2024

Cybersecurity Researchers Warn of New Rust-Based Splinter Post-Exploitation Tool 2024-09-25 at 17:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the discovery of a new post-exploitation red team tool called Splinter in the wild. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 shared its findings after it discovered the program on several customers’ systems. “It has a standard set of features […]

75% of organizations say phishing poses the greatest AI risk 2024-09-25 at 17:03 By Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) were analyzed in a recent report by Team8. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Campaigners claim ‘Privacy Preserving Attribution’ in Firefox does the opposite 2024-09-25 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla over a “Privacy Preserving Attribution” feature that was quietly enabled in the Firefox browser following

Apple ropes off 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI models 2024-09-25 at 16:17 By Thomas Claburn Carve-out expected to get larger over time, too Apple’s on-device AI model, dubbed Apple Intelligence, will require 4 GB of device storage space, and more at a later date. That’s about the size of an HD movie,

Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By Paul Kunert Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal Google Cloud Platform has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging Microsoft software licensing policies are anti-competitive, including claims customers are being charged four times more

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could’ve Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s memory. The technique, dubbed SpAIware, could be abused to facilitate “continuous data exfiltration

Expert Tips on How to Spot a Phishing Link 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By Phishing attacks are becoming more advanced and harder to detect, but there are still telltale signs that can help you spot them before it’s too late. See these key indicators that security experts use to identify phishing links:1. Check Suspicious URLs  Phishing

Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages 2024-09-25 at 14:48 By Connor Jones Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details Police officer victims have yet to receive any compensation after a document was mistakenly published in 2023 containing data belonging to members

Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways 2024-09-25 at 14:03 By Laura Dobberstein Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation The dominance of US-based hyperscalers like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon in subsea cables has reshaped the industry and put critical infrastructure at risk, an Australian think tank