2024

APT41 Infiltrates Networks in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.K. 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By Several organizations operating within global shipping and logistics, media and entertainment, technology, and automotive sectors in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. have become the target of a “sustained campaign” by the prolific China-based APT41 hacking group. “APT41

SolarWinds Patches 11 Critical Flaws in Access Rights Manager Software 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By SolarWinds has addressed a set of critical security flaws impacting its Access Rights Manager (ARM) software that could be exploited to access sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. Of the 11 vulnerabilities, seven are rated Critical in severity and carry a

CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world 2024-07-19 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop Breaking  An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

EU’s renewable hydrogen plan needs a ‘reality check’ 2024-07-19 at 09:46 By Matthew Connatser Member nations aren’t on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has found the European Union’s program to develop a renewable hydrogen program needs a reality check due to use

North Korea likely behind takedown of Indian crypto exchange WazirX 2024-07-19 at 09:01 By Laura Dobberstein Firm halts trades after seeing $230 million disappear Indian crypto exchange WazirX has revealed it lost virtual assets valued at over $230 million after a cyber attack that has since been linked to North Korea.… This article is an

Beijing’s attack gang Volt Typhoon was a false flag inside job conspiracy: China 2024-07-19 at 08:16 By Simon Sharwood Run by the NSA, the FBI, and Five Eyes nations, who fooled infosec researchers, apparently China has asserted that the Volt Typhoon gang, which Five Eyes nations accuse of being a Beijing-backed attacker that targets critical

WazirX Cryptocurrency Exchange Loses $230 Million in Major Security Breach 2024-07-19 at 07:46 By Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has confirmed that it was the target of a security breach that led to the theft of $230 million in cryptocurrency assets. “A cyber attack occurred in one of our [multi-signature] wallets involving a loss of funds

Security leaders respond to the AT&T data breach 2024-07-19 at 07:16 By Security leaders share their insights on the recent AT&T data breach.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google slashes maps API prices in India – weeks after a competitor emerged 2024-07-19 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Startup Ola slashes prices to zero for a year in apparent response Google has slashed the prices for access to its Maps API in India, the week after a competitor entered the market.… This article is

Microsoft 365 goes down as Azure outage stretches into fifth hour 2024-07-19 at 05:16 By Simon Sharwood Central US region is in trouble Microsoft’s 365 subscription services are down for some users, as the software titan also reports the Central US region of its Azure cloud is experiencing problems.… This article is an excerpt from

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Mini is indeed small – like its lead over rivals in certain tests 2024-07-19 at 04:16 By Matthew Connatser Plus: Meta Euro model drama, Mistral and Nvidia find NeMo, and more AI Roundup  OpenAI has made available GPT-4o Mini, a smaller and cheaper version of its GPT-4o generative large language model (LLM), via

DARPA slaps down credit card for 3D military chiplets – $840M ought to be enough? 2024-07-19 at 02:31 By Matthew Connatser UT-Austin lab gets the job, and five years to do it The Pentagon’s boffinry nerve center DARPA has doled out $840 million to develop next-generation semiconductor microsystems for America’s military.… This article is an

Judge mostly drags SEC’s lawsuit against SolarWinds into the recycling bin 2024-07-19 at 00:16 By Jessica Lyons Russia-invaded software biz ‘grateful for the support we have received’ A judge has mostly thrown out a lawsuit brought by America’s financial watchdog that accused SolarWinds and its chief infosec officer of misleading investors about its computer security