2024

LockBit boasts of ransoming IRS-authorized eFile.com 2024-09-18 at 23:31 By Jessica Lyons Add ‘ransomware’ to the list of certainties in life? Notorious ransomware gang LockBit claims to have compromised eFile.com, which offers online services for electronically filing tax returns with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Putin really wants Trump back in the White House 2024-09-18 at 22:46 By Jessica Lyons US govt, Microsoft report on Kremlin trolls’ latest antics to Make America Grate Again Russia really wants Donald Trump to be the next US President, judging by reports from American government agencies and now Microsoft’s threat intelligence team.… This article

IBM is quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says 2024-09-18 at 22:16 By Thomas Claburn We did warn you, Big Blue tells The Reg IBM has been laying off a substantial number of employees this week and is trying to keep it quiet, our sources have said.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Lebanon hit now with walkie-talkie blasts as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war 2024-09-18 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Second wave of exploding gear pushes death toll higher First it was pagers, now Lebanon is being rocked by Hezbollah’s walkie-talkies detonating across the country.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Chinese spies spent months inside aerospace engineering firm’s network via legacy IT 2024-09-18 at 20:17 By Jessica Lyons Getting sloppy, Xi Exclusive  Chinese state-sponsored spies have been spotted inside a global engineering firm’s network, having gained initial entry using an admin portal’s default credentials on an IBM AIX server.… This article is an excerpt from

New “Raptor Train” IoT Botnet Compromises Over 200,000 Devices Worldwide 2024-09-18 at 20:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen botnet comprising an army of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices that are likely operated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor called Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or RedJuliett). The sophisticated botnet, dubbed Raptor

Certifying secure access service edge solutions 2024-09-18 at 19:01 By Pascal Menezes, CTO at MEF, discusses the importance of certifying secure access service edge (SASE) solutions.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

California governor goes on AI law signing spree, but demurs on the big one 2024-09-18 at 18:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Newsom still worried about SB 1047’s ‘chilling effect’ on AI industry tax dollar revenue innovation in California California Governor Gavin Newsom signed five AI-related bills into law this week, but a pivotal one remains unsigned,

Chinese Engineer Charged in U.S. for Years-Long Cyber Espionage Targeting NASA and Military 2024-09-18 at 18:01 By A Chinese national has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of conducting a “multi-year” spear-phishing campaign to obtain unauthorized access to computer software and source code created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), research universities,

Microsoft unveils Office LTSC 2024 for users that remain stubbornly offline 2024-09-18 at 17:47 By Richard Speed What do you mean you don’t want Copilot and Microsoft 365 services? Microsoft has released what could be the penultimate perpetual licensed version of Office.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Intuitive Machines shoots for the Moon with NASA’s $4.82B lunar relay jackpot 2024-09-18 at 17:02 By Richard Speed Surely at least one crew will get there in the next ten years? Intuitive Machines has bagged a contract worth up to $4.82 billion to support NASA’s lunar relay systems.… This article is an excerpt from The

Microsoft, BlackRock form fund to sink up to $100B into AI infrastructure 2024-09-18 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Tech is going to need datacenters and power sources, and a lot of ’em Microsoft is joining with BlackRock and other private equity investors in a new AI fund that aims to eventually raise $100 billion for

Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform 2024-09-18 at 15:31 By Connor Jones Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the