2024

This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare 2024-08-22 at 13:46 By Thomas Claburn Needless to say, it backfired in a big way University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) students may be relieved to hear that an emailed warning about a staff member infected […]

The Facts About Continuous Penetration Testing and Why It’s Important 2024-08-22 at 13:46 By What is Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing or CASPT? Continuous Penetration Testing or Continuous Attack Surface Penetration Testing (CASPT) is an advanced security practice that involves the continuous, automated, and ongoing penetration testing services of an organization’s digital assets to identify

Choose Your Own Adventure with Microsoft 365 2024-08-22 at 12:46 By Richard Speed You awake to find yourself in a dark room… with an empty wallet Did you have a collection of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books? Microsoft offers something similar in the form of its subscription plan advisor, though it’s tricky to avoid one particular priced outcome.…

HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way 2024-08-22 at 11:33 By Liam Proven Nokia custodian makes efforts to help you fight fondleslab fixation HMD is the company that made the post-Microsoft Nokia Android devices. Now it’s going by its own name – and offering greater repairability.… This article

Microsoft to stop telling investors about growth in server products 2024-08-22 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Shuffles financial metrics so Copilot Pro revenue ends up in a happier place Microsoft has changed the way it reports its financial results.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cisco calls for United Nations to revisit cyber crime Convention 2024-08-22 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Echoes human rights groups’ concerns that it could suppress free speech and more Networking giant Cisco has suggested the United Nations’ first-ever convention against cyber crime is dangerously flawed and should be revised before being put to a formal

Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild 2024-08-22 at 09:04 By Google has rolled out security fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-7971, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in

Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access 2024-08-22 at 09:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could permit unauthenticated users to gain administrator privileges. “The plugin suffers from an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability which allows any unauthenticated visitor to gain

GitHub Patches Critical Security Flaw in Enterprise Server Granting Admin Privileges 2024-08-22 at 09:03 By GitHub has released fixes to address a set of three security flaws impacting its Enterprise Server product, including one critical bug that could be abused to gain site administrator privileges. The most severe of the shortcomings has been assigned the

Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com 2024-08-22 at 08:31 By Laura Dobberstein That’s one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership Walmart has divested around $3.6 billion of stock in Chinese e-retailer JD.com, concluding eight years of partnership.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

New Malware PG_MEM Targets PostgreSQL Databases for Crypto Mining 2024-08-22 at 07:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a new malware strain dubbed PG_MEM that’s designed to mine cryptocurrency after brute-forcing their way into PostgreSQL database instances. “Brute-force attacks on Postgres involve repeatedly attempting to guess the database credentials until access is gained, exploiting weak passwords,”