February 2024

Half of polled infosec pros say their degree was less than useful for real-world work 2024-02-07 at 22:46 By Jessica Lyons The other half paid attention in class? Half of infosec professionals polled by Kaspersky said any cybersecurity knowledge they picked up from their higher education is at best somewhat useful for doing their day […]

US says China’s Volt Typhoon is readying destructive cyberattacks 2024-02-07 at 21:16 By Jessica Lyons 12 international govt agencies sound the alarm, critical infrastructure at the heart of threats The US government today confirmed that China’s Volt Typhoon crew comprised “multiple” critical infrastructure org’s IT networks, and warned that the state-sponored hackers are readying “disruptive

Ford pulls the plug on EV strategy as losses pile up 2024-02-07 at 20:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can get to a profit’ The reality of electric vehicle prices has finally caught up with the venerable US automaker Ford, which said yesterday that it’s rethinking its loss-making EV

You’re not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse 2024-02-07 at 19:46 By Dan Robinson It’s all down to recommissioned kit, claim techies tasked with retrieving data from busted gear A German data recovery specialist has confirmed what many Reg readers will have suspected: USB memory sticks are getting less reliable. The cause,

After the Breach 2024-02-07 at 19:16 By Rob Marti What You Can Do Today to Protect Critical and Sensitive Data This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Iran’s cyber operations in Israel a potential prelude to US election interference 2024-02-07 at 18:31 By Connor Jones Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers Iran’s anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window into the techniques the country may deploy in the run-up to the 2024 US Presidential elections, Microsoft says.… This article

After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back 2024-02-07 at 18:16 By The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made “behavioral changes” to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity. KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) routers

Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute 2024-02-07 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Windows encryption feature defeated by $10 and a YouTube tutorial We’re very familiar with the many projects in which Raspberry Pi hardware is used, from giving old computers a new lease of life through to running the animated displays so

TSMC to build second fab in Japan, backed by local investment 2024-02-07 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson Plus: SMIC said to be building new lines to make 5nm process chips designed by Huawei TSMC is set to build a second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan with investment from Toyota and other local corporations. The move

Hundreds of workers to space out from NASA’s JPL amid budget black hole 2024-02-07 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Launch windows do not respect political squabbling NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that substantial budget cuts are inbound, with over 500 staffers affected – approximately 8 percent of the workforce.… This article is an

Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros 2024-02-07 at 16:16 By The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot

John Godfrey announced as Kansas Chief Information Security Officer 2024-02-07 at 15:31 By Governor Laura Kelly recently announced that John Godfrey is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Kansas.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source