October 2024

UK’s Sellafield nuke waste processing plant fined £333K for infosec blunders 2024-10-05 at 09:16 By Jessica Lyons Radioactive hazards and cyber failings … what could possibly go wrong? The outfit that runs Britain’s Sellafield nuclear waste processing and decommissioning site has been fined £332,500 ($440,000) by the nation’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for its […]

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Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability 2024-10-05 at 08:31 By Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described

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159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud 2024-10-05 at 01:47 By Thomas Claburn WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste Matthew Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress biz Automattic and co-creator of the open source software, says he feels “much lighter” after 159 employees departed

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About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector 2024-10-04 at 23:49 By Connor Jones Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum Comcast says data on 237,703 of its customers was in fact stolen in a cyberattack on a debt collector it was using, contrary to previous assurances it was

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More than a quarter of a million Comcast subscribers had data stolen from debt collector 2024-10-04 at 23:17 By Connor Jones Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum Comcast says data on 237,703 of its customers was in fact stolen in a cyberattack on a debt collector it was using, contrary to previous assurances

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Tesla Cybertruck recalled again. This time, a software fix for backup camera glitch 2024-10-04 at 21:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo 10 seconds to Elon blaming this on Kamala or something Tesla has submitted another safety recall for the Cybertruck, this time over problems with its backup camera – an essential feature, considering the bulky vehicle’s barely

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If you’re excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it’s definitely a fixer-upper 2024-10-04 at 20:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Activists, ex-insider sound the alarm as operator says all is under control Analysis  A shuttered Michigan nuclear power plant is going to need a lot of work to get back online, according

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Leveraging device intelligence to outsmart evolving bot threats 2024-10-04 at 19:16 By Nearly half of all online traffic isn’t human. These automated threats can bypass traditional security measures, compromising data integrity and straining network resources. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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SpaceX accuses ‘meme-stock’ rival of ‘misinformation’ over Starlink signals waiver 2024-10-04 at 18:49 By Dan Robinson AST SpaceMobile partners ‘provide zero technical support for their opposition,’ letter to FCC rages The competition to deliver satellite-based phone connections is getting nasty, with SpaceX accusing AST SpaceMobile of a misinformation campaign.… This article is an excerpt from

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U.S. and Microsoft Seize 107 Russian Domains in Major Cyber Fraud Crackdown 2024-10-04 at 17:17 By Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the seizure of 107 internet domains used by state-sponsored threat actors with ties to Russia to facilitate computer fraud and abuse in the country. “The Russian government ran

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TSMC and Amkor link up to bring advanced packaging stateside 2024-10-04 at 16:20 By Gavin Bonshor Arizona looks like the place to be for US semiconductor manufacturing Taiwan’s TSMC has inked a deal with US semiconductor outfit Amkor Technology to beef up advanced chip packaging on American soil.… This article is an excerpt from The

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