February 2024

Google throws $1m at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges 2024-02-06 at 01:01 By Thomas Claburn Chocolate Factory matches Microsoft money for memory safety Google on Monday donated $1 million to the Rust Foundation specifically to improve interoperability between the language and C++.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React […]

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Attempts to demolish guardrails in AI image generators blamed for lewd Taylor Swift deepfakes 2024-02-06 at 00:16 By Katyanna Quach Creeps on notorious bulletin board 4Chan reportedly decided to humiliate prominent women The viral lewd deepfake images of popstar Taylor Swift reportedly stemmed from an online competition on 4chan, challenging contestants to break AI software

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More mass exploits hit the same buggy Ivanti devices 2024-02-05 at 23:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle At this point you might be better just shutting the stuff down All manner of miscreants are piling onto the latest Ivanti flaw, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21893, according to threat hunters tracking the string

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Faraday plots a 64-core Arm chip with Intel inside 2024-02-05 at 22:17 By Tobias Mann The melding of Arm cores and Intel process tech was bound to happen eventually Intel Foundry Services (IFS) has found a customer in Faraday Technology, which plans to fab its Arm Neoverse-based processors using the x86 giant’s 18A process tech.…

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Ignore Uncle Sam’s ‘voluntary’ cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril 2024-02-05 at 21:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle What is on HHS paper will most likely become law, Google security boss says Interview  If you are responsible for infosec at a US hospital or other healthcare organization, and you treat the government’s new “voluntary” cybersecurity

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Aircraft rivet hole issues cause delays to Boeing 737 Max deliveries 2024-02-05 at 21:01 By Lindsay Clark Supplier to beleagered US aerospace giant spots problem, which would not be an ‘immediate flight safety issue’ US aerospace giant Boeing is set to delay the deliveries of nearly 50 of its popular 737 Max aircraft after a

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AnyDesk revokes signing certs, portal passwords after crooks sneak into systems 2024-02-05 at 20:46 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Horse, meet stable door AnyDesk has copped to an IT security “incident” in which criminals broke into the remote-desktop software maker’s production systems. The biz has told customers to expect disruption as it attempts to lock down

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When it comes working from home Reg readers are bucking national trends 2024-02-05 at 20:02 By Iain Thomson Our survey shows you like your home comforts Every week we run a reader survey at the bottom of articles and the results for last week’s question on home working made for interesting reading.… This article is

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way to get US chips into China 2024-02-05 at 19:16 By Tobias Mann Buy ’em, rent ’em, smuggle ’em – export restrictions don’t cover illegitimate means US trade restrictions have made it harder for Chinese companies and government agencies to get their hands on advanced semiconductor technologies, but apparently

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Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering 2024-02-05 at 18:46 By A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e is facing charges related to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money services business. Aliaksandr Klimenka, who was arrested in Latvia on

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40 years ago, an astronaut first took flight from the Space Shuttle 2024-02-05 at 18:31 By Richard Speed Look Ma: no tether! It is 40 years since the iconic image of Bruce McCandless II, floating free and untethered above the Earth while testing out the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), was snapped from the Space Shuttle

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iFixit tears Apple’s Vision Pro to pieces 2024-02-05 at 17:46 By Richard Speed It isn’t just the price that makes your eyes look so weird Tech repair champ iFixit has disassembled Apple’s newly released Vision Pro headset and came up with an explanation for why the EyeSight display looks so weird.… This article is an

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FTC requires Blackbaud to delete personal data following charges 2024-02-05 at 17:31 By Following Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges, Blackbaud will be required to delete any unnecessary personal data to settle data privacy claims. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Lurie Children’s Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack 2024-02-05 at 17:01 By Connor Jones It’s the second Chicago hospital to disclose a major incident in the same week For the second time in one week, cybercriminals have targeted a Chicago children’s hospital, this time causing significant operational disruption.… This article is an excerpt

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