2024

Microsoft 365 Copilot goes monthly for a 5% premium and annual commitment 2024-11-14 at 15:30 By Richard Speed Other subscriptions also set for updates in the name of ‘cash flow flexibility’ Microsoft is introducing flexible billing for Microsoft 365 Copilot starting next month to spread the cost of an annual subscription. For a price.… This […]

Fedora 41: A vast assortment, but there’s something for everyone 2024-11-14 at 14:39 By Liam Proven It’s the Heinz of Linux – but that only boasted 57 varieties At the end of October, Fedora 41 came out, with more different variants than ever before: 29 by our count, not including all the architectures and download

5 BCDR Oversights That Leave You Exposed to Ransomware 2024-11-14 at 14:15 By Ransomware isn’t just a buzzword; it’s one of the most dreaded challenges businesses face in this increasingly digitized world. Ransomware attacks are not only increasing in frequency but also in sophistication, with new ransomware groups constantly emerging. Their attack methods are evolving

Kids’ shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info 2024-11-14 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud Children’s shoemaker Start-Rite is dealing with a nasty “security incident” involving customer payment card details, its second significant lapse during the past eight years.… This article is an

NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms 2024-11-14 at 13:03 By Connor Jones From guidance to firm action… no more WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more The full list of messaging apps officially blocked by Brit banking and insurance giant NatWest Group is more extensive than WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, and Skype

TikTok Pixel Privacy Nightmare: A New Case Study 2024-11-14 at 12:51 By Advertising on TikTok is the obvious choice for any company trying to reach a young market, and especially so if it happens to be a travel company, with 44% of American Gen Zs saying they use the platform to plan their vacations. But

New RustyAttr Malware Targets macOS Through Extended Attribute Abuse 2024-11-14 at 12:01 By Threat actors have been found leveraging a new technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to smuggle a new malware called RustyAttr. The Singaporean cybersecurity company has attributed the novel activity with moderate confidence to the infamous North Korea-linked Lazarus Group,

Asda security chief replaced, retailer sheds jobs during Walmart tech divorce 2024-11-14 at 11:33 By Lindsay Clark British grocer’s workers called back to office as clock ticks for contractors The head of tech security at Asda, the UK’s third-largest food retailer, has left amid an ongoing tech divorce from US grocery giant Walmart.… This article

Five Eyes infosec agencies list 2024’s most exploited software flaws 2024-11-14 at 10:46 By Iain Thomson Slack patching remains a problem – which is worrying as crooks increasingly target zero-day vulns The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities,

Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software 2024-11-14 at 09:31 By Thomas Claburn Dam, the consequences An academic journal has retracted two papers because it determined their authors used unlicensed software.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple hit with £3 billion claim over iCloud pricing and packaging practices 2024-11-14 at 08:33 By Richard Speed Consumer champion Which? not amused by fruit-based giant’s alleged preference for its own cloud storage service UK consumer group Which? has filed a £3 billion action against Apple over alleged competition law breaches related to its iCloud

Russian Hackers Exploit New NTLM Flaw to Deploy RAT Malware via Phishing Emails 2024-11-14 at 08:33 By A newly patched security flaw impacting Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) was exploited as a zero-day by a suspected Russia-linked actor as part of cyber attacks targeting Ukraine. The vulnerability in question, CVE-2024-43451 (CVSS score: 6.5), refers to

TSMC confirms ‘unexploded ordnance’ removed from wafer fab construction site 2024-11-14 at 07:33 By Laura Dobberstein Probably a relic of a Japanese WWII naval site TSMC has confirmed that workers were evacuated from one of its construction sites in Taiwan after discovery of an unexploded bomb.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View