June 2024

New Malware Targets Exposed Docker APIs for Cryptocurrency Mining 2024-06-18 at 13:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign that targets publicly exposed Docket API endpoints with the aim of delivering cryptocurrency miners and other payloads. Included among the tools deployed is a remote access tool that’s capable of downloading and executing more […]

Apple’s Macintosh 128K on a Pi Pico gets thumbs-up from Upton 2024-06-18 at 12:45 By Richard Speed Just because you could definitely means you should The Raspberry Pi has long been popular with retrocomputing enthusiasts, and its microcontroller – the RP2040 – can also be used for various emulation purposes, now including the original Apple

Ada and Zangemann: Fancy reading your kids a book about FOSS? 2024-06-18 at 11:46 By Liam Proven It’s not every tech conference that has story-reading sessions… but maybe they should Devconf.cz  Free Software Foundation Europe president Matthias Kirshner’s picture book Ada and Zangemann explains the concepts of FOSS to school kids… and managers, marketing people,

VMware Issues Patches for Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi 2024-06-18 at 11:31 By VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and remote code execution. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 (CVSS

Singapore Police Extradites Malaysians Linked to Android Malware Fraud 2024-06-18 at 11:01 By The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June 2023. The unnamed individuals, aged 26 and 47, engaged in scams that

Tiny solid-state battery promises to pack a punch in pocket gadgets 2024-06-18 at 10:31 By Matthew Connatser TDK tech envisioned as successor to button cells – if it works as promised Japan’s TDK Corporation claims its new solid-state battery design has a hundred times the energy density of its previous products.… This article is an

IMF suggests tax on AI’s CO2 emissions, but not AI itself 2024-06-18 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood Be afraid … be very afraid: AI could also revolutionize tax itself, money boffins argue The International Monetary Fund has suggested one way to ameliorate the impact of AI: a tax on the carbon dioxide emissions created in

VMware by Broadcom warns of two critical vCenter flaws, plus a nasty sudo bug 2024-06-18 at 09:16 By Simon Sharwood Specially crafted network packet could allow remote code execution and access to VM fleets VMware by Broadcom has revealed a pair of critical-rated flaws in vCenter Server – the tool used to manage virtual machines

Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by ‘virtual humans’ on its flagship video service 2024-06-18 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Beijing’s interest in generative AI has its limits Chinese web giant Tencent has floated the idea of banning AI-generated videos on its Weixin Channel service, in the grounds that they are low–quality content.… This article is

Humans in AI: The necessity for human-in-the-loop (HILT) 2024-06-18 at 07:16 By A deliberate approach is essential for AI to be net positive, and human-in-the-loop is an essential component of this. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

NTT uses scattered monitors to trick your brain into seeing 3D images 2024-06-18 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Because not everyone’s walking around wearing augmented reality goggles yet Japan’s IT services and telecoms giant NTT Corporation has devised a tech that makes 3D images visible in augmented reality applications without requiring special equipment or even