January 2025

Report finds 1,205% rise in AI vulnerabilities, many tied to APIs 2025-01-31 at 15:03 By APIs have become a prominent attack surface over the past year.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Speed vs. security: The truth about weapons detection systems 2025-01-31 at 15:03 By Selecting a weapons detection system requires aligning the system’s capabilities with the specific demands and vulnerabilities of the organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Top 2025 security conferences 2025-01-31 at 15:03 By Security magazine offers a roundup of security conferences taking place in 2025.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

IBM banks on friendlier US regulatory climate for dealmaking 2025-01-31 at 14:48 By Paul Kunert Reckons completion of Hashicorp buy is around the corner, plans to use some of $7B free cash for more M&A IBM is hopeful of completing the $6.4 billion purchase of Hashicorp relatively smoothly given what Big Blue perceives to be

Welsh woman fined for flatulence-fueled cyber harassment 2025-01-31 at 14:03 By Connor Jones Court said her approach to child access dispute with ex-partner really stinks Wales has given the world many things – Tom Jones, laverbread, and the equals sign. But one woman from Caernarfon has added weaponized flatulence to the list. Her unorthodox approach

Vulnerability discovered in Subaru’s connected vehicle service 2025-01-31 at 14:03 By Subaru’s STARLINK connected vehicle service contains a vulnerability that permits access to user accounts and vehicles.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks 2025-01-31 at 13:48 By Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There’s no brute-force ‘spray and pray’ password guessing. No scouring systems for unpatched software. Instead, it simply relies on manipulating emotions such as trust, fear, and respect for authority,

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns 2025-01-31 at 13:48 By Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek’s service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The development comes days after the authority, the Garante, sent a series

Google Bans 158,000 Malicious Android App Developer Accounts in 2024 2025-01-31 at 13:48 By Google said it blocked over 2.36 million policy-violating Android apps from being published to the Google Play app marketplace in 2024 and banned more than 158,000 bad developer accounts that attempted to publish such harmful apps. The tech giant also noted

BT fiber rollout passes 17 million homes, altnet challenge grows 2025-01-31 at 13:19 By Dan Robinson Only 35% of those premises actually hooked up though, plus company reports ‘higher competitor losses’ BT Group claims to have pulled off a record build rate of more than a million premises in the final three months of 2024

European Space Agency picks Thales Alenia Space to build lunar lander 2025-01-31 at 12:36 By Richard Speed ESA and the Argonauts The European Space Agency (ESA) has inked a deal worth €862 million with Thales Alenia Space to develop a lunar lander.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops 2025-01-31 at 11:04 By Jessica Lyons And it doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict the future If the nonstop flood of ransomware attacks doesn’t already make every day feel like Groundhog Day, then a look back at 2024 – and predictions for 2025