2025

Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join Salt Typhoon victim list 2025-01-06 at 22:34 By Jessica Lyons The slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues The list of telecommunications victims in the Salt Typhoon cyberattack continues to grow as a new report names Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream among those breached by Chinese government snoops.… This […]

Tired of begging, Microsoft now trying to trick users into thinking Bing is Google 2025-01-06 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo If you can’t beat ’em, just imitate their branding, hide yours and hope they don’t notice It looks like Microsoft has come up with a new trick to keep those who accidentally end up on

Winklevoss twins’ Gemini agrees to pay $5M fine to settle bitcoin case 2025-01-06 at 21:05 By Reuters The CFTC sued Gemini in 2022 for making false and misleading statements related to a bitcoin futures contract it sought to launch. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Tech CEO ran red light ‘to save my life’ after self-driving Tesla put him in path of oncoming train 2025-01-06 at 19:04 By Ariel Zilber Jesse Lyu posted video showing self-driving software steer his Tesla onto the tracks of the Metro E Line light rail service in Santa Monica. This article is an excerpt from

FireScam infostealer poses as Telegram Premium app to surveil Android devices 2025-01-06 at 18:36 By Jessica Lyons Once installed, it helps itself to your data like it’s a free buffet Android malware dubbed FireScam tricks people into thinking they are downloading a Telegram Premium application that stealthily monitors victims’ notifications, text messages, and app activity,

Eutelsat OneWeb blames 366th day for 48-hour date disaster 2025-01-06 at 17:36 By Richard Speed Leap year curse strikes satellite broadband vendor Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation suffered a date-related meltdown last week while the rest of the IT world patted itself on the back for averting the Y2K catastrophe a quarter of a century ago.… This

India Proposes Digital Data Rules with Tough Penalties and Cybersecurity Requirements 2025-01-06 at 17:35 By The Indian government has published a draft version of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules for public consultation. “Data fiduciaries must provide clear and accessible information about how personal data is processed, enabling informed consent,” India’s Press Information Bureau

MediaTek rings in the new year with a parade of chipset vulns 2025-01-06 at 16:34 By Connor Jones Manufacturers should have had ample time to apply the fixes MediaTek kicked off the first full working week of the new year by disclosing a bevy of security vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution bug affecting

AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025 2025-01-06 at 16:12 By Dan Robinson With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis… oh wait The AI datacenter spending splurge looks likely to continue in 2025, with Microsoft alone saying it will invest $80 billion this year on building out infrastructure to

The new cybersecurity accountability: SEC takes action 2025-01-06 at 16:12 By As cyberattacks grow more systemic and continue to mature, regulators have increased their focus on transparency and accountability. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SpaceX will try satellite deployment on next Starship test 2025-01-06 at 14:33 By Richard Speed Ten suborbital Starlink simulators to be flung from Musk’s spacecraft SpaceX is pressing ahead with the next Starship test and has outlined the mission’s goals, including deploying ten Starlink simulators.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [6 Jan] 2025-01-06 at 14:18 By Every tap, click, and swipe we make online shapes our digital lives, but it also opens doors—some we never meant to unlock. Extensions we trust, assistants we rely on, and even the codes we scan are turning into tools

From $22M in Ransom to +100M Stolen Records: 2025’s All-Star SaaS Threat Actors to Watch 2025-01-06 at 14:18 By In 2024, cyber threats targeting SaaS surged, with 7,000 password attacks blocked per second (just in Entra ID)—a 75% increase from last year—and phishing attempts up by 58%, causing $3.5 billion in losses (source: Microsoft Digital

FireScam Android Malware Poses as Telegram Premium to Steal Data and Control Devices 2025-01-06 at 14:18 By An Android information stealing malware named FireScam has been found masquerading as a premium version of the Telegram messaging app to steal data and maintain persistent remote control over compromised devices. “Disguised as a fake ‘Telegram Premium’ app,

Google’s 10-year Chromebook lifeline leaves old laptops headed for silicon cemetery 2025-01-06 at 13:49 By Dan Robinson Longer support for newer models won’t save prior versions from scrapheap Google promised a decade of updates for its Chromebooks in 2023 to stop them being binned so soon after purchase, but many are still set to reach

Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters 2025-01-06 at 13:04 By Dan Robinson But investors still betting big on bit barns thanks to AI and cloud demand Datacenter operators are facing a paradoxical crisis – demand for their services is greater than ever before, just as access to power, environmental concerns, rising costs and