2024

China-Linked ValleyRAT Malware Resurfaces with Advanced Data Theft Tactics 2024-06-11 at 12:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an updated version of malware called ValleyRAT that’s being distributed as part of a new campaign. “In the latest version, ValleyRAT introduced new commands, such as capturing screenshots, process filtering, forced shutdown, and clearing Windows event logs,” Zscaler […]

Support, don’t micromanage, say researchers who find WFH made some of us neurotic 2024-06-11 at 11:46 By Paul Kunert Feeling empowerment and autonomy at work reportedly key when toiling remotely Many office workers no longer want to sacrifice their entire working week at their desk – the corporate altar of commerce – but for some,

Legendary Glastonbury farm turning bovine excreta into graphene 2024-06-11 at 10:34 By Matthew Connatser This is not BS, it’s cutting-edge material science Worthy Farm, host of the world-famous Glastonbury music festival, will provide local startup Levidian with cow manure to be transformed into graphene.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Snowflake Breach Exposes 165 Customers’ Data in Ongoing Extortion Campaign 2024-06-11 at 10:16 By As many as 165 customers of Snowflake are said to have had their information potentially exposed as part of an ongoing campaign designed to facilitate data theft and extortion, indicating the operation has broader implications than previously thought. Google-owned Mandiant, which

Arm Warns of Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Mali GPU Drivers 2024-06-11 at 10:16 By Arm is warning of a security vulnerability impacting Mali GPU Kernel Driver that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4610, the use-after-free issue impacts the following products – Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver (all versions from

Apple built custom servers and OS for its AI cloud 2024-06-11 at 09:34 By Simon Sharwood Mashup of iOS and macOS runs on homebrew silicon, with precious little for sysadmins to scry Apple has revealed it created its own datacenter stack – servers using its in-house silicon and operating system – at its Worldwide Developer

VMware and Dell back together with fresh OEM agreement 2024-06-11 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood Lenovo and HPE have also signed deal to carry on hyperconverging VMware by Broadcom has re-signed three key hardware vendors to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) resale agreements.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Weapons detection in healthcare: A snapshot and guide 2024-06-11 at 07:18 By Security leader notes examples of intricate dance between security screeners, hospital entrants, and technology utilized at healthcare facilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Snowflake customers not using MFA are not unique – over 165 of them have been compromised 2024-06-11 at 06:31 By Jessica Lyons Mandiant warns criminal gang UNC5537, which may be friendly with Scattered Spider, is on the rampage An unknown financially motivated crime crew has swiped a “significant volume of records” from Snowflake customers’ databases

Cyber attack flattens Japanese vid-sharing site Niconico and others 2024-06-11 at 05:16 By Simon Sharwood Total rebuild needed after four days off the air Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa and several of its properties have been offline for four days after a major cyber attack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple finally adds RCS support after years of mixed messages 2024-06-11 at 04:31 By Thomas Claburn WWDC sees Cupertino up to its old trick of adding features – in this case a password manager – that compete directly with third parties Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday teased assorted imminent improvements to the iGiant’s operating

Intel interrupts work on $25B Israel fab, citing need for ‘responsible capital management’ 2024-06-11 at 02:16 By Tobias Mann Won’t say when build might resume Construction work on Intel’s $25 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, has reportedly been postponed.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

At Apple, AI stands for ‘Apple Intelligence’ – and it’s coming to everything 2024-06-11 at 00:46 By Thomas Claburn Cupertino promises private smarts, on-device or in the cloud WWDC  At its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, CEO Tim Cook proclaimed from the roof of Apple’s headquarters the arrival of “profound” intelligence capabilities in the iPhone

Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out 2024-06-11 at 00:01 By Matthew Connatser What’s German for ‘thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations’? Meta will start training its AI models using everyone’s social media posts though European Union users can opt out, a luxury the rest