2024

China wants mobile devices to limit usage time for minors, ensure they only see nice content 2024-11-20 at 07:48 By Laura Dobberstein Seeks grand alliance between device-makers, app developers and content providers. All in the name of socialism The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) last week released guidelines that suggest mobile devices be equipped with […]

3 potential security risks to stay ahead of post-election 2024-11-20 at 07:16 By How prepared are security leaders to support their communities, customers and associates in this time of political transition? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities 2024-11-20 at 07:16 By Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two zero-day flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaws are listed below – CVE-2024-44308 – A vulnerability in JavaScriptCore

Oracle Warns of Agile PLM Vulnerability Currently Under Active Exploitation 2024-11-20 at 07:16 By Oracle is warning that a high-severity security flaw impacting the Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21287 (CVSS score: 7.5), could be exploited sans authentication to leak sensitive information. “This vulnerability

Google changes Android release cycle so new versions arrive in Q2 2024-11-20 at 05:34 By Simon Sharwood Version 16 developer preview starts the new cycle, with warnings for devs to test sooner rather than later Google on Monday delivered the first developer preview of Android 16 – a release notable for both its status as

Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom 2024-11-20 at 04:02 By Laura Dobberstein Shuttered reactor’s operator says it’s needed – once giant seawall is finished The president of Japanese energy company Hokkaido Electric Power wants to restart one of its nuclear reactors due to a surge in demand from local datacenters.… This

Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft 2024-11-20 at 02:35 By Jessica Lyons Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed Equinox, a New York State health and human services organization, has begun notifying over 21 thousand clients and staff that cyber criminals stole their health, financial, and personal information

China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer 2024-11-20 at 01:18 By Jessica Lyons No word on when or if the issue will be fixed Chinese government-linked snoops are exploiting a zero-day bug in Fortinet’s Windows VPN client to steal credentials and other information, according to memory forensics outfit Volexity.… This article is an

Russian suspected Phobos ransomware admin extradited to US over $16M extortion 2024-11-20 at 00:08 By Iain Thomson This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately) A Russian citizen has been extradited from South Korea to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role in the Phobos ransomware operation.…

Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders 2024-11-19 at 23:16 By Thomas Claburn Chatbot seems to choke when fed tricky less-than character Microsoft 365 Copilot appears to have developed an allergy to the less-than typographical symbol, which is preventing users from pasting HTML markup and programming code into the text area for Copilot

America’s drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem 2024-11-19 at 22:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo More than 100 million rely on systems rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG Nearly a third of US residents are served by drinking water systems with cybersecurity shortcomings, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General found in a recent

Google Chrome browser could fetch $20B if judge orders sale: report 2024-11-19 at 21:19 By Thomas Barrabi Google’s Chrome browser would be worth a whopping $20 billion on the open market if the Justice Department succeeds in convincing a federal judge to order divestment, according to a report. This article is an excerpt from Latest

MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson slams liberal conspiracy theories about voter fraud: ‘No evidence that any of it is true’ 2024-11-19 at 21:19 By Ariel Zilber Johnson appeared on Joy Reid’s “The ReidOut” show on Monday to discuss conspiracy theories that were being shared on various social media platforms. This article is an excerpt from Latest