December 2024

Critical OpenWrt Vulnerability Exposes Devices to Malicious Firmware Injection 2024-12-13 at 20:03 By A security flaw has been disclosed in OpenWrt’s Attended Sysupgrade (ASU) feature that, if successfully exploited, could have been abused to distribute malicious firmware packages. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-54143, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10, […]

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Elon Musk reveals SEC ‘settlement demand,’ mocks agency’s outgoing chair Gary Gensler 2024-12-13 at 19:48 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk has revealed that he received a “settlement demand” from the Gary Gensler-run SEC in connection his Twitter takeover – the latest in a long-running public feud between the billionaire Tesla boss and the agency. This

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Jeff Bezos, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to each give $1M to Trump inauguration 2024-12-13 at 19:34 By Ariel Zilber Tech executives line up to get on the president-elect’s good side just a month before he takes the oath of office for a second time. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

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DoJ Indicts 14 North Koreans for $88M IT Worker Fraud Scheme Over Six Years 2024-12-13 at 18:50 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted 14 nationals belonging to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) for their alleged involvement in a long-running conspiracy to violate sanctions and commit wire fraud,

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Ingenuity helicopter’s flying days cut short by featureless Martian terrain 2024-12-13 at 18:37 By Richard Speed Landing hard at an angle not great for the old rotor blades It appears the bland Martian surface triggered a chain of events that left NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter permanently grounded on the red planet.… This article is an excerpt

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Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections 2024-12-13 at 17:22 By Connor Jones Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though Google is rolling out two new features to help Android users evade stalkers who abuse Bluetooth tags to surreptitious track them.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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The scary reason why you should never share phone chargers revealed 2024-12-13 at 16:37 By Brooke Kato Don’t let hackers drain your data. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

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Intel execs discuss the possibility of spinning off foundry 2024-12-13 at 15:48 By Tobias Mann ‘Does it ever fully separate? I think that’s an open question for another day,’ interim co-CEO says Intel’s interim co-CEOs, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnson Holthaus, discussed the possibility of fully spinning off its foundry business while speaking at the

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Iran-Linked IOCONTROL Malware Targets SCADA and Linux-Based IoT Platforms 2024-12-13 at 14:33 By Iran-affiliated threat actors have been linked to a new custom malware that’s geared toward IoT and operational technology (OT) environments in Israel and the United States. The malware has been codenamed IOCONTROL by OT cybersecurity company Claroty, highlighting its ability to attack

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How to Generate a CrowdStrike RFM Report With AI in Tines 2024-12-13 at 14:33 By Run by the team at orchestration, AI, and automation platform Tines, the Tines library contains pre-built workflows shared by real security practitioners from across the community, all of which are free to import and deploy via the Community Edition of

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systemd begrudgingly drops a safety net while a challenger appears, GNU Shepherd 1.0 2024-12-13 at 14:06 By Liam Proven Holidays come early for distro builders with two init systems to choose from Everyone’s favorite Linux component has hit a milestone, while a fresh contender comes of age – with a touch of Lisp.… This article

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2025 Physical security predictions from industry leaders 2024-12-13 at 13:48 By With another year comes new security strategies and challenges. Here, security experts are sharing their insights on physical security predictions for 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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2024 according to Cloudflare: Global traffic up, Google still king, US churning out bots 2024-12-13 at 12:33 By Dan Robinson Same old same old really Cloudflare says that global internet traffic grew by 17.2 percent this year, with Google still the most visited internet service, while the US was the source of over a third

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70% of cybersecurity leaders influenced by personal liability concerns 2024-12-13 at 12:03 By 70% of respondents believe incidents of CISOs being held liable for cybersecurity events has negatively influenced their perception of the role.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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New Linux Rootkit PUMAKIT Uses Advanced Stealth Techniques to Evade Detection 2024-12-13 at 11:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Linux rootkit called PUMAKIT that comes with capabilities to escalate privileges, hide files and directories, and conceal itself from system tools, while simultaneously evading detection. “PUMAKIT is a sophisticated loadable kernel module (LKM) rootkit

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