2024

Cloudflare Thwarts Largest-Ever 3.8 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Global Sectors 2024-10-04 at 13:01 By Cloudflare has disclosed that it mitigated a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted 65 seconds. The web infrastructure and security company said it fended off “over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks […]

WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks 2024-10-04 at 13:01 By A new high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could enable malicious actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code under certain conditions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-47374 (CVSS score: 7.2), has been described as

Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be 2024-10-04 at 11:46 By Liam Proven Self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux moves slow and fixes things in latest release Busybox is tiny, unobtrusive, and runs quite a lot of routers and other key bits of the internet – somewhat

Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds 2024-10-04 at 09:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer’ A pair of inventive Harvard undergraduates have created what they believe could be one of the most intrusive devices ever built –

Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure 2024-10-04 at 09:16 By Laura Dobberstein Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Google Cloud will help India to spread its Digital Public Infrastructure – the suite of government apps it offers to help other nations –

Balancing cost and protection: Budgeting physical security programs 2024-10-04 at 07:16 By Budgeting for physical security programs is a strategic balancing act between maximizing the safety of people and assets while keeping costs down and ensuring a good ROI on the program’s budget spend. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS

Elon Musk’s X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting 2024-10-04 at 07:01 By Simon Sharwood Argument that it didn’t inherit Twitter’s legal obligations did not hit the spot Australia’s Federal Court has rejected Elon Musk’s assertion that X/Twitter does not need to comply with local requirements to provide information about how it

Big names among thousands infected by payment-card-stealing CosmicSting crooks 2024-10-04 at 06:46 By Jessica Lyons Gangs hit 5% of all Adobe Commerce, Magento-powered stores, Sansec says Ray-Ban, National Geographic, Whirlpool, and Segway are among thousands of brands whose web stores were reportedly compromised by criminals exploiting the CosmicSting flaw in hope of stealing shoppers’ payment

It’s not just AI datacenters that need their own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids 2024-10-04 at 05:16 By Laura Dobberstein California utilities couldn’t deliver for hyperscalers’ favorite hardware-maker Its not just datacenters running AI that need their own energy sources: Taiwanese hardware manufacturer to the clouds Quanta has revealed the purchase of three

AI’s energy appetite too big for Texas grid, regulators warn 2024-10-04 at 03:16 By Tobias Mann Datacenters coming online in the next 15 months will need to supply at least some of their own power As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas, but as datacenter footprints explode amid the AI boom, regulators fear

Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up 2024-10-04 at 02:16 By Thomas Claburn Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP Cloudflare on Thursday celebrated a victory over Sable Networks, which the former described as a “patent troll.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Scammers in the slammer after ripping off Apple with fake iPhone returns 2024-10-04 at 01:31 By Jessica Lyons Duo must cough up $1.5M for pulling off multi-million-dollar swindle Two fraudsters will spend nearly five years behind bars each and pay a combined $1.5 million for bilking Apple out of millions of dollars worth of iPhones. …

John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises 2024-10-04 at 00:01 By Thomas Claburn Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has sent a letter to John May, CEO of agricultural equipment maker Deere & Company,

Saying goodbye to the tech dreams Microsoft abandoned with Windows 11 24H2 2024-10-03 at 22:18 By Richard Speed Is that a Mixed Reality headset, or just a complicated paperweight? Oh and farewell WordPad With the release of Windows 11 24H2, it is time to pay our respects to the features and functions removed from Microsoft’s

Alabama hospital admits cyberattack compromised data on 61,000 patients 2024-10-03 at 21:31 By Connor Jones Pwned info includes medical records, insurance details, and Social Security numbers in some cases An Alabama hospital is officially informing more than 61,000 patients that their personal data was compromised after a cyberattack in October 2023.… This article is an