October 2024

TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei 2024-10-22 at 20:49 By Gavin Bonshor Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly TSMC has reportedly tipped off US officials to a potential attempt by Huawei to circumvent export controls and obtain AI chips manufactured by the Taiwanese company.… This […]

The clever tech powering a wave of pig-butchering scams 2024-10-22 at 20:18 By Kim Komando Pig-butchering scams are getting more sophisticated — and more costly — by the day. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

VMware fixes critical RCE, make-me-root bugs in vCenter – for the second time 2024-10-22 at 20:18 By Jessica Lyons If the first patches don’t work, try, try again VMware has pushed a second patch for a critical, heap-overflow bug in the vCenter Server that could allow a remote attacker to fully compromise vulnerable systems after the

Tech firms to pay millions in SEC penalties for misleading SolarWinds disclosures 2024-10-22 at 19:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast settled with the agency without admitting or denying wrongdoing Four high-profile tech companies reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay millions of dollars in penalties for misleading

Iranian cyber actors are targeting critical infrastructure entities 2024-10-22 at 19:07 By Iranian cyber actors are targeting critical infrastructure entities via brute force. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling 2024-10-22 at 18:48 By Connor Jones Crooks revert to old ways for greater efficiency Experts believe the Akira ransomware operation is up to its old tricks again, encrypting victims’ files after a break from the typical double extortion tactics.… This article is an excerpt from

Meta pulls the plug on accounts tracking celebrity private jets 2024-10-22 at 18:33 By Ariel Zilber “Jet Tracking on Instagram and Threads got Zucked,” Florida-based college student Jack Sweeney wrote in a message posted to his social media account. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post

It’s about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat 2024-10-22 at 17:33 By Tobias Mann Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla? Opinion  This week, Intel and AMD set their decades-old rivalry aside to ensure x86 remains relevant amid growing adoption of competing architectures.… This article is an excerpt from The

Security Flaw in Styra’s OPA Exposes NTLM Hashes to Remote Attackers 2024-10-22 at 17:33 By Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw in Styra’s Open Policy Agent (OPA) that, if successfully exploited, could have led to leakage of New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. “The vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to leak the

Cybercriminals Exploiting Docker API Servers for SRBMiner Crypto Mining Attacks 2024-10-22 at 17:33 By Bad actors have been observed targeting Docker remote API servers to deploy the SRBMiner crypto miner on compromised instances, according to new findings from Trend Micro. “In this attack, the threat actor used the gRPC protocol over h2c to evade security

Gen Z is obsessed with this new ‘free and unconstrained’ text messaging app — and there’s a huge waitlist 2024-10-22 at 16:49 By Brooke Kato Gen Zers sick of iMessage and craving a new way to communicate are eagerly lining up for access to a new platform. “This is the coolest thing ever,” wrote one

AI’s energy appetite has Taiwan reconsidering the nuclear option 2024-10-22 at 16:34 By Gavin Bonshor Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy The global surge in AI is placing unprecedented pressure on energy resources, with chipmakers such as TSMC consuming vast amounts of electricity to meet growing demand for advanced silicon. In response, Taiwan’s government

Socket plugs in $40M to strengthen software supply chain 2024-10-22 at 15:41 By Thomas Claburn Biz aims to scrub unnecessary dependencies from npm packages in the name of security Security-focused developer Socket announced on Tuesday it has connected with another $40 million in funding to further its efforts to safeguard the software supply chain.… This