2024

Ubuntu turns 20: ‘Oracular Oriole’ shows this old bird’s still got plenty of flight 2024-10-11 at 23:16 By Liam Proven The 24.10 release offers fun and freshness, but not immutability The first interim release of Ubuntu since the somewhat troubled Noble Numbat is a smooth upgrade – but not all of the new hotness is […]

Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can’t delete 2024-10-11 at 21:47 By Richard Speed When the ‘cleanup’ option stubbornly refuses Windows 11 24H2 users are finding there is undeletable data that remains on their devices after installing the recently released feature update.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

GitHub, Telegram Bots, and QR Codes Abused in New Wave of Phishing Attacks 2024-10-11 at 21:07 By A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method is gaining traction

GitHub, Telegram Bots, and QR Codes Abused in New Wave of Phishing Attacks 2024-10-11 at 21:05 By A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method is gaining traction

Ukraine cyber cops collar man who hooked citizens up to Russian internet 2024-10-11 at 20:16 By Connor Jones ‘Self-taught hacker’ facing a possible 15 years in the slammer A 28-year-old Ukrainian is facing up to 15 years in prison for allegedly operating what the war-torn nation’s cyber police are calling an illegal VPN service that

Energy companies told to recharge for AI datacenter surge 2024-10-11 at 18:46 By Dan Robinson Demand for electricity to outstrip supply soon, warns Bain US energy companies must adapt to the AI-driven datacenter boom with power use forecast to outstrip supply within the next few years.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Why send a message when you can get your Zoom digital video clone to read the script? 2024-10-11 at 17:17 By Thomas Claburn We’re sure colleagues will find your lookalike, soundalike avatar’s missive very warm and human Zoom Video Communications intends to offer office workers the ability to communicate with colleagues using an AI lookalike

Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially UNIX. If anyone cares… 2024-10-11 at 16:16 By Liam Proven But what does that mean? Explainer  Apple’s latest OS release is the newest member of the Open Group list of officially verified UNIX variants – by quite some margin.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Tesla’s big reveal: Steering-wheel-free Robotaxi will charge wirelessly 2024-10-11 at 15:07 By Richard Speed WCGW? Plus: Automous Robovan also makes surprise appearance at Cybercab’s coming out party Complete with Back to The Future style folding doors, Tesla is showing off its Robotaxi at last, along with an autonomous minibus and the Optimus robot.… This article

More than one-third of tech professionals report AI skills shortage 2024-10-11 at 15:06 By New research has found a skills gap in AI security skills.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

60% of organizations manually gather employee data 2024-10-11 at 15:06 By According to a recent Envoy report, shifting workplace dynamics such as hybrid work policies have led to outdated data management processes. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims’ data 2024-10-11 at 14:49 By Paul Kunert Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops Two former workers at roadside assistance provider RAC were this week given suspended sentences after illegally copying and selling tens of thousands of lines of

How Hybrid Password Attacks Work and How to Defend Against Them 2024-10-11 at 14:48 By Threat actors constantly change tactics to bypass cybersecurity measures, developing innovative methods to steal user credentials. Hybrid password attacks merge multiple cracking techniques to amplify their effectiveness. These combined approaches exploit the strengths of various methods, accelerating the password-cracking process. 

Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig 2024-10-11 at 14:18 By Connor Jones What’s harder? Convincing people to invest in a beleaguered security business or a tiny island everybody hates? Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Poppy Gustafsson as the UK’s new investment minister is being resoundingly praised despite the former Darktrace boss spending years

Is the first European on the Moon in ESA’s astronaut corps? 2024-10-11 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Director General on being a good partner and developing rockets Interview  The European Space Agency (ESA) had to use a SpaceX rocket to send its Hera spacecraft to Dimorphos. After the delays of the Ariane 6, what will

CISA Warns of Threat Actors Exploiting F5 BIG-IP Cookies for Network Reconnaissance 2024-10-11 at 12:30 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that it has observed threat actors leveraging unencrypted persistent cookies managed by the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) module to conduct reconnaissance of target networks. It said the