2024

New Cryptojacking Attack Targets Docker API to Create Malicious Swarm Botnet 2024-10-01 at 08:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to “use Docker Swarm’s orchestration […]

Recognizing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2024 2024-10-01 at 07:16 By During National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybersecurity experts are reflecting on prominent threats and how they can be mitigated.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Epic Games starts Battle Royale with Samsung, Google, over app store practices 2024-10-01 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Alleges Korean giant’s app store lockdown is no accident, and anticompetitive Epic Games has launched another lawsuit in pursuit of its goal of selling its apps direct rather than through platform owners’ app stores – this time

U.K. Hacker Charged in $3.75 Million Insider Trading Scheme Using Hacked Executive Emails 2024-10-01 at 06:01 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a 39-year-old U.K. national for perpetrating a hack-to-trade fraud scheme that netted him nearly $3.75 million in illegal profits. Robert Westbrook of London was arrested last week and is expected

Imagine a government that told Big Tech to improve resilience – then punished failures 2024-10-01 at 04:46 By Laura Dobberstein It’s happening in South Korea South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has reportedly told local web giant Naver to improve its disaster recovery capabilities after not taking adequate measures to prevent service failures.… This

Australian e-tailer digiDirect customers’ info allegedly stolen and dumped online 2024-10-01 at 03:31 By Jessica Lyons Full names, contact details, and company info – all the fixings for a phishing holiday Data allegedly belonging to more than 304,000 customers of Australian camera and tech e-tailer digiDirect has been leaked to an online cyber crime forum.…

Watch your mirrors: Tesla Cybertrucks have Full Self Driving now 2024-10-01 at 03:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Researchers reckon all Teslas need human interventions every 13 miles Owners of Tesla’s Cybertruck are reporting that a software update enabling Full Self Driving (FSD) has become an option for their giant rolling wedges of stainless steel.… This article

Rackspace monitoring systems hit by zero-day 2024-10-01 at 02:16 By Jessica Lyons Intruders accessed internal web servers, limited info … customers told not to worry Exclusive  Rackspace has told customers intruders exploited a zero-day bug in a third-party application it was using, and abused that vulnerability to break into its internal performance monitoring environment. That

Ransomware forces hospital to turn away ambulances 2024-10-01 at 01:31 By Iain Thomson Only level-one trauma unit in 400 miles crippled Ransomware scumbags have caused a vital hospital to turn away ambulances after infecting its computer systems with malware.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs 2024-10-01 at 01:16 By Jessica Lyons At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than ‘long overdue’ T-Mobile US has agreed to fork out $31.5 million to improve its cybersecurity and pay a fine after a string

California governor vetoes controversial AI safety law, tells everyone to start over 2024-09-30 at 23:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Newsom doesn’t want Golden State to lose its golden goose California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial AI bill, tho don’t assume it was necessarily a final win for the tech industry. … This article is an

AWS must fork out $30.5M after losing P2P network patent scrap 2024-09-30 at 22:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo No one really wins when a troll, sorry, assertion entity scores a victory A Delaware jury has determined that Amazon Web Services infringed two networking patents and now owes the current patent holder $30.5 million. … This article is

World Wide Web Foundation closes so Tim Berners-Lee can spend more time with his protocol 2024-09-30 at 22:17 By Thomas Claburn Who wants to join his so Solid crew? After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down.… This article is an excerpt

SpaceX Falcon 9 grounded again after second stage hits wrong part of ocean 2024-09-30 at 20:46 By Richard Speed Otherwise, Crew-9 launch was a complete success SpaceX has grounded the Falcon 9 once more, following the launch of the Crew-9 mission, due to an issue with the second stage deorbit burn.… This article is an