2024

Microsoft confesses April Windows update breaks some VPN connections 2024-05-01 at 17:02 By Richard Speed Connection failures reported following installation Microsoft admits that April’s Windows update can potentially cause VPN connection failures in both Windows 10 and 11.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers 2024-05-01 at 17:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS protocol to

AMD datacenter sales surge 80% in Q1 despite market’s lukewarm reception 2024-05-01 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Chip giant forecasts strong GPU growth amid mixed financial results AMD’s datacenter revenue grew 80 percent and it hopes to make at least $4 billion from its GPUs this year, but shares took a hit as this failed

AI boom is great news for the nuclear power dreamers 2024-05-01 at 16:16 By Tobias Mann Uranium is so hot right now, mining CEO is glowing with enthusiasm Growing demand for power hungry AI datacenters has executives at Canadian uranium mine Cameco glowing with anticipation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Lakehouse dam breaks after departure of long-time Teradata CTO 2024-05-01 at 16:01 By Lindsay Clark Data warehousing giant abandons stance against hybrid analytics Data warehouse stalwart Teradata has shook off its aversion to the lakehouse concept, embracing the idea of performing enterprise analytics on unstructured data – a situation it once argued against.… This article

Space insurers make record-breaking loss as orbit gets cramped 2024-05-01 at 15:16 By Richard Speed ‘Unsustainable’ losses neared $1B in 2023 The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ransomware gang RAGroup activities increased by more than 300% 2024-05-01 at 15:16 By New data analyzing ransomware group activities has found that activity from the ransomware gang RAGroup has risen by 300% since December.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel, Ampere show running LLMs on CPUs isn’t as crazy as it sounds 2024-05-01 at 14:31 By Tobias Mann If you lower you expectations, of course. Think more Llama2-7B, less GPT-4 Popular generative AI chatbots and services like ChatGPT or Gemini mostly run on GPUs or other dedicated accelerators, but as smaller models are more

Everyone’s an Expert: How to Empower Your Employees for Cybersecurity Success 2024-05-01 at 14:16 By There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared to confront those very same threats. As a decision-maker for your organization, you know this well. But

ZLoader Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis Trick from Zeus Banking Trojan 2024-05-01 at 14:16 By The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan that it’s based on, indicating that it’s being actively developed. “The latest version, 2.4.1.0, introduces a feature to prevent execution on machines that differ from the original infection,” Zscaler