2024

Green recycling goals? Pending EU directive could hammer used mobile market 2024-09-20 at 11:46 By Paul Kunert Bloc’s USB-C rules forecast to disrupt supply, barring 8 million imported phones from reaching Europe’s ports The impending Radio Equipment Directive in the EU is forecast to render eight million used smartphones, or two in five units, no

Chrome Users Can Now Sync Passkeys Across Devices with New Google PIN Feature 2024-09-20 at 10:46 By Google on Thursday unveiled a Password Manager PIN to let Chrome web users sync their passkeys across Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, and Android devices. “This PIN adds an additional layer of security to ensure your passkeys are end-to-end

A huge week for satnav as both China and Europe make generational launches 2024-09-20 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood Upgrades on the way for both, with deep-ocean services and programmable sats on the way Two of the world’s satellite positioning service constellations reached important milestones this week, after the European Space Agency and China’s Satellite

Critical Ivanti Cloud Appliance Vulnerability Exploited in Active Cyberattacks 2024-09-20 at 08:31 By Ivanti has revealed that a critical security flaw impacting Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The new vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-8963, carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. It

Citrix adds remote Mac support, but some customers are grumpy 2024-09-20 at 08:02 By Simon Sharwood License changes and product bundles aren’t going down well, says Gartner’s DaaS magical quadrant Citrix has added the ability to control remote macOS machines through its desktop-as-a-service suite, but customers of the product are said to be upset with

Addressing the wider cyber skills gap through the agriculture industry 2024-09-20 at 07:16 By The world’s food security is dependent on securing and protecting the data of agricultural machines and equipment, which makes the deficiencies in the cybersecurity workforce a major point of concern.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS

Alibaba Cloud claims its modular datacenter architecture shrinks build times by 50 percent 2024-09-20 at 05:20 By Laura Dobberstein Also reveals boosted utilization rates, upgraded IaaS and more – all in the name of AI apps Alibaba Cloud has revealed a modular datacenter architecture it claims will help it to satisfy demand for AI infrastructure

CISA boss: Makers of insecure software are the real cyber villains 2024-09-20 at 03:46 By Jessica Lyons Write better code, urges Jen Easterly. And while you’re at it, give crime gangs horrible names like ‘Evil Ferret’ Software developers who ship buggy, insecure code are the real villains in the cyber crime story, according to Jen

Valencia Ransomware crew explodes on the scene, claims California city, fashion giant, more as victims 2024-09-20 at 02:31 By Jessica Lyons Boasts ‘appear to be credible’ experts tell El Reg A California city, a Spanish fashion giant, an Indian paper manufacturer, and two pharmaceutical companies are the alleged victims of what looks like a new

No way? Big Tech’s ‘lucrative surveillance’ of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom 2024-09-20 at 01:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals Buried beneath the endless feeds and attention-grabbing videos of the modern internet is a network of data harvesting and sale that’s far