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Healthcare outfit that served military personnel settles allegations it faked infosec compliance for $11 million 2025-02-19 at 03:19 By Jessica Lyons If this makes you feel sick, knowing this happened before ransomware actors started targeting medical info may help An alleged security SNAFU that occurred during the Obama administration has finally been settled under the […]

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Palo Alto firewalls under attack as miscreants chain flaws for root access 2025-02-19 at 02:18 By Iain Thomson If you want to avoid urgent patches, stop exposing management consoles to the public internet A flaw patched last week by Palo Alto Networks is now under active attack and, when chained with two older vulnerabilities, allows

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Acer signals 10% laptop price hike in US, blames Trump’s extra China tariff 2025-02-18 at 23:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Analyst tells El Reg to expect more of this across hardware brands Acer has become one of the first major computer makers to confirm it will hike laptop prices in the US, citing fresh import tariffs

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Snake Keylogger slithers into Windows, evades detection with AutoIt-compiled payload 2025-02-18 at 22:48 By Jessica Lyons Because stealing your credentials, banking info, and IP just wasn’t enough A new variant of Snake Keylogger is making the rounds, primarily hitting Windows users across Asia and Europe. This strain also uses the BASIC-like scripting language AutoIt to

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Elon Musk’s xAI claims newest Grok 3 model outperforms OpenAI, DeepSeek 2025-02-18 at 21:50 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s xAI claims the newest version of its flagship “Grok” chatbot outperforms rival products offered by the likes of Sam Altman-led OpenAI and China-based DeepSeek — potentially giving the billionaire an edge in the AI arms race.

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Looks like paywalls are coming soon to a subreddit near you 2025-02-18 at 21:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo What do Redditors think? Well, it wouldn’t be Reddit if they were happy Redditors love a topic to gripe about, and this week the focus will likely be on CEO Steve Huffman’s claim that paywalled content is coming

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GNOME 48 beta is another nail in X11’s coffin 2025-02-18 at 20:04 By Liam Proven Our first look at the default desktop for Fedora 42 and Ubuntu ‘Plucky Puffin’ The next version of the default desktop for most of the big Linux distros is in beta. Here’s what to expect next month, or soon thereafter.…

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‘War robot’ designed for defense bizarrely performs DJ set at nightclub: ‘A fun moment’ 2025-02-18 at 19:33 By Brooke Steinberg The primary focus of Foundation Robotics Labs isn’t making robots to be DJs at nightclubs, but rather to weaponize them for national defense and military purposes. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

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Android user accidentally texts nudes to friends, family due to emergency alert: ‘Great way to send d–k pics’ 2025-02-18 at 19:33 By Adriana Diaz Well, that’s some emergency! This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

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US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware 2025-02-18 at 19:18 By Connor Jones Called it an ‘incident’ in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service disruptions on a

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New OpenSSH Flaws Enable Man-in-the-Middle and DoS Attacks — Patch Now 2025-02-18 at 19:18 By Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenSSH secure networking utility suite that, if successfully exploited, could result in an active machine-in-the-middle (MitM) and a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, respectively, under certain conditions. The vulnerabilities, detailed by the Qualys Threat

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Space rock 2024 YR4 still has 2.4% shot at smacking Earth 2025-02-18 at 18:19 By Richard Speed Scientists refine estimates, but can’t yet rule out an impact The latest figures from the European Space Agency (ESA) on the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4 show a reduction in uncertainty around the object’s orbit while the probability

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FreSSH bugs undiscovered for years threaten OpenSSH security 2025-02-18 at 17:33 By Connor Jones Exploit code now available for MitM and DoS attacks Researchers can disclose two brand-new vulnerabilities in OpenSSH now that patches have been released.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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