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Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App

Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App 2024-09-20 at 17:46 By Richard Speed If you hadn’t guessed, that’s the artist formerly known as Remote Desktop Microsoft’s breathtaking ability to rename things badly carries on with the Windows App, a hub to stream Windows from a variety of sources.… This article is an

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Cyble Sensor Intelligence: Attacks, Phishing Scams and Brute-Force Detections

Cyble Sensor Intelligence: Attacks, Phishing Scams and Brute-Force Detections 2024-09-20 at 17:31 By dakshsharma16 Key Takeaways Overview The Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence Network, or CGSI, monitors and captures real-time attack data through Cyble’s network of Honeypot sensors. This week, Cyble’s Threat Hunting service discovered and investigated dozens of exploit attempts, malware intrusions, financial fraud, and brute-force attacks. 

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Europol Shuts Down Major Phishing Scheme Targeting Mobile Phone Credentials

Europol Shuts Down Major Phishing Scheme Targeting Mobile Phone Credentials 2024-09-20 at 17:01 By Law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of an international criminal network that leveraged a phishing platform to unlock stolen or lost mobile phones. The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, called iServer, is estimated to have claimed more than 483,000 victims globally, led

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Google Now Syncing Passkeys Across Desktop, Android Devices

Google Now Syncing Passkeys Across Desktop, Android Devices 2024-09-20 at 16:46 By Ionut Arghire Users can now save passkeys to Google Password Manager on computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux, in addition to Android devices. The post Google Now Syncing Passkeys Across Desktop, Android Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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UN Experts Urge United Nations to Lay Foundations for Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence

UN Experts Urge United Nations to Lay Foundations for Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence 2024-09-20 at 16:46 By Associated Press Left ungoverned, AI’s benefits could be limited to a handful of countries, companies and individuals, and pose risks to peace and security. The post UN Experts Urge United Nations to Lay Foundations for Global Governance

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Datacenters bleed watts and cash – all because they’re afraid to flip a switch

Datacenters bleed watts and cash – all because they’re afraid to flip a switch 2024-09-20 at 16:31 By Tobias Mann Flip on OS-level governors and power profiles, cut energy use by ’25 – 50 percent’ Datacenter power consumption has become a major concern in recent years, as utilities struggle to keep up with growing demand

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FTC investigates video streaming and social media for data collection

FTC investigates video streaming and social media for data collection 2024-09-20 at 16:06 By A report found that companies collected and could indefinitely retain troves of data, including information from data brokers, and about both users and non-users of their platforms.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

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In Other News: Disney Ditches Slack, Binance Malware Warning, Defense Conference Targeted

In Other News: Disney Ditches Slack, Binance Malware Warning, Defense Conference Targeted 2024-09-20 at 15:46 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Disney will stop using Slack following a hack, Binance warns of malware, and US-Taiwan defense conference targeted by hackers. The post In Other News: Disney Ditches Slack, Binance

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Noise Storms: Massive Amounts of Spoofed Web Traffic Linked to China

Noise Storms: Massive Amounts of Spoofed Web Traffic Linked to China 2024-09-20 at 15:46 By Ionut Arghire GreyNoise has observed millions of spoofed IPs flooding internet providers with web traffic primarily focusing on TCP connections. The post Noise Storms: Massive Amounts of Spoofed Web Traffic Linked to China appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Europe’s largest city council: Oracle ERP allocated £2B in transactions to wrong year

Europe’s largest city council: Oracle ERP allocated £2B in transactions to wrong year 2024-09-20 at 15:31 By Lindsay Clark Workers forced to manually correct setup that struggles to produce auditable accounts after customizations The Oracle finance system implemented by stricken Birmingham City Council allocated £2 billion ($2.65 billion) in cash to the wrong financial year,

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Kubernetes Container Isolation Startup Edera Raises $5 Million

Kubernetes Container Isolation Startup Edera Raises $5 Million 2024-09-20 at 15:01 By Ionut Arghire Edera has raised $5 million in seed funding to help organizations secure Kubernetes containers and AI workloads. The post Kubernetes Container Isolation Startup Edera Raises $5 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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Law Enforcement Dismantles Phishing Platform Used for Unlocking Stolen Phones

Law Enforcement Dismantles Phishing Platform Used for Unlocking Stolen Phones 2024-09-20 at 15:01 By Ionut Arghire The iServer phishing-as-a-service platform was used by Spanish-speaking criminals to harvest credentials and unlock stolen and lost phones. The post Law Enforcement Dismantles Phishing Platform Used for Unlocking Stolen Phones appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Passwordless AND Keyless: The Future of (Privileged) Access Management

Passwordless AND Keyless: The Future of (Privileged) Access Management 2024-09-20 at 14:46 By In IT environments, some secrets are managed well and some fly under the radar. Here’s a quick checklist of what kinds of secrets companies typically manage, including one type they should manage: Passwords [x] TLS certificates [x] Accounts [x] SSH keys ???

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Disney kicks Slack to the curb, looks to Microsoft Teams for a happily ever after

Disney kicks Slack to the curb, looks to Microsoft Teams for a happily ever after 2024-09-20 at 14:31 By Richard Speed Definitely not punishment for someone leaking internal data There’s no fairy tale ending for Slack at entertainment behemoth Disney following reports that the Salesforce-owned messaging service will be ditched in favor of Microsoft Teams.…

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Tor Responds to Reports of German Police Deanonymizing Users

Tor Responds to Reports of German Police Deanonymizing Users 2024-09-20 at 13:46 By Eduard Kovacs The Tor Project has responded to claims that German law enforcement has found a way to deanonymize users. The post Tor Responds to Reports of German Police Deanonymizing Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Iranian APT UNC1860 Linked to MOIS Facilitates Cyber Intrusions in Middle East

Iranian APT UNC1860 Linked to MOIS Facilitates Cyber Intrusions in Middle East 2024-09-20 at 13:46 By An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) threat actor likely affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is now acting as an initial access facilitator that provides remote access to target networks. Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity

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While HashiCorp plays license roulette, Virter rolls out to rescue FOSS VM testing

While HashiCorp plays license roulette, Virter rolls out to rescue FOSS VM testing 2024-09-20 at 13:32 By Liam Proven BSL shenanigans continue to make waves Open Source Summit Europe 2024  Virter is a useful little tool if you often create – and then remove – VMs to try stuff. It’s arguably carried on the ripples

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Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data

Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data 2024-09-20 at 12:31 By Connor Jones Nothing high-end about the sparsely detailed, poorly publicized breach High-end British department store Harvey Nichols is writing to customers to confirm some of their data was exposed in a recent cyberattack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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