2024

Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried spared a second trial 2024-01-02 at 09:47 By Laura Dobberstein Eighth charge related to campaign contributions would just take too dang long US prosecutors do not plan to proceed with a second trial of convicted and imprisoned crypto-villain Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), according to a Southern District of New York court letter filed […]

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While you holidayed, Microsoft brought Copilot to mobile devices, again 2024-01-02 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Redmond’s AI assistant bounds onto Android and iOS without Bing branding First Look  While many readers enjoyed holiday downtime, Microsoft was busy bringing its Copilot AI to Android and iOS.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Huawei bets its 2024 on datacenter infrastructure 2024-01-02 at 06:32 By Simon Sharwood Compute, networking and storage are key, and global sales are still possible – despite, y’know, controversy Huawei chair Hu Houkun has prepared the Chinese tech giant for 2024 by suggesting its datacenter offerings are the key to success in the new year.…

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A ship carrying 800 tonnes of Li-Ion batteries caught fire. What could possibly go wrong? 2024-01-02 at 03:02 By Simon Sharwood Less than you might imagine, thankfully The US Coast Guard has advised that a ship carrying around 800 tonnes of Lithium-Ion batteries – some of which caught fire – is out of danger after

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New Variant of DLL Search Order Hijacking Bypasses Windows 10 and 11 Protections 2024-01-01 at 16:17 By Security researchers have detailed a new variant of a dynamic link library (DLL) search order hijacking technique that could be used by threat actors to bypass security mechanisms and achieve execution of malicious code on systems running Microsoft

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New Terrapin Flaw Could Let Attackers Downgrade SSH Protocol Security 2024-01-01 at 11:47 By Security researchers from Ruhr University Bochum have discovered a vulnerability in the Secure Shell (SSH) cryptographic network protocol that could allow an attacker to downgrade the connection’s security by breaking the integrity of the secure channel. Called Terrapin (CVE-2023-48795, CVSS score: 5.9), the

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New JinxLoader Targeting Users with Formbook and XLoader Malware 2024-01-01 at 09:02 By A new Go-based malware loader called JinxLoader is being used by threat actors to deliver next-stage payloads such as Formbook and its successor XLoader. The disclosure comes from cybersecurity firms Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Symantec, both of which highlighted multi-step attack sequences that led to

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