December 2024

Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation 2024-12-20 at 11:39 By Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain conditions. Of the three, two are rated Critical in severity. There […]

Survey: Parking lot safety influences holiday shopping habits 2024-12-20 at 11:15 By Perceptions of safety influence holiday shopping habits, with parking lot security being a major factor.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools 2024-12-20 at 08:34 By A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk and ScreenConnect.  The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-48788 (CVSS score: 9.3),

Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna’s history needs revision 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By Simon Sharwood Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Chinese scientists think it’s time to rewrite the Moon’s history after analyzing samples from returned to Earth by the Chang’e 6 mission.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List 2024-12-20 at 07:53 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the

Executives targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Executives are targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks, and security leaders share their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Infosec experts divided on AI’s potential to assist red teams 2024-12-20 at 05:32 By Laura Dobberstein Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC  Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it is truly helpful

Massive data breach at federal credit union exposes 240K members 2024-12-20 at 04:34 By Fox News SRP Federal Credit Union had a major data breach impacting more than 240,000 people. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

ChatGPT CEO talks Elon Musk feud, criticizes Biden admin AI regulation 2024-12-20 at 01:48 By Fox Business ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman said he thinks Musk’s feud with OpenAI is based on competitive concerns. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches 2024-12-20 at 01:33 By Richard Speed Users report the sound of silence from operating system update Microsoft has logged some new known issues with Windows 11 24H2 and thrown up more safeguard holds until the problems are resolved.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Axiom Space shuffles space station assembly sequence – to get it standalone sooner 2024-12-19 at 23:33 By Richard Speed Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS Axiom Space has shuffled the assembly sequence of its space station to remove any dependence it would have on the International Space

US bipartisan group publishes laundry list of AI policy requests 2024-12-19 at 21:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report, outlining recommendations for

Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic 2024-12-19 at 19:40 By Tobias Mann It’s not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon Comment  Next year will see some truly monstrous compute projects get underway as the AI boom enters its third year. Among