December 2024

The Future of Network Security: Automated Internal and External Pentesting 2024-12-10 at 15:03 By In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, safeguarding your organization against cyberattacks is more critical than ever. Traditional penetration testing (pentesting), while effective, often falls short due to its high costs, resource requirements, and infrequent implementation. Automated internal and external network pentesting […]

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Heart surgery device maker’s security bypassed, data encrypted and stolen 2024-12-10 at 14:33 By Connor Jones Sounds like th-aorta get this sorted quickly A manufacturer of devices used in heart surgeries says it’s dealing with “a cybersecurity incident” that bears all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Microsoft delays final Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update to 2025 2024-12-10 at 14:05 By Richard Speed Quiet festive season for admins, but next year will be busy Microsoft has pushed the final Cumulative Update for Exchange Server 2019 into 2025.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Phone Phishing Gang Busted: Eight Arrested in Belgium and Netherlands 2024-12-10 at 14:05 By Belgian and Dutch authorities have arrested eight suspects in connection with a “phone phishing” gang that primarily operated out of the Netherlands with an aim to steal victims’ financial data and funds. As part of the international operation, law enforcement agencies

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Hackers Weaponize Visual Studio Code Remote Tunnels for Cyber Espionage 2024-12-10 at 14:05 By A suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group has been attributed to an attacks targeting large business-to-business IT service providers in Southern Europe as part of a campaign codenamed Operation Digital Eye. The intrusions took place from late June to mid-July 2024, cybersecurity

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SAP says GenAI will help solve legacy migration skills shortage 2024-12-10 at 13:04 By Lindsay Clark As 2027 support deadline looms, German vendor puts faith in on-trend tech to help SIs do more with less SAP has claimed that its systems integrator partners will avoid a skills crunch in the looming 2027 support deadline by

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Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment after ‘cringey couple’ sentenced 2024-12-10 at 12:21 By Connor Jones Streamer’s trademark dramatic style takes on Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde A documentary examining the 2016 Bitfinex burglars hits Netflix, bringing the curious case to living rooms for the first time.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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82% of security leaders say AI may raise toxic combination challenges 2024-12-10 at 12:20 By Research shows that AI and IT complexity may lead to greater toxic combination challenges. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Ongoing Phishing and Malware Campaigns in December 2024 2024-12-10 at 12:20 By Cyber attackers never stop inventing new ways to compromise their targets. That’s why organizations must stay updated on the latest threats.  Here’s a quick rundown of the current malware and phishing attacks you need to know about to safeguard your infrastructure before they

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CERT-UA Warns of Phishing Attacks Targeting Ukraine’s Defense and Security Force 2024-12-10 at 12:20 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new set of cyber attacks that it said were aimed at defense companies in the country as well as its security and defense forces. The phishing attacks have

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With Gelsinger gone, to fab or not to fab is the $7B question 2024-12-10 at 12:07 By Dan Robinson Whoever takes over has some tough decisions to make Analysis  There has already been much speculation about who will succeed Pat Gelsinger as Intel chief, but perhaps a more pertinent question is whether the company wants

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Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI 2024-12-10 at 10:34 By Thomas Claburn Python security developer-in-residence decries use of bots that ‘cannot understand code’ Software vulnerability submissions generated by AI models have ushered in a “new era of slop security reports for open source” – and the devs maintaining these

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WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics 2024-12-10 at 09:35 By Iain Thomson And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people’s privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later 2024-12-10 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration Made-in-China social network TikTok has appealed the decision to shut it down in the US, arguing that the deadline for its

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Alibaba boss trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes 2024-12-10 at 07:20 By Laura Dobberstein ‘I am carefree, I like to joke,’ says entertainment division CEO who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings The CEO of Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s entertainment division fines his staff if they look at their phones

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