mouth 2024-02-08 at 13:32 By Katyanna Quach Remember that satnav that spoke like Homer Simpson? Now imagine AI doing that in any language, on any device Microsoft has filed a patent application for an “automatic dubbing” system that strips speech from media and inserts new

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Unified Identity – look for the meaning behind the hype! 2024-02-08 at 13:16 By If you’ve listened to software vendors in the identity space lately, you will have noticed that “unified” has quickly become the buzzword that everyone is adopting to describe their portfolio. And this is great! Unified identity has some amazing benefits!  However

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HijackLoader Evolves: Researchers Decode the Latest Evasion Methods 2024-02-08 at 13:16 By The threat actors behind a loader malware called HijackLoader have added new techniques for defense evasion, as the malware continues to be increasingly used by other threat actors to deliver additional payloads and tooling. “The malware developer used a standard process hollowing technique coupled with

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Saturnian moon Mimas: Crunchy on the outside, sub-surface ocean on the inside 2024-02-08 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Data from Cassini suggests hidden depths beneath crater-ridden body Mimas, a moderate-sized moon orbiting Saturn, is likely to possess liquid oceans hidden under its icy surface, according to a research paper published this week.… This article is

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Google Starts Blocking Sideloading of Potentially Dangerous Android Apps in Singapore 2024-02-08 at 12:31 By Google has unveiled a new pilot program in Singapore that aims to prevent users from sideloading certain apps that abuse Android app permissions to read one-time passwords and gather sensitive data. “This enhanced fraud protection will analyze and automatically block

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When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni’s Oracle IT disaster 2024-02-08 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Management either weren’t told about risks or ignored them, report finds Before Edinburgh University went live with its disastrous Oracle finance and HR system rollout, senior managers either didn’t get the message about “red” risks or ignored

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In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn’t fixed them 2024-02-08 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser Apple has argued for years that developers who don’t want to abide by its rules for native iOS apps can always write web apps.… This

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Kimsuky’s New Golang Stealer ‘Troll’ and ‘GoBear’ Backdoor Target South Korea 2024-02-08 at 10:31 By The North Korea-linked nation-state actor known as Kimsuky is suspected of using a previously undocumented Golang-based information stealer called Troll Stealer. The malware steals “SSH, FileZilla, C drive files/directories, browsers, system information, [and] screen captures” from infected systems, South Korean cybersecurity

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Rust can help make software secure – but it’s no cure-all 2024-02-08 at 09:32 By Thomas Claburn Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language Memory-safety flaws represent the majority of high-severity problems for Google and Microsoft, but they’re not necessarily associated with the majority of vulnerabilities that actually get exploited.… This article

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