2024

Beware: GitHub’s Fake Popularity Scam Tricking Developers into Downloading Malware 2024-04-10 at 16:13 By Threat actors are now taking advantage of GitHub’s search functionality to trick unsuspecting users looking for popular repositories into downloading spurious counterparts that serve malware. The latest assault on the open-source software supply chain involves concealing malicious code within Microsoft Visual […]

Virtually and actually, LXC 6 and Incus 6 are here – both LTS versions 2024-04-10 at 15:38 By Liam Proven There’s a new version of Canonical’s LXD too, but its community fork seems to be thriving The community fork of what is now Canonical’s in-house virtualization tool seems to be doing well, with major new

Security leaders weigh in on the White House’s order regarding AI 2024-04-10 at 15:19 By The White House held a press call in regard to the federal government’s approach to AI, and security leaders are sharing their thoughts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI boom is boosting demand even for HDDs, raising prices by up to 20% since Q3 2024-04-10 at 14:33 By Matthew Connatser No computer part, even spinning rust, is safe from the hype cycle Hard drives are now being sold at elevated prices and the sector is even experiencing shortages thanks to AI-driven demand, which

Hands-on Review: Cynomi AI-powered vCISO Platform 2024-04-10 at 14:33 By The need for vCISO services is growing. SMBs and SMEs are dealing with more third-party risks, tightening regulatory demands and stringent cyber insurance requirements than ever before. However, they often lack the resources and expertise to hire an in-house security executive team. By outsourcing security

X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns 2024-04-10 at 13:46 By Connor Jones Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs Elon Musk’s X has apparently fixed an embarrassing issue implemented earlier in the week that royally bungled URLs on the social media platform formerly known as

Researchers Uncover First Native Spectre v2 Exploit Against Linux Kernel 2024-04-10 at 13:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is the “first native Spectre v2 exploit” against the Linux kernel on Intel systems that could be exploited to read sensitive data from the memory. The exploit, called Native Branch History Injection (BHI), can