2024

New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Connor Jones How good are your takedowns when fresh gangs are linked to previous ops, though? At least 25 new ransomware gangs emerged in 2023, with Akira and 8Base proving the most “successful,” research reveals.… This […]

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Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew’s

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EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out 2024-02-06 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Provisional deal will mean companies cannot ‘hinder repair’ The European Parliament has reached a provisional deal on EU regulations to strengthen consumers’ right to repair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war 2024-02-06 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘We have it! Let’s use it’ proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base When high school student David Lightman inadvertently dials into a military mainframe in the 1983 movie WarGames, he invites the supercomputer to play a game called “Global Thermonuclear

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Recent SSRF Flaw in Ivanti VPN Products Undergoes Mass Exploitation 2024-02-06 at 10:17 By A recently disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability impacting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure products has come under mass exploitation. The Shadowserver Foundation said it observed exploitation attempts originating from more than 170 unique IP addresses that aim to establish a reverse

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CERN seeks €20B to build a bigger, faster, particle accelerator 2024-02-06 at 09:46 By Katyanna Quach The Future Circular Collider, if built, will be three times the size of the LHC CERN wants to build a next-generation particle accelerator that could cost up to €20 billion.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI 2024-02-06 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Just in time to cash in on VMware and Citrix uncertainty Microsoft has announced that its Azure Virtual Desktop offering is available on-prem.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance 2024-02-06 at 07:47 By The U.S. State Department said it’s implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on individuals who are linked to the illegal use of commercial spyware to surveil civil society members. “The misuse of commercial spyware threatens privacy and freedoms of expression,

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Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong acquitted of stock manipulation charges 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Laura Dobberstein What a surprise, said no one Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong was acquitted of stock manipulation charges related to a 2015 company merger in Seoul Central District Court on Monday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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The Warning Shot: Two Years Later, Ukraine Is Just the Beginning 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Business leaders should prepare now for the next major geopolitical crisis that could disrupt business models, supply chains and more. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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A Spotlight on Video Surveillance Solutions 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Security magazine highlights a number of video surveillance solutions, including cameras and video management software (VMS). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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An established AI player is in nasty trouble – in this market? What? Why? 2024-02-06 at 06:02 By Simon Sharwood Australia’s Appen boasted of clients including Amazon and Microsoft. Then work dried up, Gen AI arrived, and Google bailed AI is so hot right now, and assumed to be the future of everything. But troubles

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