2024

Road to Removal: A blueprint for yanking billions of tons of CO2 out of our atmosphere 2024-01-07 at 16:46 By Rik Myslewski It’ll also cost billions, but perhaps a price worth paying? Let’s say that you and your political leaders are committed to reducing the effects of the “greenhouse gasses” such as carbon dioxide (CO2)

Ransomware payment ban: Wrong idea at the wrong time 2024-01-06 at 15:31 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Won’t stop the chaos, may lead to attacks with more dire consequences Opinion  A general ban on ransomware payments, as was floated by some this week, sounds like a good idea. Eliminate extortion as a source of criminal income,

Swarms of laser-flown bots visiting a planet light years away – and more NASA-funded projects revealed 2024-01-06 at 12:32 By Katyanna Quach An electric airplane on Mars, micrograv hibernation, and plenty others NASA is funding 13 ambitious projects that could potentially lead to space missions one day, ranging from scanning for signs of life on

Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies 2024-01-06 at 10:32 By Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as part of a new cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Türkiye-nexus threat actor known as Sea Turtle. “The infrastructure of the

Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware 2024-01-06 at 09:32 By The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice. The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky, which said the Windows-based malware “crashes the operating system in a way that it cannot be rebooted.” The intrusions have been attributed to

After crippling cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients 2024-01-06 at 00:00 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Remember the good old days when ransomware crooks vowed not to infect medical centers? Extortionists are now threatening to swat hospital patients — calling in bomb threats or other bogus reports to the police so heavily armed

NIST: If someone’s trying to sell you some secure AI, it’s snake oil 2024-01-05 at 23:03 By Thomas Claburn You really think someone would do that? Go on the internet and tell lies? Predictive and generative AI systems remain vulnerable to a variety of attacks and anyone who says otherwise isn’t being entirely honest, according

66% of consumers would not trust a company following a data breach 2024-01-05 at 23:02 By A recent report found that 75% of consumers expressing their readiness to sever ties with a brand in the aftermath of any cybersecurity issue. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Teardown finds Huawei’s 5nm notebook SoC was made in Taiwan, not China 2024-01-05 at 22:02 By Tobias Mann Stockpiled TSMC silicon from 2020 shock! Did Huawei’s domestic fab partners somehow develop the means to mass produce a 5nm laptop chip in spite of US sanctions designed to prevent just that? No, they most certainly did

Uncle Sam will pay for your big ideas to end AI voice-cloning fraud 2024-01-05 at 21:31 By Connor Jones The advent of generative AI has made the attack far more pervasive The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is promising a $25,000 reward for the best solution to combat the growing threat of AI voice cloning.… This

Tesla’s latest Autopilot safety patch hits 1.6M Chinese vehicles 2024-01-05 at 20:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Perfect timing – now BYD can rub that in Tesla’s face along with stealing the global EV sales crown A hot new Tesla import has arrived in China in the form of a pair of forced software updates for nearly

FTC proposes new restrictions on the use of children’s data 2024-01-05 at 20:31 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), including ed tech. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

It’s been two decades since Spirit landed on the red sands of Mars 2024-01-05 at 19:47 By Richard Speed Decades, gone in a flash: Longlived mission was almost derailed by file system whoopsie It is 20 years this week since NASA’s Spirit rover landed on Mars, kicking off years of exploration before ending its mission

Huawei finally gives up on US schmoozing efforts 2024-01-05 at 18:48 By Dan Robinson So long, and thanks for all the sanctions as PR and government relations teams decamp Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly stood down much of its public and government relations teams in the US and Canada, in a sign it may

SpectralBlur: New macOS Backdoor Threat from North Korean Hackers 2024-01-05 at 18:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Apple macOS backdoor called SpectralBlur that overlaps with a known malware family that has been attributed to North Korean threat actors. “SpectralBlur is a moderately capable backdoor that can upload/download files, run a shell, update its configuration, delete