2024

North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, NASA – and even China 2024-07-26 at 06:01 By Simon Sharwood Microsoft, Mandiant, weigh in with info about methods used by Andariel gang alleged to have made many, many, heists The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of

Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank 2024-07-26 at 04:46 By Matthew Connatser May even have targeted other malware gangs, and infosec researchers Infosec researchers have discovered a network of over three thousand malicious GitHub accounts used to spread malware, targeting groups including gamers, malware researchers, and even other threat actors

CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain’t covering it all 2024-07-26 at 03:46 By Matthew Connatser We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9) The cost of CrowdStrike’s apocalyptic Falcon update that brought down millions of Windows computers last week may be in the billions of dollars, and insurance isn’t covering most of

Sam Altman wants a US-led freedom coalition to fight authoritarian AI 2024-07-26 at 02:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Team America AI Police? Sam Altman has called for a US-led coalition of nations to ensure AI remains a vehicle for freedom and democracy, and not a tool for authoritarians to keep themselves in power and dominate others. …

Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware 2024-07-26 at 01:46 By Jessica Lyons PSA: Only accept updates via official channels … ironically enough CrowdStrike is the latest lure being used to trick Windows users into downloading and running the notorious Lumma infostealing malware, according to the security shop’s threat intel team, which

OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT – not that you’re allowed to use it yet 2024-07-25 at 23:31 By Matthew Connatser Launching in Beta is so 2014. We’re in the pre-Beta limited sign-up era now After months of speculation, shy and retiring OpenAI has showed the world a glimpse of its very own web search

FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted 2024-07-25 at 23:01 By Thomas Claburn And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn’t see this as much of a problem Researchers at Truffle Security have found, or arguably rediscovered, that data from deleted GitHub repositories (public or private) and from deleted copies (forks) of

NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers 2024-07-25 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo 900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can’t get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyard Jealous of the fact that the International Space Station has better internet than you do? Well, here’s one more benchmark

Oracle’s Java pricing brews bitter taste, subscribers spill over to OpenJDK 2024-07-25 at 21:16 By Lindsay Clark Following licensing changes, 86% of users head for the door. Coincidence? Only 14 percent of Oracle Java subscribers plan to stay on Big Red’s runtime environment, according to a study following the introduction of an employee-based subscription model.…

Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China 2024-07-25 at 20:31 By Connor Jones Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activities The US is looking to prosecute a Chinese immigrant over claims he has been drip-feeding information of interest to Beijing since at

Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine 2024-07-25 at 19:49 By Richard Speed Looks a lot like Google’s AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summaries Microsoft is adding generative search to Bing despite the search engine’s market share showing no increase after prior AI tech additions.… This article is an excerpt

How organizations can save CISOs amidst increasing federal regulations 2024-07-25 at 19:16 By How can an organization save its CISO? It starts with four key strategies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Apple Maps escapes orchard into web browser wilds 2024-07-25 at 18:46 By Richard Speed Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the fun Apple has introduced its mapping technology to devices outside its ecosystem with a web version that works in Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The

North Korean Hackers Shift from Cyber Espionage to Ransomware Attacks 2024-07-25 at 18:01 By A North Korea-linked threat actor known for its cyber espionage operations has gradually expanded into financially-motivated attacks that involve the deployment of ransomware, setting it apart from other nation-state hacking groups linked to the country. Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity

STMicroelectronics sees sharp decline in Q2 earnings amid weak auto sector demand 2024-07-25 at 17:31 By Dan Robinson NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments also hit by slowdown Euro chipmaker STMicroelectronics saw revenue and net income slump in Q2 of this year, blaming low demand in the automotive sector while orders elsewhere failed to meet expectations,

You should probably fix this 5-year-old critical Docker vuln fairly sharpish 2024-07-25 at 17:01 By Connor Jones For some unknown reason, initial patch was omitted from later versions Docker is warning users to rev their Docker Engine into patch mode after it realized a near-maximum severity vulnerability had been sticking around for five years.… This