2024

India again backs down on its controversial PC import restrictions 2024-01-16 at 07:47 By Laura Dobberstein Desktops escape regulations, laptops and servers don’t, no reasons explained India’s Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has announced that import restrictions targeting PCs will not include desktop computers, adding another twist to the strange saga of the nation’s […]

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China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos and crypto-crime in Asia 2024-01-16 at 05:32 By Simon Sharwood ‘Inaccessible and autonomous armed group territories’ host crooks who use tech to launder cash, run slave scam gangs, and more Global crime networks have set up shop in autonomous territories run by armed gangs across Southeast

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Microsoft prices new Copilots for individuals and small biz vastly higher than M365 alone 2024-01-16 at 01:47 By Simon Sharwood Intros ‘Pro’ AI for creators, ditches 300-seat requirement for business use Microsoft has revealed new versions of its OpenAI-powered Copilot services, at prices around triple the cost of its flagship M365 suite.… This article is

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Musk claims that venting liquid oxygen caused Starship explosion 2024-01-15 at 23:02 By Richard Speed Billionaire suggests a payload would have solved the problem. And we have a suggestion for who that payload could be SpaceX boss Elon Musk has blamed a lack of payload coupled with the venting of liquid oxygen for last year’s

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Thousands of Juniper Networks devices vulnerable to critical RCE bug 2024-01-15 at 21:47 By Connor Jones Yet more support for the argument to adopt memory-safe languages More than 11,500 Juniper Networks devices are exposed to a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, and infosec researchers are pressing admins to urgently apply the patches.… This article

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TSA trained 5,000 crew members in self-defense in 2023 2024-01-15 at 21:16 By In 2023, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made a number of security improvements to improve passenger and employee safety. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Crippled Peregrine lunar lander set for fiery return to Earth in matter of days 2024-01-15 at 20:31 By Richard Speed Doing science and still alive … but not for long Astrobotic has confirmed that the doomed Peregrine Lunar Lander’s mission will end on Thursday, January 18 with the spacecraft burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere.…

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Patch time: Critical GitLab vulnerability exposes 2FA-less users to account takeovers 2024-01-15 at 19:47 By Connor Jones The bug with a perfect 10 severity score has been ripe for exploitation since May GitLab admins should apply the latest batch of security patches pronto given the new critical account-bypass vulnerability just disclosed.… This article is an

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Reports China’s military is using Baidu’s AI lead to stock plunge 2024-01-15 at 18:32 By Dan Robinson Web giant retorts that researchers simply used its publicly available APIs Web giant Baidu’s stock is down 12 percent after a report linked its AI platform with the Chinese military, amid separate claims the Middle Kingdon’s armed forces

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There were over 4,000 ransomware victims in 2023 2024-01-15 at 18:16 By According to a recent report, there 2343 4,368 ransomware victims in 2023, a 55% surge from 2022. Business services suffered the most attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Reduce risk by preparing for severe weather incidents 2024-01-15 at 17:01 By Businesses face mounting costs from severe weather, with thunderstorms a major culprit. Security leaders must prioritize employee safety and preparedness through emergency kits and robust plans. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Eben Upton on Sinclair, Acorn, and the Raspberry Pi 2024-01-15 at 16:47 By Richard Speed The future’s bright. The future’s retro Interview  Inspired at least in part by Pi creator Eben Upton’s dalliances with the home computers of the 1980s, the Raspberry Pi casts a long shadow over the retro computing world.… This article is

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Opera MyFlaw Bug Could Let Hackers Run ANY File on Your Mac or Windows 2024-01-15 at 16:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw in the Opera web browser for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS that could be exploited to execute any file on the underlying operating system. The remote code execution vulnerability has

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3 Ransomware Group Newcomers to Watch in 2024 2024-01-15 at 16:17 By The ransomware industry surged in 2023 as it saw an alarming 55.5% increase in victims worldwide, reaching a staggering 4,368 cases.  Figure 1: Year over year victims per quarter The rollercoaster ride from explosive growth in 2021 to a momentary dip in 2022

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Big Cloud deploys thousands of GPUs for AI – yet most appear under-utilized 2024-01-15 at 15:32 By Tobias Mann If AWS, Microsoft, Google were anywhere close to capacity, their revenues would be way higher Cloud providers have deployed tens of thousands of GPUs and AI accelerators in their race to capitalize on the surge in

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