2024

Chinese national accused by Feds of spear-phishing for NASA, military source code 2024-09-17 at 05:31 By Jessica Lyons May have reeled in blueprints related to weapons development A Chinese national has been accused of conducting a years-long spear-phishing campaign that aimed to steal source code from the US Army and NASA, plus other highly sensitive

Microsoft confirms IE bug squashed in Patch Tuesday was exploited zero-day 2024-09-17 at 04:32 By Jessica Lyons The C in these CVEs stands for Confusing Analysis  Microsoft, in a low-key update to its September Patch Tuesday disclosures, has confirmed a just-fixed Internet Explorer vulnerability was exploited as a zero-day before it could be patched.… This

Intel frees its Foundry biz – and that’s just one of many major shake-ups today 2024-09-17 at 03:32 By Tobias Mann Pauses European fabs, scores secret US gig, teams up with Amazon, re-orgs its innards, and more! Intel will spin out its Foundry division as an independent subsidiary with its own board, in the hopes

Biden tackles trade loophole used by cheap Chinese e-tailers 2024-09-17 at 02:46 By Laura Dobberstein Removing de minimis exemption could stymie Beijing’s plans to grow its cyber-bazaar abroad The Biden administration announced on Friday it was cracking down on a tax loophole that has enabled Chinese web souks like Shein and Temu to thrive.… This

Hybrid working is toast at Amazon: CEO wants everyone back in the office full time 2024-09-17 at 00:02 By Iain Thomson And Jassy hints at reorg and cuts: 15% boost in employee-to-manager ratio to ‘flatten’ the ranks The COVID-19 work-from-home era is over, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told staff in a Monday memo, signaling

The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint 2024-09-16 at 23:41 By Thomas Claburn You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We’ll show you memory safety! We’ll borrow that borrow checker After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write less vulnerable code.…

Ellison declares Oracle ‘all in’ on AI mass surveillance 2024-09-16 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Eyes on everyone: From cops to the public AI is on the verge of ushering in a new era of mass surveillance, says Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, and his juggernaut is rip-roaring, ready to serve as the technological backbone for

Snowflake slams ‘more MFA’ button again – months after Ticketmaster, Santander breaches 2024-09-16 at 20:01 By Connor Jones Now it’s the default for all new accounts Snowflake continues to push forward in strengthening its users’ cybersecurity posture by making multi-factor authentication the default for all new accounts.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Elon Musk’s assassination joke bombs, internet responds with calls for his deportation 2024-09-16 at 19:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘No one is trying’ to kill Biden or Harris, mogul says after alleged second attempt on Trump’s life Calls to deport Elon Musk from the US are trending on the billionaire’s very own social media platform after

Cyberattacks against manufacturing sector increased 105% in H1 of 2024 2024-09-16 at 19:17 By New research shows how the cyber threat landscape is evolving, requiring greater proactive security strategies from organizations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft’s Copilot ‘Wave 2’ is a tsunami of unanswered questions 2024-09-16 at 18:16 By Richard Speed What the next few months hold for the productivity chatbot Microsoft’s Copilot Wave 2 has arrived, bringing agents and unanswered questions.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

86% of organizations allow data compliance exemptions in non-production 2024-09-16 at 18:01 By A recent report also reveals that the challenge of protecting sensitive data will only get more complex with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Germany’s CDU still struggling to restore data months after June cyberattack 2024-09-16 at 17:47 By Connor Jones Putting a spanner in work for plans of opposition party to launch a comeback during next year’s elections One of Germany’s major political parties is still struggling to restore member data more than three months after a June

Snowflake’s Unistore still on ice years after announcement 2024-09-16 at 17:01 By Lindsay Clark Cloud unicorn struggles to make database that can do everything ‘margin positive’ Two years after announcing a database that can do analytics and transactions in the same system, Snowflake has yet to commercially launch Unistore, its CFO admitted.… This article is