2024

New Qilin.B Ransomware Variant Emerges with Improved Encryption and Evasion Tactics 2024-10-24 at 20:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced version of the Qilin ransomware sporting increased sophistication and tactics to evade detection. The new variant is being tracked by cybersecurity firm Halcyon under the moniker Qilin.B. “Notably, Qilin.B now supports AES-256-CTR encryption for

Securing Your Foundation 2024-10-24 at 20:18 By Peter Dulay Why You Need Host-Based Access Control This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

$180 for an overpriced, dubious SSD drive? Maybe don’t join the USB Club 2024-10-24 at 20:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo No specs and few details, but the promise of access to an exclusive community is still drawing buyers Imagine that your USB flash drive came with software that lets an unknown cloud platform scan its contents

AI toilet camera snaps pictures of poop — here’s why you want a fecal record 2024-10-24 at 19:48 By Ben Cost It’s a literal crap-shoot. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Huawei releases data detailing serverless secrets 2024-10-24 at 19:48 By Simon Sharwood Reveals why your functions start slowly on its cloud and maybe others too Huawei Cloud has released a huge trove of data describing the performance of its serverless services in the hope that other hyperscalers use it to improve their own operations.… This

Floppy discs still run a U.S. metro? Japan steps in with ‘project kill floppy’ 2024-10-24 at 19:03 By Gavin Bonshor Hitachi Rail contract inked by SF transport board will kill the throwback San Francisco’s Muni Metro could be finally getting ready to wave goodbye to the antiquated and archaic floppy disk-based train control system.… This

A closer look at Intel and AMD’s different approaches to gluing together CPUs 2024-10-24 at 18:33 By Tobias Mann Epycs or Xeons, more cores = more silicon, and it only gets more complex from here Analysis  Shortly after the launch of AMD’s first-gen Epyc processors codenamed Naples in 2017, Intel quipped that its competitor had

Multi-Site Mastery: Strategies for Effective Risk Assessments 2024-10-24 at 18:18 By In this episode of The Security Podcasts we sit down with Mark Landry, National Accounts Director at AMAROK, to discuss navigating multi-site risk assessment effectively. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Boeing strike continues as union rejects contract, scuttling CEO’s recovery plan 2024-10-24 at 18:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo Kelly Ortberg’s turnaround express heads back to the hangar Thousands of unionized Boeing machinists will remain on strike after rejecting their employer’s latest contract offer, dealing a swift blow to recovery plans CEO Kelly Ortberg outlined yesterday. … This

Nvidia CEO whines Europeans aren’t buying enough GPUs 2024-10-24 at 17:35 By Tobias Mann EU isn’t keeping up with US and China investments, AI arms dealer says European nations need to invest more in artificial intelligence if they want to close the gap between the US and China, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said during a

Top EU court overturns Intel’s billion-dollar antitrust fine 2024-10-24 at 17:05 By Dan Robinson Conditional rebates settled, but $400M matter of naked restrictions remains Intel has a spot of good news for a change. The EU Court of Justice has upheld an earlier ruling that canceled a €1.06 billion ($1.1 billion) fine against the chipmaker

AWS Cloud Development Kit Vulnerability Exposes Users to Potential Account Takeover Risks 2024-10-24 at 17:03 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw impacting Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Development Kit (CDK) that could have resulted in an account takeover under specific circumstances. “The impact of this issue could, in certain scenarios, allow an attacker

With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply 2024-10-24 at 16:33 By Laura Dobberstein How embarrassing for Samsung SK hynix posted on Wednesday what it called its “highest revenue since its foundation” for Q3 2024 as it pledged to continue minuting more AI chips.… This article is an excerpt from The

Yet another UK government seeks to reform GDPR 2024-10-24 at 16:18 By Lindsay Clark Yes, the law that needs to be harmonized with Europe for tech businesses’ data to flow freely The UK government has begun to introduce its latest update to data protection laws it claims will boost economic growth and public sector efficiency.

Cisco Issues Urgent Fix for ASA and FTD Software Vulnerability Under Active Attack 2024-10-24 at 16:03 By Cisco on Wednesday said it has released updates to address an actively exploited security flaw in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20481 (CVSS score: 5.8), affects