2025

NATO’s newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack 2025-01-13 at 19:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Sweden has changed,’ PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts Sweden has committed to sending naval forces into the Baltic Sea following yet another suspected Russian attack on underwater cables in the region.… This article […]

Top Meta official blasts CEO Mark Zuckerberg for ‘buckling to political pressure’ by scrapping censorship as advertisers express concern 2025-01-13 at 18:48 By Ariel Zilber Decision to end the platform’s fact-checking program is raising questions about brand safety on the $1.5 trillion tech giant’s platforms. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and

Pastor’s divine ‘dream’ crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam 2025-01-13 at 17:48 By Richard Currie Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump A man of God is in the sin bin with Uncle Sam’s prosecutors over a cryptocurrency investment business that he claims came to him in a dream.…

Nvidia snaps back at Biden’s ‘innovation-killing’ AI chip export restrictions 2025-01-13 at 17:18 By Dan Robinson ‘New rule threatens to squander America’s hard-won technological advantage’ says GPU supremo Nvidia has hit back at the outgoing Biden administration’s AI chip tech export restrictions designed to tighten America’s stranglehold on supply chains and maintain market dominance.… This

Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners 2025-01-13 at 17:03 By A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said it’s currently responding to “multiple incidents” involving the

Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption, sets data-destruct timer for 7 days 2025-01-13 at 16:03 By Jessica Lyons ‘Codefinger’ crims on the hunt for compromised keys A new ransomware crew dubbed Codefinger targets AWS S3 buckets and uses the cloud giant’s own server-side encryption with customer provided keys (SSE-C) to lock up victims’ data before

Tesla recalls 239,382 vehicles over rearview camera problems 2025-01-13 at 15:49 By Richard Speed Software snafu can fry computer components for owners of Musk’s electric buggies Days after the US’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) began an investigation into the company’s Actually Smart Summon technology, Tesla is is now recalling almost a quarter of a

UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation 2025-01-13 at 15:49 By Dan Robinson Government adopts all 50 venture capitalist recommendations but leaves datacenter energy puzzle unsolved Britain’s government is adopting all 50 recommendations made by a venture capitalist to use AI to drive economic recovery, without even acknowledging the resulting

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