July 2024

European Commission accepts Apple’s ‘tap and go’ promises 2024-07-11 at 15:46 By Richard Speed Makes third-party wallets getting iOS NFC access a ‘legally binding’ thing Apple has avoided a potential hefty fine and an antitrust case in Europe after making concessions that include opening up access to iPhone hardware needed for “tap and go” applications.… […]

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Chinese APT41 Upgrades Malware Arsenal with DodgeBox and MoonWalk 2024-07-11 at 15:46 By The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group codenamed APT41 is suspected to be using an “advanced and upgraded version” of a known malware called StealthVector to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MoonWalk. The new variant of StealthVector – which is also

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AMD buys developer Silo AI in bid to match Nvidia’s product range 2024-07-11 at 15:16 By Dan Robinson First it comes for market leader’s GPUs with the MI300X… now it’s nibbling at software AMD is set to swallow software biz Silo AI for $650 million in a bid to boost its own enterprise AI wares.…

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Boeing’s Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues 2024-07-11 at 14:31 By Richard Speed We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is set to spend a little longer attached to the International Space Station (ISS) as

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Streamlined Security Solutions: PAM for Small to Medium-sized Businesses 2024-07-11 at 14:16 By Today, all organizations are exposed to the threat of cyber breaches, irrespective of their scale. Historically, larger companies were frequent targets due to their substantial resources, sensitive data, and regulatory responsibilities, whereas smaller entities often underestimated their attractiveness to hackers. However, this

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New Poco RAT Targets Spanish-Speaking Victims in Phishing Campaign 2024-07-11 at 13:46 By Spanish language victims are the target of an email phishing campaign that delivers a new remote access trojan (RAT) called Poco RAT since at least February 2024. The attacks primarily single out mining, manufacturing, hospitality, and utilities sectors, according to cybersecurity company

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Privacy expert put away for 9 years after ‘grotesque’ cyberstalking campaign 2024-07-11 at 13:31 By Jessica Lyons Scumbag targeted many victims – and those who tried to help them A scumbag who used to work as a privacy consultant has been put behind bars for nine years for a “grotesque” cyberstalking campaign against more than

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Ransomware: Activity Levels Remain High Despite Disruption 2024-07-11 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Activity levels dipped slightly in the first quarter of 2024 as two major ransomware operations were the targets of law enforcement operations. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Ransomware: Activity Levels Remain High Despite Disruption 2024-07-11 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Activity levels dipped slightly in the first quarter of 2024 as two major ransomware operations were the targets of law enforcement operations. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Ransomware: Activity Levels Remain High Despite Disruption 2024-07-11 at 13:16 By Threat Hunter Team Activity levels dipped slightly in the first quarter of 2024 as two major ransomware operations were the targets of law enforcement operations. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Firefox 128 bumps system requirements for old boxes 2024-07-11 at 12:46 By Liam Proven Get comfortable, it’ll be here for a while Firefox 128 is out with a relatively modest feature set – but it will also be the latest Extended Support Release (ESR) release, meaning that the end for Firefox 115 is coming into

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Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union 2024-07-11 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Driving a new car in the EU? Get ready for a cacophony of beeps and whistles if you’re a bit heavy on the go pedal It was a big week for road safety campaigners in the European Union

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You had a year to patch this Veeam flaw and now it’s going to hurt 2024-07-11 at 10:31 By Jessica Lyons LockBit variant targets backup software – which you may remember is supposed to help you recover from ransomware Yet another new ransomware gang, this one dubbed EstateRansomware, is exploiting a Veeam vulnerability that was

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Xen Project in peril as colo provider housing test platform closes 2024-07-11 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood Admits it may struggle to fund and implement replacement infrastructure The Xen Project, creator and manager of the open-source Xen hypervisor and associated tools, has warned its community of potential problems flowing from the imminent closure of the

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PHP Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Malware and Launch DDoS Attacks 2024-07-11 at 09:01 By Multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS score: 9.8), which allows an attacker to remotely

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