September 2024

US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia 2024-09-06 at 03:33 By Thomas Claburn Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can’t weaponise tech The US has tightened export controls on quantum computing and semiconductor technology to address national defense and foreign policy concerns posed by […]

Homeland security hopes to scuttle maritime cyber-threats with port infosec testbed 2024-09-06 at 03:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Supply chains, 13M jobs and $649B a year at risk, so Uncle Sam is fighting back – with a request for info The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking help to assess the security of tech at

White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec 2024-09-06 at 01:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please? The White House has unveiled a new strategy to fill some of the hundreds of thousands of critical cybersecurity vacancies across the

Raspberry Pi 4 bugs throw wrench in the works for Fedora 41 2024-09-06 at 00:16 By Liam Proven Problems also afflict the Pi Pico 2’s chip Fedora 41 is approaching the home stretch, but is currently beset by problems around Raspberry Pi support.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says 2024-09-05 at 23:46 By Thomas Claburn Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that the Internet Archive’s digitization and electronic distribution of copyrighted print

AI-pushing Adobe says AI-shy office workers will love AI if it saves them time 2024-09-05 at 23:46 By Thomas Claburn knowledge workers, overwhelmed by knowledge tasks? We know what you need Adobe recently surveyed more than 1,000 employed Americans about their view of AI, and found that they could overcome their concerns about losing their

US charges Russian GRU hackers behind WhisperGate intrusions 2024-09-05 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons Feds post $10 million bounty for each of the six’s whereabouts The US today charged five Russian military intelligence officers and one civilian for their involvement with the data-wiping WhisperGate campaign conducted against Ukraine in January 2022 before the ground invasion

Cisco’s Smart Licensing Utility flaws suggest it’s pretty dumb on security 2024-09-05 at 21:31 By Iain Thomson Two critical holes including hardcoded admin credential If you’re running Cisco’s supposedly Smart Licensing Utility, there are two flaws you ought to patch right now.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Verizon snaps up Frontier in $20B fiber power play 2024-09-05 at 21:02 By Todd Weiss Marking yet another round of telecom consolidation Verizon is buying Frontier Communications for $20 billion in an all-cash deal that the Tier 1 carrier says will bolster its fiber network across 31 states and Washington DC, as the industry undergoes

Chinese-Speaking Hacker Group Targets Human Rights Studies in Middle East 2024-09-05 at 20:16 By Unnamed government entities in the Middle East and Malaysia are the target of a persistent cyber campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as Tropic Trooper since June 2023. “Sighting this group’s [Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures] in critical governmental entities in

Veeam Releases Security Updates to Fix 18 Flaws, Including 5 Critical Issues 2024-09-05 at 20:16 By Veeam has shipped security updates to address a total of 18 security flaws impacting its software products, including five critical vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution. The list of shortcomings is below – CVE-2024-40711 (CVSS score: 9.8)

13 days into the outage, will Kaseya’s Traverse trip back to life today? 2024-09-05 at 19:46 By Richard Speed ‘Potential issue’ in infrastructure of network monitoring tool results in lengthy, ongoing downtime Today’s the day. Maybe. Kaseya’s Traverse platform is scheduled to finally be up and running again after a lengthy period of “maintenance.”… This

Global powers sign AI pact promising to preserve human rights, democracy 2024-09-05 at 19:16 By Lindsay Clark No, Russia and China are not on the list The US, EU, UK, and other nations have signed up to a legal framework setting out a treaty for the implementation of AI that is underpinned by human rights

Building Identity Resilience 2024-09-05 at 19:01 By Eduard Palomeras How will the EU’s Digital Operational Resiliency Act affect identity services? This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source