2024

Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited to Deliver MerkSpy Spyware Tool 2024-07-03 at 13:02 By Unknown threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft MSHTML to deliver a surveillance tool called MerkSpy as part of a campaign primarily targeting users in Canada, India, Poland, and the U.S. “MerkSpy is designed to clandestinely monitor

RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76 2024-07-03 at 12:46 By Thomas Claburn Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion Obit  Tech entrepreneur Bruce Wayne Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect, died last month at the age of 76 at his home in Palmdale, California.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler 2024-07-03 at 11:46 By Dan Robinson Chill out, no fridge required The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been investigating exotic materials in pursuit of solid-state cooling devices without needing refrigerants or moving parts.… This article is an excerpt from The

Figma pulls AI design tool for seemingly plagiarizing Apple’s Weather app 2024-07-03 at 10:32 By Tobias Mann AI is ‘like the fast food of creativity’ Web and app design toolmaker Figma has temporarily pulled its generative AI “Make Design” feature because it seems to think Apple’s Weather app is the be-all and end-all of mobile

FakeBat Loader Malware Spreads Widely Through Drive-by Download Attacks 2024-07-03 at 10:17 By The loader-as-a-service (LaaS) known as FakeBat has become one of the most widespread loader malware families distributed using the drive-by download technique this year, findings from Sekoia reveal. “FakeBat primarily aims to download and execute the next-stage payload, such as IcedID, Lumma,

Tech luminaries warn United Nations its Digital Compact risks doing more harm than good 2024-07-03 at 09:34 By Simon Sharwood Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized Thirty-nine senior figures who have made significant contributions to the online world

Uncle Sam using manual processes to oversee restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies 2024-07-03 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein Outdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – the agency Washington relies on to implement export licensing controls to ensure sanctioned

VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback, says Gartner 2024-07-03 at 07:31 By Simon Sharwood Hype Cycle for datacenter techs also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Analyst firm Gartner has published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies, and added physical-to-virtual migrations – aka “devirtualization” –

Israeli Entities Targeted by Cyberattack Using Donut and Sliver Frameworks 2024-07-03 at 07:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an attack campaign that targets various Israeli entities with publicly-available frameworks like Donut and Sliver. The campaign, believed to be highly targeted in nature, “leverage target-specific infrastructure and custom WordPress websites as a payload delivery mechanism, but

South Korean ERP Vendor’s Server Hacked to Spread Xctdoor Malware 2024-07-03 at 07:16 By An unnamed South Korean enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor’s product update server has been found to be compromised to deliver a Go-based backdoor dubbed Xctdoor. The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC), which identified the attack in May 2024, did not attribute

Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China 2024-07-03 at 05:17 By Laura Dobberstein Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online Microsoft has closed its physical shops in mainland China, leaving sale of its products to partners and online sellers, including its own website.… This article is an excerpt from The

So much for green Google – emissions rise 48% since 2019 2024-07-03 at 02:32 By Tobias Mann Datacenters and AI blamed for the increase, even as Chocolate Factory bets on AI to fix it With six years left for Google to meet its 2030 “net zero” climate commitment, the web giant has admitted its carbon

War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court 2024-07-03 at 01:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Talk about painfully invasive processes A Texas law requiring adults to show their ID to access online pornography will be heard by the US Supreme Court, setting up a potential domino effect that could undo

EFF wants FTC to treat lying chatbots as ‘unfair and deceptive’ in eyes of the law 2024-07-03 at 01:01 By Thomas Claburn And hit AI operators ‘with all the fines’, says Cory Doctorow The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has proposed that the FTC apply rules prohibiting unfair trade practices to punish those operating deceptive chatbots.…