January 2025

Blue Origin reaches orbit with New Glenn, fumbles first-stage recovery 2025-01-16 at 13:48 By Richard Speed Jeff Bezos’ space company achieves milestone with payload delivered Jeff Bezos joined the orbital elite with the launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket this morning.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Infoseccer: Private security biz let guard down, exposed 120K+ files 2025-01-16 at 12:49 By Connor Jones Assist Security’s client list includes fashion icons, critical infrastructure orgs A London-based private security company allegedly left more than 120,000 files available online via an unsecured server, an infoseccer told The Register.… This article is an excerpt from The

Apple’s interoperability efforts aren’t meeting spirit or letter of EU law, advocacy groups argue 2025-01-16 at 11:49 By Thomas Claburn Free Software Foundation Europe and others urge European Commission to double down on DMA Digital rights advocacy organizations contend that Apple has failed to comply with its interoperability obligations under the EU’s Digital Markets Act

Biden Administration proposes framework for AI chip exports 2025-01-16 at 11:09 By The Biden Administration has proposed a framework for AI chip exports, and security leaders are sharing their thoughts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK government tech procurement lacks understanding, says watchdog 2025-01-16 at 10:36 By Lindsay Clark NAO report highlights £3B cost overruns and 29 years of cumulative delays in IT projects UK government plans its technology purchases with limited assessment of technical feasibility, according to a spending watchdog’s analysis of the £14-billion-a-year procurement of digital services.… This

Python-Based Malware Powers RansomHub Ransomware to Exploit Network Flaws 2025-01-16 at 09:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to deploy the RansomHub ransomware throughout the target network. According to GuidePoint Security, initial access

Researcher Uncovers Critical Flaws in Multiple Versions of Ivanti Endpoint Manager 2025-01-16 at 09:48 By Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address several security flaws impacting Avalanche, Application Control Engine, and Endpoint Manager (EPM), including four critical bugs that could lead to information disclosure. All the four critical security flaws, rated 9.8 out of

India becomes just fourth country to dock satellites in orbit 2025-01-16 at 09:33 By Simon Sharwood As the ESA celebrates planned break-up of its solar blotter-spotter India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully docked a pair of satellites, making the nation the fourth to achieve the feat.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

US adds Chinese RISC-V player that TSMC suspected of helping build Huawei GPUs to risky company register 2025-01-16 at 08:19 By Simon Sharwood Sophgo scores a place on Entity List, Indian nuclear boffins taken off Chinese chip designer Sophgo, a suspected supplier of AI silicon to Huawei, has been added to the USA’s “Entity List”

Prepping for your January 2025 board meeting 2025-01-16 at 07:19 By The first board meeting of the New Year presents opportunities to effectively communicate the state of the organization’s cybersecurity posture. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source