April 2024

Korean researcher details scheme abusing Apple’s third-party pickup policy 2024-04-18 at 19:16 By Laura Dobberstein Criminals make lucrative use of stolen credit cards Speaking at Black Hat Asia on Thursday, a Korean researcher revealed how the discovery of one phishing website led to uncovering an operation whose activities leveraged second-hand shops and included using Apple’s

911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear 2024-04-18 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened? Widespread 911 outages in the US appear to have mostly been resolved, but that doesn’t mean the cause is clear.… This article is an

TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas 2024-04-18 at 18:17 By Matthew Connatser It’ll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO TSMC boss C C Wei says customers who want to fabricate in the chip giant’s non-Taiwan facilities will need share the cost by paying more.… This article is an

The mathematics of Bitcoin halvings: Cracking the equations and formulas 2024-04-18 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Onkar Singh The Bitcoin halving is a fascinating interplay of code and economics. Explore how these events control Bitcoin’s supply, inflation and long-term appeal. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

OfflRouter Malware Evades Detection in Ukraine for Almost a Decade 2024-04-18 at 18:01 By Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015. Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to the

NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope 2024-04-18 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts NASA is sending astronauts out to fix an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station (ISS) after the instrument developed a “light leak.”… This article is an excerpt

FIN7 Cybercrime Group Targeting U.S. Auto Industry with Carbanak Backdoor 2024-04-18 at 17:16 By The infamous cybercrime syndicate known as FIN7 has been linked to a spear-phishing campaign targeting the U.S. automotive industry to deliver a known backdoor called Carbanak (aka Anunak). “FIN7 identified employees at the company who worked in the IT department and

185K people’s sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health 2024-04-18 at 17:02 By Connor Jones Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected Ransomware strikes at yet another US healthcare organization led to the theft of sensitive data belonging to just shy of 185,000 people.… This article is

Admin alert: Copilot app lands on Windows Server 2022 2024-04-18 at 16:46 By Richard Speed AI assistant turned up via an Edge update. It was an accident. This time… Microsoft’s Copilot obsession has continued with the AI assistant unexpectedly arriving on Windows Server 2022 this week, in a situation the software giant is calling an

Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs 2024-04-18 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator Memory chipmaker Micron looks set to be the next recipient of US government subsidy cash with $6.1 billion heading its way to help fund new-build semiconductor plants.… This

Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to ‘hubs,’ freeing up cash for AI investments 2024-04-18 at 15:47 By Paul Kunert Restructure of finance teams will see some leave, and other roles created in Mexico City, Bangalore, and US cities Google is again firing the redundancy cannon for the second time this year,