March 2024

London Clinic probes claim staffer tried to peek at Princess Kate’s records 2024-03-20 at 17:47 By Paul Kunert First: not being able buy a meat pie with a credit card. Now this. The London Clinic where the Princess of Wales had surgery at the start of this year says it is investigating claims that an

New ‘Loop DoS’ Attack Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of Systems 2024-03-20 at 17:31 By A novel denial-of-service (DoS) attack vector has been found to target application-layer protocols based on User Datagram Protocol (UDP), putting hundreds of thousands of hosts likely at risk. Called Loop DoS attacks, the approach pairs “servers of these protocols in such a way that

Canadian arrested for stealing secret to speedy Tesla battery production, say feds 2024-03-20 at 17:16 By Jude Karabus Special tech allegedly lets Musk’s assembly lines produce 5-10 times more kit than rivals Canadian battery exec Klaus Pflugbeil, a 58-year-old who lives in Ningbo, China, was arrested in Long Island yesterday for trying to sell undercover

The Power Shift – Changing global influence in a year of elections 2024-03-20 at 17:16 By In episode 21 of the Cybersecurity & Geopolitical Discussion, our trio of hosts discuss how modern forces manifest, how much power is truly being wielded, and what effect it is likely to have on a year of elections. This

Serial extortionist of medical facilities pleads guilty to cybercrime charges 2024-03-20 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Robert Purbeck even went as far as threatening a dentist with the sale of his child’s data A cyberattacker and extortionist of a medical center has pleaded guilty to federal computer fraud and abuse charges in the US.… This

15% of adults have been targeted by inheritance scams 2024-03-20 at 16:31 By Payment and financial scams were analyzed in a recent report by Visa, finding that adults were losing more money to scams from June to December 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel scores $8.5B in government cheddar to supercharge fab builds 2024-03-20 at 16:16 By Dan Robinson Department of Commerce says it’s the largest such investment in US semiconductor manufacturing Intel is set to grab up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and up to $11 billion in loans from the US government under the CHIPS

Stalkerware usage surging, despite data privacy concerns 2024-03-20 at 15:16 By Jessica Lyons At least 31,031 people affected last year Stalkerware has reached “pandemic proportions,” according to Kaspersky, which documented a total of 31,031 people affected by the intrusive software in 2023 – up almost six percent on the prior year.… This article is an

Trustwave SpiderLabs: Artificial Intelligence Playing a Prime Role in BEC and Phishing Attacks 2024-03-20 at 15:16 By Criminals have historically been quick to embrace cutting-edge technology for their financial gain. For instance, the notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde utilized high-powered V-8 engine-equipped Ford cars to outpace local law enforcement. Other criminal groups leveraged telephones