July 2024

Tesla asks customers to stop being wet blankets about chargers 2024-07-29 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Trick appears to speed powering up but could cause damage to cables Tesla has asked owners to stop wrapping wet towels around handles to speed up the recharging process, warning that this can damage its Supercharger stalls.… This article

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild 2024-07-29 at 20:31 By Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from

EU regulator reportedly set to give the nod to HPE-Juniper deal 2024-07-29 at 20:01 By Dan Robinson Aruba, Aruba! Some network pros worry it will lead to less choice The European Commission is set to deliver unconditional approval for HPE’s proposed $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, according to reports.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft finds a new way to irritate Windows 11 users – a backup pop-up 2024-07-29 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Ads in the Start Menu not annoying enough for you? Hold my beer Microsoft is always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to annoy Windows users. Its latest wheeze is a full-screen pop-up

72% of Americans believe deepfakes may influence upcoming elections 2024-07-29 at 19:16 By There is growing concern that AI may undermine democratic elections.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9 2024-07-29 at 18:31 By Richard Speed 1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home NASA will be launching a crew atop a Falcon 9 in the coming weeks as the SpaceX workhorse returned to flight

French internet cables cut in act of sabotage that caused outages across country 2024-07-29 at 18:01 By Matthew Connatser Axe attack comes just days after arsonists target rail network Fiber optic internet cables across France have been cut in an apparent act of sabotage, resulting in outages across the country.… This article is an excerpt

Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people’s data 2024-07-29 at 17:01 By Connor Jones No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days HealthEquity, a US fintech firm for the healthcare sector, admits that a “data security event” it discovered at the end of June hit the data of

Proofpoint Email Routing Flaw Exploited to Send Millions of Spoofed Phishing Emails 2024-07-29 at 16:31 By An unknown threat actor has been linked to a massive scam campaign that exploited an email routing misconfiguration in email security vendor Proofpoint’s defenses to send millions of messages spoofing various legitimate companies. “These emails echoed from official Proofpoint

Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Happy Sysadmin Day Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users – just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the

Knowing your Enemy: Situational Awareness in Cyber Defenses 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By David Broggy Most homeowners know that a lock is a good idea as a basic defense against invaders, and leaving the front door unlocked is simply unwise. Unfortunately, when it comes to creating a strong cyber defense it’s not that simple. Attackers have

Security flaws discovered in a popular web analytics provider 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By Research from unveils a security flaw within the popular web analytics provider, Hotjar. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The port of the Windows 95 Start Menu was not all it seemed 2024-07-29 at 15:31 By Richard Speed Fnding your code on the cutting room floor decades after the event Ever thought you’d committed an elegant bit of code, only to find that somebody else decided to drop it because “that’s the way we’ve