June 2024

Vietnam’s internet again in trouble as three of five submarine cables go down 2024-06-18 at 05:32 By Matthew Connatser Outages came a day after nation launched giveaway of .VN domains in pursuit of improved digital sovereignty Internet connectivity between Vietnam and the rest of the globe has degraded yet again after three of the five […]

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Arm security defense shattered by speculative execution 95% of the time 2024-06-18 at 04:24 By Thomas Claburn ‘TikTag’ security folks find anti-exploit mechanism rather fragile In 2018, chip designer Arm introduced a hardware security feature called Memory Tagging Extensions (MTE) as a defense against memory safety bugs. But it may not be as effective as

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Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam 2024-06-18 at 03:02 By Jessica Lyons Pen-testing tools didn’t work – and personal info of folks hit by pandemic started appearing in search engines Two consulting firms, Guidehouse and Nan McKay and Associates, have agreed to pay a total of $11.3 million

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US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks 2024-06-18 at 00:45 By Matthew Connatser Something like … Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads? US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy today said official warning labels should be slapped on social media networks.… This article is an

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Feds cuff suspected bosses of underworld Empire Market 2024-06-17 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons Could this be curtains for Dopenugget and Zero Angel’s $430M cyber-crime souk? The two alleged administrators of Empire Market, a dark-web bazaar that peddled drugs, malware, digital fraud, and other illegal stuff, have been arrested on charges related to owning and

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Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with ‘hidden’ cancellation fees 2024-06-17 at 23:01 By Thomas Claburn Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs The FTC has sued Adobe in federal court alleging the Photoshop titan and two of its executives deceived artists by concealing termination fees for its subscription

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McDonald’s not lovin’ its AI drive-thru experiment with IBM 2024-06-17 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Automated voice ordering still on the menu for the future, though McDonald’s is pulling out of its venture with IBM that brought AI to some of its drive-thrus.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business 2024-06-17 at 21:46 By Richard Currie Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly Another week, another lawsuit for an Elon Musk-owned company, this one filed by a former Neuralink employee claiming she was twice scratched by

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Blackbaud has to cough up a few million dollars more over 2020 ransomware attack 2024-06-17 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Four years on and it’s still paying for what California attorney general calls ‘unacceptable’ practice Months after escaping without a fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the luck of cloud software biz Blackbaud

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In homage to Jurassic Park, researchers store DNA in amber-like polymer 2024-06-17 at 20:28 By Dan Robinson Could be used to solve long term digital data storage problems too Boffins at MIT have come up with an amber-like polymer that can be used to preserve DNA, which could allow it to be used for long

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The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Running on one gyro, but still gazing at the sky The Hubble Space Telescope has resumed science operations in single-gyro mode after one of its three remaining gyros was declared suspect.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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6 months of SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: An updated view 2024-06-17 at 19:16 By As the 6-month mark of the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure regulations approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the requirements. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz 2024-06-17 at 18:47 By Dan Robinson CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference AI PCs may be talk of the town right now but AMD’s chief financial officer reckons that the datacenter remains the chipmaker’s major profit engine, and

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ASUS Patches Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw in Multiple Router Models 2024-06-17 at 18:01 By ASUS has shipped software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its routers that could be exploited by malicious actors to bypass authentication. Tracked as CVE-2024-3080, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0.

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Law firms seek investors’ support in Teradata class action 2024-06-17 at 17:35 By Lindsay Clark Claim analytics and data platform biz misled investors about size of public cloud forecast Teradata faces the prospect of a class action suit relating to statements to investors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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