2024

UK Labour Party promises end to datacenter planning ‘barriers’ 2024-06-13 at 15:16 By Lindsay Clark With a strong lead going into general election, opposition claims it will ‘supercharge’ tech sector The UK’s opposition Labour Party – which boasts a sizable poll lead heading into July’s general election – has promised to ease planning restrictions holding […]

Russian disinformation campaign attempts to disrupt the Paris Olympics 2024-06-13 at 15:16 By A Russian disinformation campaign is attempting to disrupt the Paris Olympics, and security leaders are sharing their thoughts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Student’s flimsy bin bags blamed for latest NHS data breach 2024-06-13 at 14:46 By Connor Jones Confidential patient information found by member of the public A data protection gaffe affecting the UK’s NHS is being pinned on a medical student who placed too much trust in their bin bags.… This article is an excerpt from

Why SaaS Security is Suddenly Hot: Racing to Defend and Comply 2024-06-13 at 14:46 By Recent supply chain cyber-attacks are prompting cyber security regulations in the financial sector to tighten compliance requirements, and other industries are expected to follow. Many companies still don’t have efficient methods to manage related time-sensitive SaaS security and compliance tasks.

Pakistan-linked Malware Campaign Evolves to Target Windows, Android, and macOS 2024-06-13 at 13:46 By Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an Android malware called GravityRAT and a Windows-based malware loader codenamed

Cybercriminals Employ PhantomLoader to Distribute SSLoad Malware 2024-06-13 at 13:46 By The nascent malware known as SSLoad is being delivered by means of a previously undocumented loader called PhantomLoader, according to findings from cybersecurity firm Intezer. “The loader is added to a legitimate DLL, usually EDR or AV products, by binary patching the file and

Version 256 of systemd boasts ‘42% less Unix philosophy’ 2024-06-13 at 13:31 By Liam Proven And it’s subsuming another bit of Linux by replacing sudo The latest version of the systemd init system is out, with the openly confrontational tag line: “Available soon in your nearest distro, now with 42 percent less Unix philosophy.”… This

The origin of 3D Pipes, Windows’ best screensaver 2024-06-13 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Raymond Chen talks teapots, and a fully engaged marketing team Archaeologic  Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared the origin story behind the Windows 3D Pipes screensaver.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups 2024-06-13 at 12:01 By The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development

Dr Ed Stone, former director of JPL, Voyager project scientist, dies at 88 2024-06-13 at 11:47 By Richard Speed A legacy of scientific discovery, inspiration and engagement Obit  Edward C Stone, the project scientist for NASA’s Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, has died.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Google Warns of Pixel Firmware Security Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day 2024-06-13 at 11:01 By Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The high-severity vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-32896, has been described as an elevation of privilege issue in Pixel Firmware. The company did not

Preventing another chip shortage on G7 summit agenda 2024-06-13 at 10:33 By Tobias Mann Group will also look into protecting subsea communications infrastructure More than three years after the pandemic crippled semiconductor supply chains, it seems G7 nations are getting ready to do something to prevent future disruptions.… This article is an excerpt from The

ASUS quietly built supercomputers, datacenters and an LLM. Now it’s quietly selling them all together 2024-06-13 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood The plan is a slow build – not a breakout into enterprise tech Taiwan’s ASUS is best known for its laptops and Wi-Fi kit, but it’s quietly building an enterprise tech and cloud business

New Cross-Platform Malware ‘Noodle RAT’ Targets Windows and Linux Systems 2024-06-13 at 09:46 By A previously undocumented cross-platform malware codenamed Noodle RAT has been put to use by Chinese-speaking threat actors either for espionage or cybercrime for years. While this backdoor was previously categorized as a variant of Gh0st RAT and Rekoobe, Trend Micro security

Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments 2024-06-13 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market Japan’s parliament has passed a law that will require Apple and Google to allow access to third-party app stores and payment providers on devices