2024

Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription fees to ‘heroin’, says FTC 2024-07-25 at 16:16 By Thomas Claburn Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans Adobe’s controversial billing practices and punitive fees for those terminating their subscriptions early follow from the software titan’s addiction to revenue, the FTC has said.… This article […]

Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review 2024-07-25 at 15:16 By Jessica Lyons Those national security threat claims? ‘No evidence,’ VP tells The Reg Exclusive  Despite the Feds’ determination to ban Kaspersky’s security software in the US, the Russian business is moving forward with another proposal to open

Creating a safer workplace: California Senate Bill 553 becomes law 2024-07-25 at 15:01 By From a security professional’s perspective, SB 553 will ultimately help security practitioners lobby for larger budgets. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output 2024-07-25 at 14:46 By Lindsay Clark Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds Researchers have found that the buildup of AI-generated content on the web is set to “collapse” machine learning models unless the industry can mitigate the risks.… This article is an excerpt

6 Types of Applications Security Testing You Must Know About 2024-07-25 at 14:32 By While the specifics for security testing vary for applications, web applications, and APIs, a holistic and proactive applications security strategy is essential for all three types. There are six core types of testing that every security professional should know about to

Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams 2024-07-25 at 14:32 By Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target people with financial sextortion scams. “These included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts that we were able to

X.org lone ranger rides to rescue multi-monitor refresh rates 2024-07-25 at 13:34 By Liam Proven X11 isn’t dead while people still keep working on it It isn’t quite XKCD 2347, but it’s close. At least one developer is still working away on the X.org codebase with an effort to improve variable refresh rate support in several

Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Webinar: Securing the Modern Workspace: What Enterprises MUST Know about Enterprise Browser Security 2024-07-25 at 13:16 By The browser is the nerve center of the modern workspace. Ironically, however, the browser is also one of the least protected threat surfaces of the modern enterprise. Traditional security tools provide little protection against browser-based threats, leaving organizations

Researchers Reveal ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform 2024-07-25 at 13:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud Functions service that an attacker could exploit to access other services and sensitive data in an unauthorized manner. Tenable has given the vulnerability the name ConfusedFunction. “An attacker could escalate