November 2024

New ‘Helldown’ Ransomware Variant Expands Attacks to VMware and Linux Systems 2024-11-19 at 12:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Linux variant of a relatively new ransomware strain called Helldown, suggesting that the threat actors are broadening their attack focus. “Helldown deploys Windows ransomware derived from the LockBit 3.0 code,” Sekoia said in

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Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals 2024-11-19 at 11:34 By Richard Speed MS-DOS, a minimal Windows 3.1, and finally the teal delight of Windows 95 awaited installers Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has settled once and for all the question of why the Windows 95 setup program went on

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iOS 18 added secret and smart security feature that reboots iThings after three days 2024-11-19 at 10:34 By Thomas Claburn Security researcher’s reverse engineering effort reveals undocumented reboot timer that will make life harder for attackers Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 18, appears to have added an undocumented security feature that reboots devices if

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Chinese Hackers Exploit T-Mobile and Other U.S. Telecoms in Broader Espionage Campaign 2024-11-19 at 10:04 By U.S. telecoms giant T-Mobile has confirmed that it was also among the companies that were targeted by Chinese threat actors to gain access to valuable information. The adversaries, tracked as Salt Typhoon, breached the company as part of a

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Citrix gives its Platform a polish with enhanced management tools 2024-11-19 at 09:48 By Simon Sharwood Admins promised they can get stuff done with fewer clicks this year … or maybe next Citrix has delivered a little of what it promised in March, when it bundled its software into a “Platform,” in the form of

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CISA Alert: Active Exploitation of VMware vCenter and Kemp LoadMaster Flaws 2024-11-19 at 09:03 By Now-patched security flaws impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster and VMware vCenter Server have come under active exploitation in the wild, it has emerged. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added CVE-2024-1212 (CVSS score: 10.0), a maximum-severity security

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Robot runs marathon in South Korea, apparently the first time this has happened 2024-11-19 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein Finishing in 4:19:52 makes it a SlowBot – although it did finish without a battery top-up The South Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has forced one of its robo-dogs to run a marathon.… This

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Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy 2024-11-19 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey’s favorite big box store Australian hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse will challenge a ruling by local regulators who found it violated shoppers’ privacy by checking their identities with

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The role of artificial intelligence in cyber resilience 2024-11-19 at 07:18 By Security magazine talks with Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer of Rubrik, about how AI can impact cyber resilience strategies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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