November 2024

SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test 2024-11-14 at 20:34 By Richard Speed Yes, the heat shield has been tweaked. But there’s also a banana for scale SpaceX has transported its Starship spacecraft to the launchpad in preparation for a scheduled flight test on November 18.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Experts Uncover 70,000 Hijacked Domains in Widespread ‘Sitting Ducks’ Attack Scheme 2024-11-14 at 20:19 By Multiple threat actors have been found taking advantage of an attack technique called Sitting Ducks to hijack legitimate domains for using them in phishing attacks and investment fraud schemes for years. The findings come from Infoblox, which said it identified

AI PCs flood the market. Vendors hope someone wants them 2024-11-14 at 19:48 By Dan Robinson Despite 49% surge in shipments, buyers seem unconvinced Warehouses in the IT channel are stocking up with AI-capable PCs – industry watcher Canalys claims these made up 20 percent of all shipments during Q3 2024, amounting to some 13.3

Qualcomm’s Windows on Arm push would be great – if only it ran all your software 2024-11-14 at 18:30 By Gavin Bonshor Until compatibility issues are properly addressed, it’ll never stand up to x86 Analysis  Qualcomm has set its sights on Arm-based Windows laptops, which, in theory, offer notable advantages. The company’s Arm-powered Snapdragon processors

Broadcom makes VMware Workstation and Fusion free for everyone 2024-11-14 at 17:49 By Liam Proven And yes, that does include commercial use in production Broadcom has made its desktop hypervisors freeware – even for production use. Not open source, but free stuff is still good, right?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Navigating the regulatory and compliance landscape of 2025 2024-11-14 at 17:16 By As security leaders look ahead to 2025, the regulatory and compliance landscape is set to undergo a significant transformation. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes 2024-11-14 at 17:03 By Google has revealed that bad actors are leveraging techniques like landing page cloaking to conduct scams by impersonating legitimate sites. “Cloaking is specifically designed to prevent moderation systems and teams from reviewing policy-violating content which enables them to deploy the

Datacenters line up for 750MW of Oklo’s nuclear-waste-powered small reactors 2024-11-14 at 16:33 By Tobias Mann What was it they say? Out with the old and in with the nucleus Increasingly, datacenter operators are putting their faith in the promise of miniaturized nuclear power plants – better known as small modular reactors (SMRs) – to

60% increase in scam domain registrations targeting holiday shoppers 2024-11-14 at 16:15 By Research reveals more than 6,000 domain registrations in the past 90 days, targeting the retail industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft 365 Copilot goes monthly for a 5% premium and annual commitment 2024-11-14 at 15:30 By Richard Speed Other subscriptions also set for updates in the name of ‘cash flow flexibility’ Microsoft is introducing flexible billing for Microsoft 365 Copilot starting next month to spread the cost of an annual subscription. For a price.… This

Fedora 41: A vast assortment, but there’s something for everyone 2024-11-14 at 14:39 By Liam Proven It’s the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties At the end of October, Fedora 41 came out, with more different variants than ever before: 29 by our count, not including all the architectures and download

5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware 2024-11-14 at 14:15 By Ransomware isn’t just a buzzword; it’s one of the most dreaded challenges businesses face in this increasingly digitized world. Ransomware attacks are not only increasing in frequency but also in sophistication, with new ransomware groups constantly emerging. Their attack methods are evolving

Kids’ shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info 2024-11-14 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud Children’s shoemaker Start-Rite is dealing with a nasty “security incident” involving customer payment card details, its second significant lapse during the past eight years.… This article is an

NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms 2024-11-14 at 13:03 By Connor Jones From guidance to firm action… no more WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more The full list of messaging apps officially blocked by Brit banking and insurance giant NatWest Group is more extensive than WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, and Skype