2025

Ransomware Extortion Drops to $813.5M in 2024, Down from $1.25B in 2023 2025-02-06 at 17:36 By Ransomware attacks netted cybercrime groups a total of $813.5 million in 2024, a decline from $1.25 billion in 2023. The total amount extorted during the first half of 2024 stood at $459.8 million, blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding […]

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Google exec sees enterprise quantum app on closer horizon 2025-02-06 at 16:50 By Tobias Mann 20 years? More like five for real-world workloads says company’s Quantum AI lead Despite ongoing breakthroughs, quantum computing has struggled to shake the perception that it’s always another ten years away from being practical. However, researchers at Google now argue

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Veterans Affairs reboots Oracle health records project for $330M 2025-02-06 at 16:10 By Lindsay Clark Concerns around unfixed problems remain after system resulted in harm to some 150 patients The US Department of Veterans Affairs has restarted a project to implement Oracle electronic health records in its hospitals after the project was suspended in 2023.…

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Report: Password stores are targeted by 25% of malware 2025-02-06 at 16:10 By A new report reveals an increase in credential-stealing malware. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services 2025-02-06 at 15:36 By Richard Speed Preview arrives in Canary Channel, release planned for Windows 10 and 11 Microsoft has released its first in-box public preview of Windows MIDI Services with full support for the MIDI 2.0 standard.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Uber CEO warns robotaxis can’t find a fast route to commercial viability 2025-02-06 at 14:52 By Simon Sharwood Fleets built to handle peak demand will lose money, leaving humans driving to the rescue Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is warning that it’s not yet possible to commercialize autonomous vehicles due to high costs, seasonal demand fluctuations,

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SparkCat Malware Uses OCR to Extract Crypto Wallet Recovery Phrases from Images 2025-02-06 at 14:52 By A new malware campaign dubbed SparkCat has leveraged a suit of bogus apps on both Apple’s and Google’s respective app stores to steal victims’ mnemonic phrases associated with cryptocurrency wallets.  The attacks leverage an optical character recognition (OCR) model

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The Evolving Role of PAM in Cybersecurity Leadership Agendas for 2025 2025-02-06 at 14:52 By Privileged Access Management (PAM) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern cybersecurity strategies, shifting from a technical necessity to a critical pillar in leadership agendas. With the PAM market projected to reach $42.96 billion by 2037 (according to Research Nester),

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North Korean APT Kimsuky Uses forceCopy Malware to Steal Browser-Stored Credentials 2025-02-06 at 14:52 By The North Korea-linked nation-state hacking group known as Kimsuky has been observed conducting spear-phishing attacks to deliver an information stealer malware named forceCopy, according to new findings from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC). The attacks commence with phishing emails

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Copilot+ PCs? Customers just aren’t buying it – yet 2025-02-06 at 14:04 By Paul Kunert 57% higher price point and app compatibility issues aren’t helping There remains little love for notebooks containing AI-capable processors and even less for Microsoft’s Copilot+ models, with premium pricing, software compatibility, and opaque benefits cited as the reasons.… This article

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Agent P waxes lyrical about 14 years of systemd 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Liam Proven Lennart Poettering gave packed-out keynote talk. Jack Dorsey … didn’t FOSDEM 2025  FOSDEM returned to Brussels for the first weekend in February – not without some controversial people.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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