January 2025

Blue Origin gives up on New Glenn lift-off, 2 hours into launch window 2025-01-13 at 14:18 By Richard Speed Vehicle subsystem concerns blamed for scrub Blue Origin has given up on today’s lift-off attempt for its New Glenn rocket, confirming that it was standing down a little more than two hours into the vehicle’s launch

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [13 January] 2025-01-13 at 14:18 By The cyber world’s been buzzing this week, and it’s all about staying ahead of the bad guys. From sneaky software bugs to advanced hacking tricks, the risks are real, but so are the ways to protect yourself. In this

Ransomware on ESXi: The mechanization of virtualized attacks 2025-01-13 at 14:18 By In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers reached alarming levels, with the average ransom demand skyrocketing to $5 million. With approximately 8,000 ESXi hosts exposed directly to the internet (according to Shodan), the operational and business impact of these attacks is profound.

Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025 2025-01-13 at 13:18 By Rupert Goodwins Think you’re good at spotting trends? Try these on for size Opinion  This column may be out of date two days after publication. That’s when the US Supreme Court decides whether the Constitutional right to free speech overrides the laws

China’s chokehold on critical minerals puts US in ‘unfathomable’ national security bind: experts 2025-01-13 at 13:05 By Thomas Barrabi China has a chokehold on the world’s supply of critical minerals – and experts are warning the situation is major risk to US national security if the government doesn’t step up its efforts to compete. This

Nominet probes network intrusion linked to Ivanti zero-day exploit 2025-01-13 at 12:42 By Connor Jones Unauthorized activity detected, but no backdoors found UK domain registrar Nominet is investigating a potential intrusion into its network related to the latest Ivanti zero-day exploits.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

UK prepared to throw planning rules out the window for massive datacenters 2025-01-13 at 11:36 By Dan Robinson Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation could tear down more restrictions Britain’s planning system is still seen as a significant barrier to the development of datacenters.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cybersecurity researchers discover malware targeting macOS users 2025-01-13 at 11:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an information-stealing malware targeting macOS users.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform 2025-01-13 at 09:41 By Simon Sharwood Faced with huge license cost increase, provider and customers were both happy make migration a mission Exclusive  Broadcom has lost another large customer for its VMware platform: Austrian cloud provider Anexia has moved 12,000 VMs, some of them

WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables 2025-01-13 at 08:49 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new stealthy credit card skimmer campaign that targets WordPress e-commerce checkout pages by inserting malicious JavaScript code into a database table associated with the content management system (CMS). “This credit card skimmer malware targeting WordPress

Expired Domains Allowed Control Over 4,000 Backdoors on Compromised Systems 2025-01-13 at 08:49 By No less than 4,000 unique web backdoors previously deployed by various threat actors have been hijacked by taking control of abandoned and expired infrastructure for as little as $20 per domain. Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it pulled off the operation

Europe coughs up €400 to punter after breaking its own GDPR data protection rules 2025-01-13 at 07:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: Data broker leak reveals extent of info trading; Hot new ransomware gang might be all AI, no bark; and more Infosec in brief  Gravy Analytics, a vendor of location intelligence info for marketers which

U.S. retail workers report feeling unsafe through holiday season 2025-01-13 at 07:06 By Retail workers report fear for their safety over the past holiday season. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Large companies saw a rise in email-based cyberattacks 2025-01-13 at 07:06 By The financial sector faces an increase in email attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Linus Torvalds offers to build guitar effects pedal for kernel developer 2025-01-13 at 05:59 By Simon Sharwood ‘I’m a software person with a soldering iron’, he warns alongside release of Linux 6.13-rc7 Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has offered to hand-build a guitar effects pedal for one lucky kernel contributor.… This article is an excerpt from