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US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says ‘cybersecurity event’ disrupted clinical ops 2024-05-09 at 22:16 By Connor Jones Sources claim ransomware is to blame Healthcare organization Ascension is the latest of its kind in the US to say its network has been affected by what it believes to be a “cybersecurity event.”… This article is an

FCC slams banhammer on 5G fast lanes with final net neutrality text 2024-05-09 at 21:46 By Dan Robinson Any way you network slice it, you can’t favor an app, says US watchdog The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the final text of its net neutrality order, adding changes that appear to rule out so-called

New TunnelVision Attack Allows Hijacking of VPN Traffic via DHCP Manipulation 2024-05-09 at 21:46 By Researchers have detailed a Virtual Private Network (VPN) bypass technique dubbed TunnelVision that allows threat actors to snoop on victim’s network traffic by just being on the same local network. The “decloaking” method has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-3661 (CVSS score: 7.6). It impacts all

Dell customer order database of ’49M records’ stolen, now up for sale on dark web 2024-05-09 at 21:01 By Thomas Claburn IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit Dell has confirmed information about its customers and their orders has been stolen from one of its portals. Though the thief

Global attackers targeting US critical infrastructure should be ‘wake-up call’ 2024-05-09 at 21:01 By Jessica Lyons Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man RSAC  Digital intruders from China, Russia, and Iran breaking into US water systems this year should be a “wake-up call,” according to former National

Brain-sensing threads slip from gray matter in first human Neuralink trial 2024-05-09 at 20:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Oh well – next! The first human to get a Neuralink implant may be doing fine now, but that’s after a good deal of work to address post-surgical trouble that saw its performance significantly degrade.… This article is

Huawei’s latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components 2024-05-09 at 19:18 By Matthew Connatser New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn’t impress, however A teardown of Huawei’s Pura 70 Pro reveals that the China tech company’s latest smartphone is mostly made in China, with one notable exception.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Baidu’s PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts 2024-05-09 at 18:46 By Laura Dobberstein Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019 The vice president and public relations head of Chinese search engine giant Baidu stirred up controversy this week by promoting workaholic behaviors on a personal social media account.… This

Kremlin-Backed APT28 Targets Polish Institutions in Large-Scale Malware Campaign 2024-05-09 at 18:46 By Polish government institutions have been targeted as part of a large-scale malware campaign orchestrated by a Russia-linked nation-state actor called APT28. “The campaign sent emails with content intended to arouse the recipient’s interest and persuade him to click on the link,” the computer