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Dark-web kingpin puts ‘stolen’ internal AMD databases, source code up for sale

Dark-web kingpin puts ‘stolen’ internal AMD databases, source code up for sale 2024-06-19 at 02:19 By Iain Thomson Chip designer really gonna need to channel some Zen right now AMD’s IT team is no doubt going through its logs today after cyber-crooks put up for sale what is claimed to be internal data stolen from […]

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EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-busting law slammed by Signal, politicians

EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-busting law slammed by Signal, politicians 2024-06-19 at 01:31 By Thomas Claburn If you call ‘client-side scanning’ something like ‘upload moderation,’ it still undermines privacy, security On Thursday, the EU Council is scheduled to vote on a legislative proposal that would attempt to protect children online by disallowing confidential

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TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins

TSMC chip plant construction halted by discovery of archaeological ruins 2024-06-19 at 00:46 By Tobias Mann Ancient ruined architecture? What’s Intel’s Itanium doing in Taiwan? Construction of TSMC’s advanced chip packaging facility in Chiayi County, Taiwan, has hit a roadblock after “archaeological ruins” were discovered at the site.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC

Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC 2024-06-18 at 23:48 By Matthew Connatser Hey Andy, how you like them Big Apples? The Amazon Labor Union, which represents the internet giant’s workers at its JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, New York, voted overwhelmingly to ally with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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Google DeepMind’s latest model promises realistic audio for your AI-generated vids

Google DeepMind’s latest model promises realistic audio for your AI-generated vids 2024-06-18 at 23:17 By Tobias Mann Launch comes as Runway, Pika, Kling push the boundaries of machine-imagined video Video  Mainstream adoption of generative AI technologies has, in large part, centered around the creation of text and images. But, as it turns out, the statistical

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What’s up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It’s all about ‘privacy-centric advertising’

What’s up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It’s all about ‘privacy-centric advertising’ 2024-06-18 at 22:46 By Thomas Claburn Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people’s wishes? Analysis  Mozilla this week said it has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym, touting the deal as a way to help the online advertising

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HPE, Nvidia team up to offer ‘turnkey’ private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local

HPE, Nvidia team up to offer ‘turnkey’ private cloud racks for keeping AI loads local 2024-06-18 at 19:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Everyone wants to be best buddies with Jensen Huang’s GPU juggernaut HPE Discover  This year HPE Discover 2024 is all about AI hardware developed through an expanded partnership with chip heavyweight Nvidia.… This article

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Two Men Plead Guilty to Hacking Law Enforcement Database for Doxing

Two Men Plead Guilty to Hacking Law Enforcement Database for Doxing 2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Ionut Arghire Sagar Steven Singh and Nicholas Ceraolo pleaded guilty to hacking a database maintained by a US federal law enforcement agency. The post Two Men Plead Guilty to Hacking Law Enforcement Database for Doxing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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New BadSpace Backdoor Deployed in Drive-By Attacks

New BadSpace Backdoor Deployed in Drive-By Attacks 2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Ionut Arghire The BadSpace backdoor is being distributed via drive-by attacks involving infected websites and JavaScript downloaders. The post New BadSpace Backdoor Deployed in Drive-By Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Non-human Identity Lifecycle Firm Entro Security Raises $18 Million

Non-human Identity Lifecycle Firm Entro Security Raises $18 Million 2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Kevin Townsend Entro’s platform is designed to bring order to the increasingly chaotic management of non-human identities. The post Non-human Identity Lifecycle Firm Entro Security Raises $18 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature 

New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature  2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers have targeted the MTE security feature in Arm CPUs and showed how attackers could bypass protections. The post New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View

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Chinese Hackers Leveraged Legacy F5 BIG-IP Appliance for Persistence

Chinese Hackers Leveraged Legacy F5 BIG-IP Appliance for Persistence 2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Ionut Arghire China-linked threat actor Velvet Ant leveraged a legacy F5 BIG-IP appliance for three-year access to a victim’s network. The post Chinese Hackers Leveraged Legacy F5 BIG-IP Appliance for Persistence appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Not Just Another 100% Score: MITRE ENGENIUTY ATT&CK

Not Just Another 100% Score: MITRE ENGENIUTY ATT&CK 2024-06-18 at 19:32 By The latest MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations pitted leading managed detection and response (MDR) services against threats modeled on the menuPass and BlackCat/AlphV adversary groups. Trend Micro achieved 100% detection across all 15 major attack steps with an 86% actionable rate for those steps—

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Signal Foundation Warns Against EU’s Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM

Signal Foundation Warns Against EU’s Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM 2024-06-18 at 19:31 By A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users’ private messages for detection child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the

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T-Mobile drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial

T-Mobile drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial 2024-06-18 at 19:16 By Matthew Connatser Comms outfit says ‘think of the children’ isn’t a legal reason to reject application T-Mobile is taking the borough of Wanaque in New Jersey to court for refusing to approve the company’s plans to build a

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CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech … but where’s Arm?

CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech … but where’s Arm? 2024-06-18 at 18:16 By Dan Robinson Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds A group of technology organizations has formed the CHERI Alliance CIC (Community Interest Company) to promote industry adoption of the security technology focused on

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Rising Wave of QR Code Phishing Attacks: Chinese Citizens Targeted Using Fake Official Documents 

Rising Wave of QR Code Phishing Attacks: Chinese Citizens Targeted Using Fake Official Documents  2024-06-18 at 18:16 By Neetha Key Takeaways  Overview  In the evolving landscape of cyber threats, a new vector has emerged, exploiting the ubiquitous QR codes to lure unsuspecting users into phishing traps. Recently, there has been a significant uptick in malicious

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Atsign NoPorts establishes an encrypted IP tunnel directly between devices

Atsign NoPorts establishes an encrypted IP tunnel directly between devices 2024-06-18 at 18:01 By Industry News Atsign introduces NoPorts to offer a secure remote access solution, exceeding current limitations and setting a new standard for secure connectivity. NoPorts establishes an encrypted IP tunnel directly between devices, eliminating the need for exposed ports and creating a

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Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)

Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them) 2024-06-18 at 17:31 By Zeljka Zorz The 2022 Medibank data breach / extortion attack perpetrated by the REvil ransomware group started by the attackers leveraging login credentials stolen from a private computer of an employee of a Medibank’s IT contractor. According to a statement by

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Researchers find Meta’s withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow

Researchers find Meta’s withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow 2024-06-18 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system? Feature  While Meta faces formal proceedings from the European Commission, academics and other researchers have criticized its provision for monitoring misinformation on its

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