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VMware ESXi flaw leveraged by BlackByte ransomware 2024-09-03 at 15:16 By Recent investigations reveal that the BlackByte ransomware group is deploying techniques that vary from its typical methods. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SAP CTO bows out over ‘incident’ at company shindig 2024-09-03 at 14:47 By Lindsay Clark Board member offers apology for ‘inappropriate’ behavior SAP CTO and executive board member Jürgen Müller is set to depart the German software corporation over an “incident” at a company event.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

AI firms propose ‘personhood credentials’ … to fight AI 2024-09-03 at 13:46 By Thomas Claburn It’s going to take more than CAPTCHA to prove you’re real Researchers at Microsoft and OpenAI, among others, have proposed “personhood credentials” to counter the online deception enabled by the AI models sold by Microsoft and OpenAI, among others.… This

Rocinante Trojan Poses as Banking Apps to Steal Sensitive Data from Brazilian Android Users 2024-09-03 at 13:46 By Mobile users in Brazil are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a new Android banking trojan named Rocinante. “This malware family is capable of performing keylogging using the Accessibility Service, and is also able

Transport for London confirms cyberattack, assures us all is well 2024-09-03 at 12:46 By Richard Speed Government body claims there is no evidence of customer data being compromised Transport for London (TfL) – responsible for much of the public network carrying people around England’s capital – is battling to stay on top of an unfolding

Magnetic personalities at Tokamak Energy form separate division 2024-09-03 at 11:46 By Dan Robinson Fusion biz wants to break superconducting tech into other sectors Brit nuclear fusion firm Tokamak Energy has formed a separate division to commercialize the superconducting magnet tech it developed for reactors in other markets including renewable energy or transport.… This article

Elon Musk’s Starlink won’t block Elon Musk’s X in Brazil, as required by court order 2024-09-03 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood Appeal panel upholds ban as Musk Xeets up a rage-storm Brazil’s Supreme Court has backed an earlier decision to force local carriers to block Elon Musk’s social network, X, as the dispute between the

Secrets Exposed: Why Your CISO Should Worry About Slack 2024-09-03 at 10:47 By In the digital realm, secrets (API keys, private keys, username and password combos, etc.) are the keys to the kingdom. But what if those keys were accidentally left out in the open in the very tools we use to collaborate every day?

Big Tech got its ‘next billion’ – but there’s three billion people still offline 2024-09-03 at 09:46 By Laura Dobberstein The GSMA and its friends are looking for ways to bring those within mobile range onto the ‘net In 2015 Google gave itself a mission: connect the “next billion” people to the internet. That plan

New Flaws in Microsoft macOS Apps Could Allow Hackers to Gain Unrestricted Access 2024-09-03 at 08:01 By Eight vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Microsoft applications for macOS that an adversary could exploit to gain elevated privileges or access sensitive data by circumventing the operating system’s permissions-based model, which revolves around the Transparency, Consent, and Control