October 2024

FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with ‘click to cancel’ rule 2024-10-16 at 22:16 By Thomas Claburn It ‘will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money’ The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that aims to simplify the process of ending unwanted subscriptions to products and services.… […]

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws 2024-10-16 at 21:31 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for an investigation into

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire 2024-10-16 at 20:47 By Tobias Mann The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the atom.… This article

Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI 2024-10-16 at 20:02 By Iain Thomson Claims their child will ‘suffer irreparable harm’ if the record stays The parents of a Massachusetts child are taking his school to court after the student was punished for using AI in a class project.… This article is

Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream 2024-10-16 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away Brit nuclear fusion biz Tokamak Energy has detailed early progress in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project that aims to deliver commercial fusion

Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity 2024-10-16 at 19:31 By Threat actors are attempting to abuse the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of efforts to tamper endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and hide malicious activity. Trend Micro said it detected “threat actors attempting to integrate EDRSilencer in their attacks,

Preventing workplace violence 2024-10-16 at 19:16 By Kelly Johnstone, Senior Security Advisor at International SOS, discusses the importance of taking a proactive stance against workplace violence. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps 2024-10-16 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,’ says chair The US government’s probe into the necessity of ISP data caps has escalated with the launch of a formal inquiry and the publication

Proving physical security value across an organization 2024-10-16 at 18:17 By In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Thomasina Martin, a Key Account Manager specializing in Energy and Utilities at Genetec, Inc., to talk about proving the value of physical security across an organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe

IBM: Insurance industry bosses keen on AI. Customers, not so much 2024-10-16 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Fewer than 30% of clients happy dealing with a generative AI virtual agent An IBM study has found most insurance industry leaders believe generative AI is essential to keep pace with competitors. However, only a quarter of customers

FIDO Alliance Drafts New Protocol to Simplify Passkey Transfers Across Different Platforms 2024-10-16 at 17:31 By The FIDO Alliance said it’s working to make passkeys and other credentials more easier to export across different providers and improve credential provider interoperability, as more than 12 billion online accounts become accessible with the passwordless sign-in method. To

Testing spacecraft material the Sandia way: Setting it on fire with mirrors 2024-10-16 at 17:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo Who said Archimedes’ death ray was a busted myth? The future of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission may be uncertain, but don’t tell that to boffins at Sandia National Laboratories that tested heat shield prototypes by