February 2024

The FCC wants to criminalize AI robocall spam

The FCC wants to criminalize AI robocall spam 2024-02-02 at 03:47 By Katyanna Quach The only thing worse than a telemarketer is a robo-telemarketer The FCC wants to make AI-powered robocalls illegal and has warned of a rising wave of scams from voice-cloning technology.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source […]

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Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies

Cloudflare sheds more light on Thanksgiving security breach in which tokens, source code accessed by suspected spies 2024-02-02 at 03:16 By Thomas Claburn Atlassian systen compromised via October Okta intrusion Cloudflare has just detailed how suspected government spies gained access to its internal Atlassian installation using credentials stolen via a security breach at Okta in

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OpenAI claims GPT-4 gives ‘a mild uplift’ to creating a biochemical weapon

OpenAI claims GPT-4 gives ‘a mild uplift’ to creating a biochemical weapon 2024-02-02 at 00:46 By Katyanna Quach Good to know that boffins can’t easily prompt their way to new careers as biowar supervillains GPT-4 contributes “at most a mild uplift” to users who employ the model to create bioweapons, according to a study conducted

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China ‘readies production’ of homegrown high-bandwidth memory

China ‘readies production’ of homegrown high-bandwidth memory 2024-02-02 at 00:01 By Tobias Mann Breaking the AI performance bottleneck is key for Middle Kingdom’s ambitions ChangXin Memory Technologies, aka CXMT, could become China’s first domestic producer of high-bandwidth memory modules, which are crucial to building the accelerators used in AI and high-performance computing.… This article is

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JetBrains’ unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry

JetBrains’ unremovable AI assistant meets irresistible outcry 2024-02-01 at 22:31 By Thomas Claburn Some devs just don’t want anything to do with neural-network code serfs JetBrains introduced an AI assistant in December to help programmers write code. Now the biz is trying to figure out how to allow its customers to get rid of it.…

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Rise of deepfake threats means biometric security measures won’t be enough

Rise of deepfake threats means biometric security measures won’t be enough 2024-02-01 at 21:02 By Lindsay Clark Defenses need a rethink in face of increasing sophistication Cyber attacks using AI-generated deepfakes to bypass facial biometrics security will lead a third of organizations to doubt the adequacy of identity verification and authentication tools as standalone protections.…

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Netgear takes Huawei to court over Wi-Fi patent spat

Netgear takes Huawei to court over Wi-Fi patent spat 2024-02-01 at 20:17 By Dan Robinson Router maker claims Chinese giant refuses to license on reasonable terms Netgear is suing Huawei in California, accusing its networking kit rival of racketeering and anti-competitive behavior for refusing to license Wi-Fi patents it holds on reasonable and non-discriminatory (RAND)

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Biden will veto attempts to rip up SEC breach reporting rule

Biden will veto attempts to rip up SEC breach reporting rule 2024-02-01 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Senate, House can try but won’t make it past the Prez, says White House The Biden administration has expressed to congressional representatives its strong opposition to undoing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) strict data breach reporting rule.…

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CISA Sets 48-hour Deadline for Removal of Insecure Ivanti Products

CISA Sets 48-hour Deadline for Removal of Insecure Ivanti Products 2024-02-01 at 19:01 By Ryan Naraine In an unprecedented move, CISA is demanding that federal agencies disconnect all instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure products within 48 hours. The post CISA Sets 48-hour Deadline for Removal of Insecure Ivanti Products appeared first

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FritzFrog Returns with Log4Shell and PwnKit, Spreading Malware Inside Your Network

FritzFrog Returns with Log4Shell and PwnKit, Spreading Malware Inside Your Network 2024-02-01 at 18:31 By The threat actor behind a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as FritzFrog has made a return with a new variant that leverages the Log4Shell vulnerability to propagate internally within an already compromised network. “The vulnerability is exploited in a brute-force manner that attempts to target

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‘Leaky Vessels’ Container Escape Vulnerabilities Impact Docker, Others 

‘Leaky Vessels’ Container Escape Vulnerabilities Impact Docker, Others  2024-02-01 at 18:01 By Eduard Kovacs Snyk discloses information on Leaky Vessels, several potentially serious container escape vulnerabilities affecting Docker and others. The post ‘Leaky Vessels’ Container Escape Vulnerabilities Impact Docker, Others  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Watch: Top Cyber Officials Testify on China’s Cyber Threat to US Critical Infrastructure

Watch: Top Cyber Officials Testify on China’s Cyber Threat to US Critical Infrastructure 2024-02-01 at 18:01 By SecurityWeek News Video: Top US cyber officials testify on China’s cyber threat to U.S. national security and critical infrastrcuture. The post Watch: Top Cyber Officials Testify on China’s Cyber Threat to US Critical Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Windows 10 users report app problems after Microsoft update

Windows 10 users report app problems after Microsoft update 2024-02-01 at 17:46 By Richard Speed When Redmond says unsupported, it really means it. Windows 11 fans beware Old Windows 10 hardware is struggling to open some recently updated Microsoft applications, giving anyone running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware a glimpse of their potential future.… This

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FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities

FritzFrog botnet exploits Log4Shell, PwnKit vulnerabilities 2024-02-01 at 17:31 By Helga Labus The FritzFrog cryptomining botnet has new potential for growth: a recently analyzed variant of the bot is exploiting the Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) and PwnKit (CVE-2021-4034) vulnerabilities for lateral movement and privilege escalation. The FritzFrog botnet The FritzFrog botnet, initially identified in August 2020, is

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Uncle Sam designates more Chinese tech companies as military collaborators

Uncle Sam designates more Chinese tech companies as military collaborators 2024-02-01 at 17:16 By Dan Robinson No restrictions, but it could be harder to deal with American businesses The chip wars between Washington and Beijing keep grinding on with more than a dozen Chinese tech companies now being added to a list of entities claimed

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Graylog API Security enables organizations to identify and classify APIs

Graylog API Security enables organizations to identify and classify APIs 2024-02-01 at 17:02 By Industry News Graylog released a free version of Graylog API Security. This API discovery and monitoring tool makes API security accessible to enterprises of all sizes at a time when API-related attacks are on the rise. Uniquely, Graylog API Security enables

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Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Millions in Cryptocurrency via SIM Swapping 

Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Millions in Cryptocurrency via SIM Swapping  2024-02-01 at 17:02 By Eduard Kovacs Daniel James Junk sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency through SIM swapping. The post Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Millions in Cryptocurrency via SIM Swapping  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Qualys enhances CyberSecurity Asset Management to discover risky unmanaged devices

Qualys enhances CyberSecurity Asset Management to discover risky unmanaged devices 2024-02-01 at 16:46 By Industry News Qualys is expanding Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) to identify unmanaged and untrusted devices in real-time. Leveraging the Qualys Cloud Agent to continuously monitor the network, this passive discovery method complements scans, agents, and API-based discovery to build a

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LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children’s hospital

LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children’s hospital 2024-02-01 at 16:32 By Connor Jones It even had the gall to set the ransom demand at $800K … for a nonprofit Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children’s hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of

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