December 2024

Intel turmoil prompts S&P Global to downgrade chipmaker’s credit rating 2024-12-11 at 23:34 By Tobias Mann Finance house finds x86 giant’s lack of strategy disturbing Intel’s troubles continue to compound after S&P Global on Tuesday downgraded its credit rating, citing concerns about the chipmaker’s pace of recovery and management uncertainty.… This article is an excerpt […]

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How to Optimize DLP High Speed Discovery 2024-12-11 at 23:20 By Atul Mahajan Provision smarter, scan faster and stay compliant with built-in reporting This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, Instagram stumble on and offline in global outage 2024-12-11 at 23:05 By Iain Thomson What’s an influencer to do? Meta’s techies are likely having a bad day as the internet titan’s Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are suffering some degree of downtime globally.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Why incoming FTC chair Andrew Ferguson will ‘bring the heat on Big Tech’ 2024-12-11 at 21:49 By Thomas Barrabi President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Andrew Ferguson to head the Federal Trade Commission is the latest sign that his administration plans to continue a crackdown on Big Tech bad actors that began during his first term

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Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security 2024-12-11 at 21:03 By Iain Thomson Belly-busting biz says it’s been hit by cowardly custards Doughnut slinger Krispy Kreme has admitted to an attack that has left many customers unable to order online.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down in major Meta outage 2024-12-11 at 20:48 By Taylor Herzlich More than 150,000 users have reported outages across Meta’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram apps as of Wednesday afternoon, according to DownDetector.com. More than 96,000 Facebook users reported issues accessing the app, with reports spiking just before 1 p.m., according to

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China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door 2024-12-11 at 20:48 By Dan Robinson Chip imports up more than 14% this year in anticipation of fresh restrictions China’s semiconductor imports were up more than 14 percent in 2024 as companies in the country stockpiled ahead of widely expected fresh restrictions from Washington and

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Secret Blizzard Deploys Kazuar Backdoor in Ukraine Using Amadey Malware-as-a-Service 2024-12-11 at 20:31 By The Russian nation-state actor tracked as Secret Blizzard has been observed leveraging malware associated with other threat actors to deploy a known backdoor called Kazuar on target devices located in Ukraine. The new findings come from the Microsoft threat intelligence team,

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Good news! You’ll soon be able to send faxes again with Windows 11 24H2 2024-12-11 at 19:19 By Richard Speed Microsoft squashes eSCL bug There is good news for Microsoft customers seeking to attach a scanner or fax machine to their Windows 11 hardware. Support for eSCL has been fixed, and a compatibility hold will

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Top 5 sectors targeted with subject customization techniques 2024-12-11 at 19:18 By Research has revealed the 5 industries most frequently targeted with subject customization techniques.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Supreme Court tosses Nvidia appeal to dismiss shareholders’ fraud lawsuit 2024-12-11 at 19:04 By Reuters Plaintiffs accused Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang of by making statements in 2017 and 2018 that falsely downplayed how much of Nvidia’s revenue growth came from crypto-related purchases. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

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Google Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out with real-time conversation, image analysis 2024-12-11 at 17:34 By Thomas Claburn Chocolate Factory’s latest multimodal model aims to power more trusted AI agents Google on Wednesday released Gemini 2.0 Flash, the latest addition to its AI model lineup, in the hope that developers will create agentic applications in AI

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New Malware Technique Could Exploit Windows UI Framework to Evade EDR Tools 2024-12-11 at 17:34 By A newly devised technique leverages a Windows accessibility framework called UI Automation (UIA) to perform a wide range of malicious activities without tipping off endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. “To exploit this technique, a user must be convinced

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Microsoft hijacks keyboard shortcut to bring Copilot to your attention 2024-12-11 at 16:48 By Richard Speed AI assistant goes native – sort of – for Windows Insiders Copilot has gone native for Windows Insiders and comandeered a popular keyboard shortcut in the process.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Microsoft MFA AuthQuake Flaw Enabled Unlimited Brute-Force Attempts Without Alerts 2024-12-11 at 16:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a “critical” security vulnerability in Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation that allows an attacker to trivially sidestep the protection and gain unauthorized access to a victim’s account. “The bypass was simple: it took around an hour to

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ZLoader Malware Returns With DNS Tunneling to Stealthily Mask C2 Comms 2024-12-11 at 16:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the ZLoader malware that employs a Domain Name System (DNS) tunnel for command-and-control (C2) communications, indicating that the threat actors are continuing to refine the tool after resurfacing a year ago. “Zloader

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Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can’t compete and wants to cut costs 2024-12-11 at 15:48 By Iain Thomson The Register stumbles upon the place self-driving cabs appear to be rusting away into history Pictures  General Motors is winding up its autonomous taxi biz Cruise.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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