December 2024

THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips (Nov 25 – Dec 1) 2024-12-02 at 14:15 By Ever wonder what happens in the digital world every time you blink? Here’s something wild – hackers launch about 2,200 attacks every single day, which means someone’s trying to break into a system somewhere every 39 seconds. And […]

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Oracle’s Java price hikes push CIOs to brew new licensing strategies 2024-12-02 at 13:48 By Lindsay Clark Users could save 50% with open source alternatives, says expert Avoiding steep price hikes in Oracle Java licensing has become an issue for CIOs, according to a software asset management expert.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next 2024-12-02 at 12:44 By Richard Speed What’s that coming over the hill, is it an AI? Competition  Do you need a bit of Bliss in your life? Come up with a suggestion for where Microsoft might stick Copilot next,

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8 Million Android Users Hit by SpyLoan Malware in Loan Apps on Google Play 2024-12-02 at 12:44 By Over a dozen malicious Android apps identified on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 8 million times contain malware known as SpyLoan, according to new findings from McAfee Labs. “These PUP (potentially unwanted

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Mitigating fraud, theft and scam risks within financial institutions 2024-12-02 at 12:05 By Security magazine talks with Tracey Santor, Assistant Vice President for Financial Institutions at Travelers, about mitigating risks in financial institutions.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone’s getting burned 2024-12-02 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins The politics of cybersecurity are too important to be left to the politicians Opinion  Here’s a front-page headline you won’t see these days: CHINA’S SPIES ARE TAPPING OUR PHONES. Not that they’re not – they are – but, like

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Broadcom loses another big customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs 2024-12-02 at 10:36 By Simon Sharwood A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient Broadcom has lost another significant customer after UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group decided to adopt

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INTERPOL Arrests 5,500 in Global Cybercrime Crackdown, Seizes Over $400 Million 2024-12-02 at 10:05 By A global law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of more than 5,500 suspects involved in financial crimes and the seizure of more than $400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies. The coordinated exercise saw the participation of

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Claims of ‘open’ AIs are often open lies, research argues 2024-12-02 at 08:35 By Lindsay Clark ‘When policy is being shaped, definitions matter’ Rhetoric around “open” AI concentrates power in the AI sector rather than making it more open to competition and scrutiny, according to a research paper published in Nature.… This article is an

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Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired 2024-12-02 at 07:49 By Laura Dobberstein ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two

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Supply chain technology provider Blue Yonder faces ransomware attack 2024-12-02 at 07:12 By Blue Yonder, a supply chain technology provider, has faced a ransomware incident.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware 2024-12-02 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood ‘Forever unbrickable’ Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form Open source Wi-Fi router project OpenWrt and the Software Freedom Conservancy have delivered their first jointly developed hardware platform – the OpenWrt One

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China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport 2024-12-02 at 03:49 By Simon Sharwood Won’t scare SpaceX as it’s not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats China launched a new class of rocket on Saturday, and for the first time used a commercial spaceport for the mission.…

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Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge 2024-12-02 at 01:04 By Simon Sharwood Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Asia in Brief  Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have reportedly charged a Google employee after the deaths

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Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op 2024-12-01 at 22:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more Infosec in brief  Interpol and its financial supporters in the South Korean government are back with another round of anti-cybercrime arrests

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