May 2024

Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator 2024-05-07 at 19:01 By The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD), the

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Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable Another week, another round of layoffs at Tesla to report, and this time engineers are caught up in the mix. … This article is an excerpt from The

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Investigators finally unmask LockBit kingpin after two-month tease 2024-05-07 at 18:16 By Connor Jones Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev’s $10M question is answered at last The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware operation has finally been named by law enforcement as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins 2024-05-07 at 17:47 By Dan Robinson Customers brace for bumpy ride Broadcom has ended the right of Amazon Web Services to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, meaning customers will now have a direct relationship only with VMware by Broadcom, casting doubt over the long-term

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Valve vexation: Boeing’s Starliner grounded again 2024-05-07 at 17:16 By Richard Speed Problems with Centaur rocket keeps first crewed flight on terra firma Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner crewed launch, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed yet again, this time due to a valve problem on the Centaur upper stage. Managers pushed back the next

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APT42 Hackers Pose as Journalists to Harvest Credentials and Access Cloud Data 2024-05-07 at 17:01 By The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments. Targets of the attack include Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists, Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant said in

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China-Linked Hackers Used ROOTROT Webshell in MITRE Network Intrusion 2024-05-07 at 17:01 By The MITRE Corporation has offered more details into the recently disclosed cyber attack, stating that the first evidence of the intrusion now dates back to December 31, 2023. The attack, which came to light last month, singled out MITRE’s Networked Experimentation, Research, and Virtualization Environment

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Palantir’s CEO calls ‘woke’ a ‘central risk to Palantir, America and the world’ 2024-05-07 at 16:46 By Lindsay Clark Oh, and Alex Karp’s forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth Analytics platform biz Palantir saw its share price dip yesterday despite posting on-the-nose revenue growth of 21 percent year-over-year to reach $634 million in

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TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025 2024-05-07 at 16:16 By Laura Dobberstein TrendForce warns of ‘potential crowding out effects on HBM’ TSMC’s advanced packaging capacity is fully booked for the next two years, thanks to Nvidia and AMD needs, according to reports that echo an earlier earnings call.… This article is an excerpt

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