2024

Microsoft’s Inflection acquihire is too small to matter, say UK regulators 2024-09-04 at 18:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Deal can’t lessen competition if AI minnow wasn’t much of a competitor Microsoft’s “acquihire” of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn’t big enough for its absorption by Microsoft to […]

Cicada ransomware may be a BlackCat/ALPHV rebrand and upgrade 2024-09-04 at 17:46 By Jessica Lyons Researchers find many similarities, and nasty new customizations such as embedded compromised user credentials The Cicada3301 ransomware, which has claimed at least 20 victims since it was spotted in June, shares “striking similarities” with the notorious BlackCat ransomware, according to

Google Confirms CVE-2024-32896 Exploited in the Wild, Releases Android Security Patch 2024-09-04 at 17:16 By Google has released its monthly security updates for the Android operating system to address a known security flaw that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), relates to

FCC finally gets around to banning Kaspersky from telecoms kit 2024-09-04 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson Communications agency now passing on the order to operators The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has woken up and issued a ban on Kaspersky software being used in telecoms kit, months after Washington deemed it a national security risk and

GenAI spending bubble? Definitely ‘maybe’ says ServiceNow 2024-09-04 at 16:17 By Lindsay Clark It won’t generate hundreds of million of dollars for customers tomorrow, and there’s a ‘lot of noise’ from tech industry ServiceNow is trying to assure investors that payback for enterprise GenAI investment is coming, but it may not be soon and biz

Hackers Hijack 22,000 Removed PyPI Packages, Spreading Malicious Code to Developers 2024-09-04 at 16:16 By A new supply chain attack technique targeting the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry has been exploited in the wild in an attempt to infiltrate downstream organizations. It has been codenamed Revival Hijack by software supply chain security firm JFrog, which

Starlink U-turns, will block X in Brazil after all 2024-09-04 at 15:32 By Richard Speed Musk fought the law and the law won… for now The sound of a screeching rubber on road was heard in South America last night as Elon Musk’s satellite broadband operation, Starlink, agreed to comply with an order in Brazil

There was a 56% increase in ransomware groups in H1 2024 2024-09-04 at 15:17 By There was a 56% increase in the number of active ransomware groups compared to H1 2023, reflecting a diversification of the ransomware landscape. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security experts discuss CISA’s cyber incident reporting portal 2024-09-04 at 15:17 By CISA announced its Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting portal is now live, and security leaders are sharing their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Double Debian update: 11.11 and 12.7 arrive at once 2024-09-04 at 14:32 By Liam Proven But Bullseye’s days are numbered and it’s time to think about upgrading The latest update to Debian “Bookworm” arrives at the same time as the last ever update to “Bullseye,” and there’s trouble ahead for Nvidia legacy users.… This article

The New Effective Way to Prevent Account Takeovers 2024-09-04 at 14:31 By Account takeover attacks have emerged as one of the most persistent and damaging threats to cloud-based SaaS environments. Yet despite significant investments in traditional security measures, many organizations continue to struggle with preventing these attacks. A new report, “Why Account Takeover Attacks Still