November 2024

Master Certificate Management: Join This Webinar on Crypto Agility and Best Practices 2024-11-15 at 15:33 By In the fast-paced digital world, trust is everything—but what happens when that trust is disrupted? Certificate revocations, though rare, can send shockwaves through your operations, impacting security, customer confidence, and business continuity. Are you prepared to act swiftly when […]

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Microsoft Exchange update fixes security flaws, breaks other stuff 2024-11-15 at 14:34 By Richard Speed Flawed patch stops on-premises, hybrid server transport rules in their tracks for some Microsoft is pausing the rollout of an Exchange security update after it became clear that the patch could break transport rules for some customers.… This article is

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Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia 2024-11-15 at 13:50 By A Vietnamese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an information-stealing campaign targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia with a new Python-based malware called PXA Stealer. The malware “targets victims’ sensitive information, including credentials for various online accounts,

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UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita’s £130M smart meter splurge 2024-11-15 at 13:33 By Lindsay Clark Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout UK energy regulator Ofgem is set to disallow current and projected costs of nearly £130 million ($165 million) accrued by Data Communications Company (DCC), the

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How AI Is Transforming IAM and Identity Security 2024-11-15 at 13:05 By In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun revolutionizing Identity Access Management (IAM), reshaping how cybersecurity is approached in this crucial field. Leveraging AI in IAM is about tapping into its analytical capabilities to monitor access patterns and identify anomalies that could signal

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O2’s AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers’ time 2024-11-15 at 12:49 By Dan Robinson Brit mobile network’s Daisy has time, patience, and plenty of yarns to spin Watch out, scammers. O2 has created a new weapon in the fight against fraud: an AI granny that will keep you talking until you get

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The National Museum of Computing reboots Bletchley Park’s H Block 2024-11-15 at 11:48 By Richard Speed Tunny and Colossus galleries re-roofed The National Museum of Computing has unveiled renovations to keep out the rain and smartening up H block as celebrations take place to mark the 80th anniversary of the Colossus II computer.… This article

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High-Severity Flaw in PostgreSQL Allows Hackers to Exploit Environment Variables 2024-11-15 at 09:49 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the PostgreSQL open-source database system that could allow unprivileged users to alter environment variables, and potentially lead to code execution or information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10979, carries a CVSS score

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EU stings Meta for nearly a billion bucks over competition-trampling Facebook Marketplace 2024-11-15 at 09:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Mark Z does not like this The European Union has fined Facebook parent Meta €797.72 million ($843 million) for antitrust violations connected to its online classified service Facebook Marketplace. … This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data 2024-11-15 at 08:50 By Jessica Lyons NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing millions of people’s sensitive information to the public internet because they misconfigure Microsoft’s Power Pages website

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Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin 2024-11-15 at 08:34 By Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his involvement in a

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Google decides Europe’s political ad rules are too hard to implement at scale 2024-11-15 at 07:33 By Simon Sharwood Will stop accepting ads instead before TTPA comes into force Google has decided the European Union’s Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising will be so hard to comply with it’s better off not trying.…

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