November 2024

Microsoft reboots Windows Recall, but users wish they could forget 2024-11-25 at 14:19 By Richard Speed AI snapshot tool stumbles back into the spotlight with more issues The second coming of Windows Recall has brought with it a litany of issues, reminding users that there’s a reason why the snapshotting technology remains a preview for

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THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 18 – Nov 24) 2024-11-25 at 13:33 By We hear terms like “state-sponsored attacks” and “critical vulnerabilities” all the time, but what’s really going on behind those words? This week’s cybersecurity news isn’t just about hackers and headlines—it’s about how digital risks shape our lives in

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Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech 2024-11-25 at 12:48 By Lindsay Clark Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to privacy UK government has launched a £20 million ($25 million) competition for tech companies to provide live facial recognition to a number of police forces.…

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Mysteries in polar orbit – space’s oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets 2024-11-25 at 11:33 By Rupert Goodwins It’s never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs Opinion  The oldest functional off-Earth space hardware? Well, that is a great question for those into pub quizzes, aka bar trivia. 1977’s Voyagers hold some

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Researchers Uncover Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Antivirus Protections 2024-11-25 at 11:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malicious campaign that leverages a technique called Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) to disarm security protections and ultimately gain access to the infected system. “This malware takes a more sinister route: it drops a legitimate

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Cyber agencies reveal top 15 routinely exploited vulnerabilities 2024-11-25 at 11:04 By Cybersecurity agencies from five countries collaborated on an advisory regarding Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) routinely exploited in 2023.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education and certification site 2024-11-25 at 10:36 By Simon Sharwood Spreading the content around other sites – and may also sprinkle some AI around because why not Microsoft has quietly revealed it’s binning a site dedicated to software licensing info and education that it currently promotes as “a complete and up-to-date

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Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results 2024-11-25 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein Beijing’s propaganda buddies aren’t just using social media Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has blocked a network China-related firms from its search results for operating fake news services and websites.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Imagine a land in which Big Tech can’t send you down online rabbit holes or use algos to overcharge you 2024-11-25 at 07:33 By Laura Dobberstein That land exists – in China, where the government is cracking down on the things that make the internet no fun Internet echo chambers and nasty e-commerce tricks that

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How remote video verification is transforming commercial security 2024-11-25 at 07:04 By Many commercial businesses are turning to Remote Video Verification (RVV) services to reduce the rate of false alarms, improve response times and enhance overall security.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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Alibaba Cloud brings chatty SaaS products out of China and into more markets 2024-11-25 at 05:33 By Simon Sharwood Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed Alibaba Cloud has started to expand its SaaS portfolio by bringing products it once offered only in China to other territories.… This article is an excerpt

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Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America’s leaky water infrastructure 2024-11-24 at 17:30 By Iain Thomson Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go A plan for hackers to help secure America’s critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders kick the tires of their computer

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