October 7, 2024

Geico tells The Reg it’s not canceling Cybertruck insurance – but had other plans 2024-10-07 at 23:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo A Tesla owner complained of dropped policies on X Geico confirmed to The Register that, despite rumors on social media over the weekend (or perhaps because of them), the US insurance firm is most definitely […]

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Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts 2024-10-07 at 23:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Withholding exculpatory evidence from suspects isn’t a great look when the tech is already questionable Police around the United States are routinely using facial recognition technology to help identify suspects, but those departments rarely disclose they’ve

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Samsung chairman debunks foundry, chip biz spinoff rumors 2024-10-07 at 22:16 By Tobias Mann But not hard to believe of business units with over $2 billion in operating losses in 2023 Despite reports of poor demand and mounting losses, Samsung says it has no plans to spin off its foundry business or chip design operation.…

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Quantum computing dreamers face stock market reality check 2024-10-07 at 21:31 By Dan Robinson D-Wave and Rigetti dip below $1 as AI steals the spotlight The harsh realities of the quantum ecosystem are dawning on markets as two prominent quantum vendors acknowledge they are at risk of being delisted following shares dropping below the $1

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Hacktivism is on the ballot: Defending democracy in the 2024 election 2024-10-07 at 21:16 By Hacktivism and related attacks present a tangible threat to the integrity of democratic elections.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Chinese cyberspies reportedly breached Verizon, AT&T, Lumen 2024-10-07 at 20:33 By Jessica Lyons Salt Typhoon may have accessed court-ordered wiretaps and US internet traffic Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies were among the US broadband providers whose networks were reportedly hacked by Chinese cyberspies, possibly compromising the wiretapping systems used for court-ordered surveillance.… This article is

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You’re right not to rush into running AMD, Intel’s new manycore monster CPUs 2024-10-07 at 19:47 By Simon Sharwood They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle Opinion  Intel recently teased a 128-core Granite Rapids Xeon 6 processor, and your humble vulture thinks you can ignore them

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Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to record $53.1B as trade wars rage on 2024-10-07 at 19:01 By Gavin Bonshor Chip boom continues as demand surges, but challenges remain A reported hefty increase in sales is no doubt welcome news for the semiconductor industry, which still remains on precarious footing given the continued supply chain disruptions

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Netflix on Mars? Sure, thanks to NASA’s laser comms demo 2024-10-07 at 18:16 By Richard Speed Optical communications not just for night owls NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) technology demonstration has notched up another performance milestone as it approaches a year in space.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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SAP offers different way to move SQL Server-based software to the cloud 2024-10-07 at 17:34 By Lindsay Clark Just don’t call it an alternative to RISE with SAP SAP has developed an alternative way of shifting customers’ legacy systems running on Microsoft’s SQL Server database to the cloud, a method that is outside of its

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New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries 2024-10-07 at 17:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new botnet malware family called Gorilla (aka GorillaBot) that is a variant of the leaked Mirai botnet source code. Cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS, which identified the activity last month, said the botnet “issued over 300,000 attack

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Windows 11 migration? Upgrade engine revs up, enterprises have no choice 2024-10-07 at 16:46 By Richard Speed Support expiry clock ticks for Windows 10 – PC makers won’t be happy with latest stats Windows 11 migration projects, long hoped for by Microsoft and PC chums, are picking up. But a report from asset management biz

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Atos stumbles again as French government says ‘non’ to rescue deal 2024-10-07 at 16:04 By Dan Robinson Ailing IT services giant still in hot pursuit of agreement on Big Data & Security unit Struggling IT services giant Atos says it is continuing discussions with the French state after failing to reach an agreement for the

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Rival browsers cry foul after Microsoft Edge slips through EU gatekeeper cracks 2024-10-07 at 15:46 By Richard Speed Vivaldi and others line up behind Opera to request a rethink The European Commission’s decision not to designate Microsoft Edge as a core platform service is eliciting anger from rival browser makers and engineers.… This article is

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19 platforms used by government agencies have vulnerabilities 2024-10-07 at 15:16 By There are vulnerabilities in 19 commercial platforms used by United States government agencies and courts. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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There was a 12% increase in brute force cyberattack techniques in 2024 2024-10-07 at 15:16 By Global threats were analyzed in a recent Elastic report. The report focused on security tools, malware attacks and cloud environment security. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks 2024-10-07 at 15:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, rooting for Russian cybercriminals, a new DDoS record, sneaky Linux server malware and more Infosec In Brief  The critical vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) reported last week might have required some very particular circumstances

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