2025

Feds will soon loosen tough stance on digital assets as Trump embraces crypto 2025-02-07 at 14:08 By Charles Gasparino JPMorgan and Bank of America expect to be providing even basic services to crypto clients such as holding digital assets in custody, even buying bitcoin exchange-traded funds at their branches. This article is an excerpt from […]

UK industry leaders unleash hurricane-grade scale for cyberattacks 2025-02-07 at 14:08 By Connor Jones Freshly minted organization aims to take the guesswork out of incident severity for insurers and policy holders A world-first organization assembled to categorize the severity of cybersecurity incidents is up and running in the UK following a year-long incubation period.… This

AI-Powered Social Engineering: Reinvented Threats 2025-02-07 at 13:49 By The foundations for social engineering attacks – manipulating humans – might not have changed much over the years. It’s the vectors – how these techniques are deployed – that are evolving. And like most industries these days, AI is accelerating its evolution.  This article explores how

Microsoft Identifies 3,000+ Publicly Disclosed ASP.NET Machine Keys Vulnerable to Code Injection 2025-02-07 at 13:49 By Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers’ pathway. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity

India’s RBI Introduces Exclusive “bank.in” Domain to Combat Digital Banking Fraud 2025-02-07 at 12:50 By India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said it’s introducing an exclusive “bank.in” internet domain for banks in the country to combat digital financial fraud. “This initiative aims to reduce cyber security threats and malicious activities like phishing;

Musk’s move fast and break things mantra won’t work in US.gov 2025-02-07 at 12:33 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 248-year-old democracy is not a tech startup Opinion  120-hour work weeks, firing government staffers and dismantling agencies? Oh my. The US government under pseudo President Musk is in for a world of radical change.… This article is

Google’s 7-year slog to improve Chrome extensions still hasn’t satisfied developers 2025-02-07 at 08:34 By Thomas Claburn Makers of content blockers, privacy add-ons say promises weren’t kept Google’s overhaul of Chrome’s extension architecture continues to pose problems for developers of ad blockers, content filters, and privacy tools.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Hackers Exploiting SimpleHelp RMM Flaws for Persistent Access and Ransomware 2025-02-07 at 07:53 By Threat actors have been observed exploiting recently disclosed security flaws in SimpleHelp’s Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a precursor for what appears to be a ransomware attack. The intrusion leveraged the now-patched vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain

Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build 2025-02-07 at 07:07 By Simon Sharwood Reverses life extensions for some servers it now feels aren’t useful in the inferencing age Amazon Web Services is struggling to get the high-quality servers it needs to build AI infrastructure and has retired other

Understanding the Language of Law Enforcement 2025-02-07 at 07:07 By Douglas Horsting, Manager of Organized Retail Crime & Special Investigations/Law Enforcement Liaison at Rite Aid, shares his insights on successfully partnering with law enforcement. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source