November 2024

China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’ 2024-11-14 at 04:03 By Jessica Lyons Feds don’t name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band’s alleged deeds The US government has detected “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” conducted by China-linked attackers and directed at “multiple” US telecommunications providers’ networks.… This article is […]

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All bark, no bite? Musk’s DOGE unlikely to have any real power 2024-11-14 at 03:00 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ expected to do little more than suggest changes, Congress will still decide Comment  Well, it’s official(ish): US president-elect Donald Trump has made good on a campaign promise to appoint Elon Musk to the

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ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue 2024-11-14 at 02:18 By Jessica Lyons Plus: CISA’s ScubaGear dives deep to fix M365 misconfigs Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Here’s how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry 2024-11-14 at 01:35 By Iain Thomson Anything could happen in the next half … decade Kettle  Despite countless warnings that the US presidential election would lead to a months-long battle, with a decisive win by Donald Trump and his party, we can immediately look ahead

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TSMC’s US operations threatened with employee discrimination class action 2024-11-14 at 00:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Allegedly it’s hard to get ahead at the chipmaker unless you speak Mandarin Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been accused of “pervasive discrimination” against some of its workers in the USA.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it 2024-11-13 at 23:48 By Jessica Lyons We call this lead degeneration What’s claimed to be more than 183 million records of people’s contact details and employment info has been stolen or otherwise obtained from a data broker and put up for sale

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to eject hundreds more workers 2024-11-13 at 23:34 By Richard Speed Budget constraints result in ‘painful but necessary adjustments’ NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will need to lose hundreds more workers as managers seek to meet the current FY’25 budget allocation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Snowflake opens chat-driven access to enterprise and third-party data 2024-11-13 at 21:34 By Lindsay Clark Cortex-powered front end for easier access to insights across multiple sources Snowflake is set to preview a new platform it claims will help organizations build chatbots that can serve up data from its own analytics systems and those external to

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Ransomware fiends boast they’ve stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network 2024-11-13 at 21:18 By Connor Jones American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is the latest US healthcare organization to have had its data stolen and encrypted by cyber-crooks, it is feared.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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DOGE dynamic duo Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy could slash government jobs with private sector methods 2024-11-13 at 21:03 By Charles Gasparino One move under consideration is doling out severance packages. Businesses do this all the time. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to

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AMD axes 4% of staff while staring hungrily at AI, servers 2024-11-13 at 20:33 By Gavin Bonshor LLM, LLM on the wall, who will be laid off first of all? AMD has confirmed plans to cut approximately four percent of its global workforce – about 1,000 jobs out of a total headcount of roughly 26,000.…

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Microsoft slips Task Manager and processor count fixes into Patch Tuesday 2024-11-13 at 19:48 By Richard Speed Sore about cores no more Microsoft has resolved two issues vexing Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 users among the many security updates that emerged on Patch Tuesday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Meta ordered to face FTC’s antitrust lawsuit over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions 2024-11-13 at 19:18 By Reuters A judge largely denied Meta’s motion to end the case filed against Facebook in 2020 alleging that the company acted illegally to maintain its social network monopoly. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |

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California’s last nuclear plant turns to generative AI for filing and finding the fine print 2024-11-13 at 18:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo Diablo Canyon gets nifty new tech to … speed up document retrieval? A California startup is deploying what it says is the first commercial installation of generative AI at a US nuclear power plant,

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Hamas-Affiliated WIRTE Employs SameCoin Wiper in Disruptive Attacks Against Israel 2024-11-13 at 18:34 By A threat actor affiliated with Hamas has expanded its malicious cyber operations beyond espionage to carry out disruptive attacks that exclusively target Israeli entities. The activity, linked to a group called WIRTE, has also targeted the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi

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Dogecoin surges nearly 20% after Trump announces Elon Musk-led ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ 2024-11-13 at 18:03 By Ariel Zilber Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were appointed by Trump to lead DOGE, which will function as an advisory committee outside of the government. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

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Nvidia’s MLPerf submission shows B200 offers up to 2.2x training performance of H100 2024-11-13 at 18:02 By Tobias Mann Is Huang leaving even more juice on the table by opting for mid-tier Blackwell part? Signs point to yes Analysis  Nvidia offered the first look at how its upcoming Blackwell accelerators stack up against the venerable

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