2024

Alert: GhostSec and Stormous Launch Joint Ransomware Attacks in Over 15 Countries 2024-03-06 at 09:12 By The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double extortion ransomware attacks on various business verticals in multiple countries,” Cisco Talos researcher […]

New APT Group ‘Lotus Bane’ Behind Recent Attacks on Vietnam’s Financial Entities 2024-03-06 at 09:12 By A financial entity in Vietnam was the target of a previously undocumented threat actor called Lotus Bane that was first detected in March 2023. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB described the hacking outfit as an advanced persistent threat group that’s believed to have been

China pushes ‘AI Plus’ initiative to integrate technology and industry 2024-03-06 at 08:44 By Laura Dobberstein Beijing used a similar moniker for program that arguably gave us TikTok, Tencent, and Xiaomi A plan to integrate AI into industry was among the top goals China’s government revealed in the annual Report On the Work of the

Urgent: Apple Issues Critical Updates for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws 2024-03-06 at 08:20 By Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below – CVE-2024-23225 – A memory corruption issue in Kernel that an attacker with arbitrary

What a surprise! Apple found a way to deliver browser engine and app store choice 2024-03-06 at 07:30 By Simon Sharwood We know this because those features just landed in iOS 17.4, along with lots of other goodies Apple has debuted version 17.4 of its iOS & iPadOS, and by doing so made them compliant

Citrix reveals invitation-only ‘Platform’ license 2024-03-06 at 06:48 By Simon Sharwood Follows the Broadcom playbook by ending standalone sales of some products Citrix has created a “Platform License” that it will offer by invitation only, and stopped selling some products outside bundles.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Japan orders local giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks 2024-03-06 at 05:33 By Simon Sharwood Government mighty displeased about a shared Active Directory that led to a big data leak Japan’s government has ordered local tech giants LINE and NAVER to disentangle their tech stacks, after a data breach saw over 510,000

NASA and Japan’s X-ray satellite space ‘scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies 2024-03-06 at 03:38 By Laura Dobberstein Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) – its joint mission with NASA – has transitioned into

Uncle Sam intervenes as Change Healthcare ransomware fiasco creates mayhem 2024-03-06 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons As the crooks behind the attack – probably ALPHV/BlackCat – fake their own demise The US government has stepped in to help hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware infection, offering more relaxed Medicare rules

Stuck paying for your apartment’s crummy internet? FCC Chair Rosenworcel wants to help 2024-03-06 at 01:47 By Tobias Mann Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants One of the oddities of American apartment living is “bulk billing”, a practice that sees landlords determine which ISP serves the entire complex and

Trump supporters forging AI deepfakes to woo Black voters 2024-03-06 at 01:02 By Katyanna Quach Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve Admirers of Donald Trump are creating fake AI-generated images depicting the former US President interacting with Black people, in the hope the pictures are

Microsoft kills off Windows Subsystem for Android 2024-03-05 at 23:32 By Thomas Claburn Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles Next year Microsoft will kill off the Windows Subsystem for Android, its framework for running Android applications from the Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 devices.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source