October 2024

Microsoft’s Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs 2024-10-21 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads Microsoft’s Cobalt 100 Arm CPUs have reached general availability in its Azure cloud, creating another non-x86 option for running VMs in the Redmondian cloud.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

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Tesla, Intel, deny they’re the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security 2024-10-21 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein As TSMC defends itself against report it may have helped Huawei Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign firm working on

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Navigating the new terrain: Pioneering smart solutions in retail 2024-10-21 at 07:16 By In the dynamic world of retail, the pace of change has accelerated dramatically, driven by technological innovation and a shared commitment to exceeding customer expectations.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop 2024-10-21 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Claims forthcoming chip catches up to Alder Lake and Xen 2 Chinese chip designer Loongson last week teased products that it claimed will deliver the same performance that Intel and AMD achieved around five

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Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk 2024-10-21 at 04:46 By Simon Sharwood Org turns its woes into a fundraising opportunity Despite the Internet Archive’s assurances it’s back on its feet after a recent infosec incident, the org still appears to be in trouble after parties unknown claimed to hold access tokens to

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WinAmp’s woes will pass, but its wonders will be here forever 2024-10-20 at 16:46 By Rupert Goodwins Not as clumsy or random as a streamer, an elegant player for a more civilized age Opinion  Yup, I called that one wrong. Twenty years ago. I bid farewell to WinAmp, the PC music player of choice. It

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Open source LLM tool primed to sniff out Python zero-days 2024-10-20 at 12:40 By Thomas Claburn The static analyzer uses Claude AI to identify vulns and suggest exploit code Researchers with Seattle-based Protect AI plan to release a free, open source tool that can find zero-day vulnerabilities in Python codebases with the help of Anthropic’s

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Hackers Exploit Roundcube Webmail XSS Vulnerability to Steal Login Credentials 2024-10-20 at 12:40 By Unknown threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in the open-source Roundcube webmail software as part of a phishing attack designed to steal user credentials. Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologies said it discovered last month that

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North Korean IT Workers in Western Firms Now Demanding Ransom for Stolen Data 2024-10-20 at 10:55 By North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not leak it, marking a new

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California cops cuff suspect in deadly drone-assisted drug deal 2024-10-19 at 18:46 By Iain Thomson ‘Crany’ also captured with three ‘ghost guns’ A California man has been charged with using a DJI drone to distribute drugs, which resulted in a fatal overdose.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Acronym Overdose – Navigating the Complex Data Security Landscape 2024-10-19 at 13:01 By In the modern enterprise, data security is often discussed using a complex lexicon of acronyms—DLP, DDR, DSPM, and many others. While these acronyms represent critical frameworks, architectures, and tools for protecting sensitive information, they can also overwhelm those trying to piece together

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Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks 2024-10-19 at 11:01 By A nascent threat actor known as Crypt Ghouls has been linked to a set of cyber attacks targeting Russian businesses and government agencies with ransomware with the twin goals of disrupting business operations and financial gain. “The group under

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Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter: Can its icy moon support life? 2024-10-19 at 08:46 By Iain Thomson But first stop is Mars for a speed boost, then back to Earth for the final push The Europa Clipper has unfurled its solar panels and is on its way to Jupiter, but it’s taking a circuitous route

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Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites 2024-10-19 at 01:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, new EU cyber reporting rules are live, exploiters hit the gas pedal, free PDNS for UK schools, and more in brief  A critical security update for the near-ubiquitous WordPress plugin Jetpack was released last week. Site administrators should ensure

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