January 2025

One of Salt Typhoon’s favorite flaws still wide open on 91% of at-risk Exchange Servers 2025-01-24 at 01:46 By Jessica Lyons But we mean, you’ve had nearly four years to patch One of the critical security flaws exploited by China’s Salt Typhoon to breach US telecom and government networks has had a patch available for […]

BMW trolled after announcing it’s ‘no longer posting’ on X: ‘Becoming More Woke’ 2025-01-24 at 01:08 By Thomas Barrabi German car maker BMW’s UK division got trolled by X users on Thursday after abruptly announcing that it was “no longer posting” on the platform This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

OpenAI’s Operator agent wants to tackle your online chores – just don’t expect it to nail every task 2025-01-23 at 23:33 By Thomas Claburn Hello Operator? Can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime? OpenAI on Thursday launched a human-directed AI agent called Operator that

Patch now: Cisco fixes critical 9.9-rated, make-me-admin bug 2025-01-23 at 23:08 By Jessica Lyons No in-the-wild exploits … yet Cisco has pushed a patch for a critical, 9.9-rated vulnerability in its Meeting Management tool that could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate to administrator on affected devices.… This article is an

Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful 2025-01-23 at 22:21 By Dan Robinson x86 behemoth calls the approach ‘innovative’ – DIY builders may disagree Intel claims a more modular approach to PC design could make systems easier to repair and reduce electronic waste – and it has some proposals for you.… This

Kim Kardashian loses 150,000 Instagram followers after posting photo of first lady Melania Trump 2025-01-23 at 20:06 By Ariel Zilber Kardashian raised eyebrows online by posting the photo of the president’s wife wearing a wide-brimmed hat at her husband’s inauguration. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York

Musk torches $500B Stargate AI plan, Altman strikes back 2025-01-23 at 20:06 By Richard Speed OpenAI boss tell world’s richest man money is there to fund infrastructure project The world has been treated to tech bro squabbling over Stargate, the $500 billion artificial intelligence infrastructure project, while the grown-ups look on.… This article is an

SonicWall flags critical bug likely exploited as zero-day, rolls out hotfix 2025-01-23 at 18:49 By Connor Jones Big organizations and governments are main users of these gateways SonicWall is warning customers of a critical vulnerability that was potentially already exploited as a zero-day.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Meta’s pay-or-consent model under fire from EU consumer group 2025-01-23 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Company ‘strongly disagrees’ with law infringement allegations Meta has again come under fire for its pay-or-consent model in the EU.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Palo Alto Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Secure Boot Bypass and Firmware Exploits 2025-01-23 at 17:33 By An exhaustive evaluation of three firewall models from Palo Alto Networks has uncovered a host of known security flaws impacting the devices’ firmware as well as misconfigured security features. “These weren’t obscure, corner-case vulnerabilities,” security vendor Eclypsium said in

Beware: Fake CAPTCHA Campaign Spreads Lumma Stealer in Multi-Industry Attacks 2025-01-23 at 17:33 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware campaign that leverages fake CAPTCHA verification checks to deliver the infamous Lumma information stealer. “The campaign is global, with Netskope Threat Labs tracking victims targeted in Argentina, Colombia, the United States, the

ChatGPT has a Thursday lie down 2025-01-23 at 17:19 By Richard Speed Generative AI needs a break, just like the rest of us, m’kay? OUTAGE  Reactivate your brain. ChatGPT has gone down.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

94.2% of CISOs say CCM could improve compliance and security 2025-01-23 at 17:19 By A new report provides insights on the struggles CISOs face.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Instagram luring TikTok influencers with $50K cash bonuses — to help them ‘get off the ground’: report 2025-01-23 at 16:49 By Brooke Steinberg Instagram is attempting to reel in TikTok’s creators. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

FortiGate config leaks: Victims’ email addresses published online 2025-01-23 at 16:49 By Connor Jones Experts warn not to take leaks lightly as years-long compromises could remain undetected Thousands of email addresses included in the Belsen Group’s dump of FortiGate configs last week are now available online, revealing which organizations may have been impacted by the

VMware users gripe over 3-year commitment to renew licenses 2025-01-23 at 16:19 By Dan Robinson Chips and software giant Broadcom says it’s ‘flexible and open’ on licensing terms, but customers disagree VMware users continue to be unhappy with licensing changes since the virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom, and are now complaining that they are