2025

Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year 2025-01-15 at 16:47 By Connor Jones US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts North Korean blockchain bandits stole more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency in 2024 alone, the US, Japan, and South Korea say.… This article is an excerpt […]

Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job so HR can ‘do less of the repetitive stuff’ 2025-01-15 at 16:18 By Thomas Claburn She doesn’t feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she’ll craft a polite email message Interview  Mega HR, a Florida-based human resources startup, today launched an AI agent service called Megan that the

North Korean IT Worker Fraud Linked to 2016 Crowdfunding Scam and Fake Domains 2025-01-15 at 16:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based threamoret groups may have pulled off illicit money-making scams

Enterprises in for a shock when they realize power and cooling demands of AI 2025-01-15 at 15:51 By Dan Robinson Energy consumption set to become a key performance indicator by 2027 Most businesses rushing to adopt AI are unprepared for the energy demands it’ll place on their infrastructure, and few have a handle on the

Optimizing cyber incident response: Avoid delays and unexpected costs 2025-01-15 at 15:51 By As U.S. data privacy laws evolve and data estates grow, companies require specialized expertise and technology to navigate these complexities.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home 2025-01-15 at 15:16 By Paul Kunert Threat to quit still preferred to commuting on packed public transport Years after the pandemic reshaped working practices across the world, many staff are still resisting corporate efforts to get them to return to the office preferring instead to

Four plead guilty in US government tech procurement fraud case 2025-01-15 at 14:52 By Lindsay Clark Scheme involving bribes, bid rigging and insider info may have cost US taxpayers $1.3M Four defendants have pleaded guilty in a US government IT procurement fraud case, which prosecutors claim has cost taxpayers at least $1.3 million in losses.…

Google Cloud Researchers Uncover Flaws in Rsync File Synchronization Tool 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a client. “Attackers can take control of a malicious server and read/write

The High-Stakes Disconnect For ICS/OT Security 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By Why does ICS/OT need specific controls and its own cybersecurity budget today? Because treating ICS/OT security with an IT security playbook isn’t just ineffective—it’s high risk. In the rapidly evolving domain of cybersecurity, the specific challenges and needs for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational

SpaceX launches 2 lunar landers on path to the Moon 2025-01-15 at 13:52 By Richard Speed Blue Ghost’s first time, and second time lucky for Japanese company ispace? SpaceX has successfully completed the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from pad 39A and sent two landers on their way to the Moon.… This article is

British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees 2025-01-15 at 13:09 By Richard Speed Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant Seven weeks of court action began this week as a case over alleged breaches of competition law by Apple is heard at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal

UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff 2025-01-15 at 12:24 By Richard Speed Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Report: CISO responsibility is expanding beyond cybersecurity 2025-01-15 at 12:23 By The responsibilities of CISOs are expanding; however, only 3% of those surveyed indicate a pay raise to reflect their greater responsibility.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds 2025-01-15 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Good ol’ spreadsheet data could benefit from ‘revolutionary’ approach to ML inferences Move over ChatGPT and DALL-E: Spreadsheet data is getting its own foundation machine learning model, allowing users to immediately make inferences about new data points for