October 2024

Microsoft accused of ‘greenwashing’ as AI used in fossil fuel exploration

Microsoft accused of ‘greenwashing’ as AI used in fossil fuel exploration 2024-10-31 at 23:06 By Dan Robinson Activists press Redmond to come clean on ‘material reputational, legal, and operational risks’ Microsoft shareholders may be exposed to the “material financial risks” from its links with the fossil fuel industry, which the megacorp identified as the top […]

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AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more

AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more 2024-10-31 at 22:02 By In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about

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Amazon adds MFA to its enterprise email service … eight years after launch

Amazon adds MFA to its enterprise email service … eight years after launch 2024-10-31 at 21:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo No rush, guys Amazon’s cloud-hosted email service for enterprises now offers multifactor authentication, which is great, except that the service launched nearly a decade ago. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Samsung blames ‘one-off costs’ as Q3 chip profits plummet 40%

Samsung blames ‘one-off costs’ as Q3 chip profits plummet 40% 2024-10-31 at 19:17 By Dan Robinson Unexpected expenses in semiconductor division overshadow revenue gains Samsung Electronics is blaming a quarter-on-quarter plunge in operating profits in its chips division on costs incurred, and says it intends to focus on “high value-added products” for the rest of

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Cyble Sensors Detect New Attacks on LightSpeed, GutenKit WordPress Plugins

Cyble Sensors Detect New Attacks on LightSpeed, GutenKit WordPress Plugins 2024-10-31 at 19:17 By Paul Shread Overview Cyble’s weekly sensor intelligence report for clients detailed new attacks on popular WordPress plugins, and IoT exploits continue to occur at very high rates. Two 9.8-severity vulnerabilities in LightSpeed Cache and GutenKit are under attack, as WordPress and

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Global operation EMERALDWHALE steals 15K cloud credentials

Global operation EMERALDWHALE steals 15K cloud credentials 2024-10-31 at 19:16 By A global operation called EMERALDWHALE has resulted in the theft of more than 15,000 cloud service credentials. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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New LightSpy Spyware Version Targets iPhones with Increased Surveillance Tactics

New LightSpy Spyware Version Targets iPhones with Increased Surveillance Tactics 2024-10-31 at 17:30 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an improved version of an Apple iOS spyware called LightSpy that not only expands on its functionality, but also incorporates destructive capabilities to prevent the compromised device from booting up. “While the iOS implant delivery method closely

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VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation

VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation 2024-10-31 at 17:06 By Simon Sharwood This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping VMware by Broadcom has upped the storage capacity allowed under licenses for its vSphere Foundation bundle – a move that addresses competitors’ attacks, but may also give

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LottieFiles Issues Warning About Compromised “lottie-player” npm Package

LottieFiles Issues Warning About Compromised “lottie-player” npm Package 2024-10-31 at 16:48 By LottieFiles has revealed that its npm package “lottie-player” was compromised as part of a supply chain attack, prompting it to release an updated version of the library. “On October 30th ~6:20 PM UTC – LottieFiles were notified that our popular open source npm

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We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim

We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim 2024-10-31 at 16:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Mr X ordered to show at Halloween hearing over election lottery as his lawyers file docs to dodge it Elon Musk has been ordered to attend a Halloween hearing on the legality of his election petition

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Sophos mounted counter-offensive operation to foil Chinese attackers

Sophos mounted counter-offensive operation to foil Chinese attackers 2024-10-31 at 16:04 By Help Net Security Sophos conducted defensive and counter-offensive operation over the last five years with multiple interlinked nation-state adversaries based in China targeting perimeter devices, including Sophos Firewalls. Espionage campaigns tied to Chinese hacking groups The attackers used a series of campaigns with

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Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices

Google on scaling differential privacy across nearly three billion devices 2024-10-31 at 15:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Miguel Guevara, Product Manager, Privacy Safety and Security at Google, discusses the complexities involved in scaling differential privacy technology across large systems. He emphasizes the need to develop secure, private, and user-controlled products

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Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups

Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups 2024-10-31 at 14:38 By Zeljka Zorz A supply chain compromise involving Lottie Player, a widely used web component for playing site and app animations, has made popular decentralized finance apps show pop-ups urging users to connect their wallets, TradingView has reported. The pop-up (Source:

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LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer

LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer 2024-10-31 at 14:04 By Connor Jones A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin LottieFiles is overcoming something of a Halloween fright after battling to regain control of a compromised developer account that was used to exploit users’ crypto wallets.…

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Linda Reid to deliver keynote at SECURITY 500 Conference

Linda Reid to deliver keynote at SECURITY 500 Conference 2024-10-31 at 14:03 By Linda Reid, Vice President of Security Operations at The Walt Disney World Resort, will deliver the keynote address at the SECURITY 500 Conference in Washington, D.C. this November. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study

Cynet enables 426% ROI in Forrester Total Economic Impact Study 2024-10-31 at 13:33 By Help Net Security Cost savings and business benefits were quantified in “The Total Economic Impact of Cynet All-in-One Security,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cynet in October 2024. The Total Economic Impact Study framework helps organizations

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Enterprise Identity Threat Report 2024: Unveiling Hidden Threats to Corporate Identities

Enterprise Identity Threat Report 2024: Unveiling Hidden Threats to Corporate Identities 2024-10-31 at 13:11 By In the modern, browser-centric workplace, the corporate identity acts as the frontline defense for organizations. Often referred to as “the new perimeter”, the identity stands between safe data management and potential breaches. However, a new report reveals how enterprises are

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