2024

Exposed Secrets are Everywhere. Here’s How to Tackle Them 2024-01-05 at 12:32 By Picture this: you stumble upon a concealed secret within your company’s source code. Instantly, a wave of panic hits as you grasp the possible consequences. This one hidden secret has the power to pave the way for unauthorized entry, data breaches, and […]

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Orange Spain Faces BGP Traffic Hijack After RIPE Account Hacked by Malware 2024-01-05 at 12:32 By Mobile network operator Orange Spain suffered an internet outage for several hours on January 3 after a threat actor used administrator credentials captured by means of stealer malware to hijack the border gateway protocol (BGP) traffic. “The Orange account

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The Register’s 2023 in gaming had one final boss: Baldur’s Gate 3 2024-01-05 at 11:46 By Richard Currie But we also have a bit to say about Dark Souls, Starfield, Foxhole, and more The RPG  Greetings, traveler, and welcome back to our occasional gaming column The Register Plays Games.… This article is an excerpt from

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Alert: Ivanti Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerability in Endpoint Manager Solution 2024-01-05 at 10:32 By Ivanti has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its Endpoint Manager (EPM) solution that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE) on susceptible servers. Tracked as CVE-2023-39336, the vulnerability has been rated 9.6 out

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Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine’s Telecom Giant for Months 2024-01-05 at 10:32 By Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar’s systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. The incident, described as a “powerful hacker attack,” first came to light last

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Sandworm’s Kyivstar attack should serve as a reminder of the Kremlin crew’s ‘global reach’ 2024-01-05 at 09:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle ‘Almost everything’ wiped in the telecom attack, says Ukraine’s top cyber spy Russia’s Sandworm crew appear to have been responsible for knocking out mobile and internet services to about 24 million users in Ukraine

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Everyone wants better web search – is Perplexity’s AI the answer? 2024-01-05 at 08:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘Conversational engine’ still hallucinates, cites its sources at least AI search engine startup Perplexity has raised $73.6 million in a series-B funding round led by Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and other investors.… This article is an excerpt from The

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New Bandook RAT Variant Resurfaces, Targeting Windows Machines 2024-01-05 at 08:31 By A new variant of remote access trojan called Bandook has been observed being propagated via phishing attacks with an aim to infiltrate Windows machines, underscoring the continuous evolution of the malware. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which identified the activity in October 2023, said the malware is

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Court orders arbitration for Wipro and ex-CFO who left for Cognizant 2024-01-05 at 04:31 By Laura Dobberstein India’s IT outsourcers have an exec poaching problem A Bengaluru civil court has ordered Indian IT outsourcer Wipro to go into arbitration with its former CFO, Jatin Dalal, over accusations the latter violated a non-compete clause by joining

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Late model: OpenAI GPT Store may debut next week 2024-01-05 at 03:02 By Thomas Claburn Devil is in the as-yet-undisclosed revenue sharing details OpenAI’s GPT Store, a one-stop shop for customized chatbot models, is expected to start business next week, after missing its planned debut last month amid boardroom turmoil at the startup.… This article

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Microchip nabs $162M to keep chips for washing machines – and missiles – flowing 2024-01-05 at 02:03 By Tobias Mann Uncle Sam: Nothing goes together quite like a well-pressed uniform and weapons of mass destruction Microchip will receive $162 million of US CHIPS and Science Act funding to bolster domestic production of microcontrollers used in

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AMD talks up car chips it hopes will join you for a ride some time soon 2024-01-05 at 01:02 By Tobias Mann ‘New’ ADAS and infotainment parts powered by older FPGAs and earlier cores. It’s good enough for Tesla +Comment  Just in time for CES, which has become just as much a car show as

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DARPA’s air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025 2024-01-05 at 00:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk? The latest experimental DARPA aircraft, which is designed to maneuver without the need for moving parts, is headed to the manufacturing stage and could be flying

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Google illegally refusing to bargain with employee union, says NLRB 2024-01-04 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Search giant told yet again that contractors still employees, must be bargained with The US National Labor Relations Board has decided that Google’s contractors are still its employees, thus Google is violating US labor laws by refusing to bargain

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AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers 2024-01-04 at 23:04 By Thomas Claburn Hallucinated programming flaws vex curl project Generative AI models like Google Bard and GitHub Copilot have a user problem: Those who rely on software assistance may not understand or care about the limitations of these machine learning tools.… This article is

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