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  • Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life

    Beta of Unix version 2 restored to life 2025-02-24 at 12:20 By Liam Proven What is dead may never die After a heroic effort, the oldest machine-readable copy of Unix version 2 is running again.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Quantum computing could arrive soon due to Microsoft’s new chip

    Quantum computing could arrive soon due to Microsoft’s new chip 2025-02-24 at 12:20 By According to Microsoft, quantum computers could be built within years instead of decades, citing a recent breakthrough.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns

    Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns 2025-02-24 at 12:19 By Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. “After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services…

  • $1.5 Billion Bybit Heist Linked to North Korean Hackers

    $1.5 Billion Bybit Heist Linked to North Korean Hackers 2025-02-24 at 12:05 By Eduard Kovacs Companies and experts have found evidence linking the $1.5 billion Bybit cryptocurrency heist to North Korean Lazarus hackers. The post $1.5 Billion Bybit Heist Linked to North Korean Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • Microsoft’s Euro-mandated File Explorer surgery shows ‘less is more’ is still a thing

    Microsoft’s Euro-mandated File Explorer surgery shows ‘less is more’ is still a thing 2025-02-24 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Humble but with a huge history, the utility’s privacy pare-back points to a productive possible future Opinion  Windows File Explorer doesn’t get much love, poor thing. It gets sworn at if a sought file cannot be…

  • Is BlueStacks Safe to Download on Windows PC & Mac (2025)

    Is BlueStacks Safe to Download on Windows PC & Mac (2025) 2025-02-24 at 10:43 View original post at vpnMentor BlueStacks is a popular Android emulator that can run mobile apps on your computer — it reported over 1 billion app downloads1. Despite its popularity, the question remains: Can BlueStacks be trusted? While the app is…

  • Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that

    Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that 2025-02-24 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Wants regulators and carriers to adopt Open Fibre Data Standard to answer questions like ‘Is that one fibre, or nine?’ APRICOT 2025  The Internet Society wants to help improve maps that depict terrestrial optic fibre…

  • Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year

    Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year 2025-02-24 at 08:18 By Organizations that don’t pivot to an asset-centric security model risk more than exposure — they’re inviting catastrophic breaches. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Man vs. machine: Striking the perfect balance in threat intelligence

    Man vs. machine: Striking the perfect balance in threat intelligence 2025-02-24 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron Roberts, Director at Perspective Intelligence, discusses how automation is reshaping threat intelligence. He explains that while AI tools can process massive data sets, the nuanced judgment of experienced analysts remains critical. Roberts…

  • Misconfig Mapper: Open-source tool to uncover security misconfigurations

    Misconfig Mapper: Open-source tool to uncover security misconfigurations 2025-02-24 at 07:33 By Mirko Zorz Misconfig Mapper is an open-source CLI tool built in Golang that discovers and enumerates instances of services used within your organization. It performs large-scale detection and misconfiguration assessments, leveraging customizable templates with detection and misconfiguration fingerprints to identify potential security risks…

  • Why AI deployment requires a new level of governance

    Why AI deployment requires a new level of governance 2025-02-24 at 07:09 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Lee Waskevich, VP of Security at ePlus, discusses how AI deployment demands enhanced governance and stricter controls, particularly in managing data. The recent ePlus AI Readiness survey revealed that the top data concerns…

  • Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps

    Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps 2025-02-24 at 05:54 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief  Apple has responded to the UK government’s demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud by deciding to…

  • Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech

    Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech 2025-02-24 at 02:38 By Simon Sharwood Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty United States president Donald Trump last Friday issued a memorandum that suggests imposition of tariffs on nations that dare to tax big tech companies.……

  • If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them

    If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them 2025-02-23 at 19:27 By Tobias Mann Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI Interview  Despite the billions of dollars spent each year training large language models (LLMs), there remains a sizable gap between building a model and…

  • New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant Steals Data and Crypto

    New XCSSET macOS Malware Variant Steals Data and Crypto 2025-02-23 at 17:57 View original post at vpnMentor Microsoft has uncovered a new variant of the XCSSET macOS malware, which is targeting users’ sensitive data, including cryptocurrency wallets and information stored in the Notes app. Active for at least five years, this malware spreads through compromised…

  • Here’s the ugliest global-warming chart you’ll ever need to see

    Here’s the ugliest global-warming chart you’ll ever need to see 2025-02-23 at 17:07 By Rik Myslewski Earth is running a fever. That’s not news. What’s surprising is exactly how fast its temperature is rising Analysis  As you’ve likely read in many a headline-shouting article, our precious Blue Marble Earth just experienced its warmest year since…

  • Week in review: PostgreSQL 0-day exploited in US Treasury hack, top OSINT books to learn from

    Week in review: PostgreSQL 0-day exploited in US Treasury hack, top OSINT books to learn from 2025-02-23 at 12:41 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: A PostgreSQL zero-day was also exploited in US Treasury hack (CVE-2025-1094) The suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers who…

  • ‘Jetsons’-like flying cars could be a reality in Orlando by 2028: report

    ‘Jetsons’-like flying cars could be a reality in Orlando by 2028: report 2025-02-22 at 23:22 By Chris Harris The flying electric vehicles envisioned by Orlando International Airport will fit up to six passengers and take off and land vertically. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

  • Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange

    Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange 2025-02-22 at 17:34 By SecurityWeek News Over 400,000 ETH and stETH worth more than $1.5 billion were stolen from the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange. The post Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to…

  • California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid

    California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid 2025-02-22 at 14:50 By Richard Currie Beast remains as mythical as the return on AI investment Some muy importante legislation is stuck in the cogs of Californian bureaucracy – an Assembly Bill to recognize Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, as the official state cryptid.… This article…

  • Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What’s next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses

    Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What’s next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses 2025-02-22 at 12:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley After another round of mass layoffs and reports of slashed stock options for remaining employees, Meta has like clockwork opted to reward its top executives with…

  • Bybit Confirms Record-Breaking $1.46 Billion Crypto Heist in Sophisticated Cold Wallet Attack

    Bybit Confirms Record-Breaking $1.46 Billion Crypto Heist in Sophisticated Cold Wallet Attack 2025-02-22 at 09:49 By Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday revealed that a “sophisticated” attack led to the theft of over $1.46 billion worth of cryptocurrency from one of its Ethereum cold (offline) wallets, making it the largest ever single crypto heist in history.…

  • OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns

    OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns 2025-02-22 at 07:33 By OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used its ChatGPT tool to develop a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tool. The social media listening tool is said to likely originate from China and is powered by…

  • Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely

    Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely 2025-02-22 at 03:27 By Thomas Claburn Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access Docker has delayed its plan to limit image pulls – the downloading of container images – from Docker…

  • Bybit hacked for $1.5B in biggest crypto heist of all time — leading to surge withdrawal requests

    Bybit hacked for $1.5B in biggest crypto heist of all time — leading to surge withdrawal requests 2025-02-22 at 02:37 By Associated Press Ben Zhou, Bybit’s CEO, said his company would remain solvent even if the hacked crypto wasn’t recovered. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

  • Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, pushes back storage billing

    Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, pushes back storage billing 2025-02-22 at 02:21 By Thomas Claburn Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use Docker has delayed its plan to limit image pulls – the downloading of container images – from Docker Hub, by one month and…

  • Data is very valuable, just don’t ask us to measure it, leaders say

    Data is very valuable, just don’t ask us to measure it, leaders say 2025-02-22 at 01:19 By Lindsay Clark After fifteeen years decade of big hype, less than 25% of orgs measure value of data, analytics Fifteen years of big data hype, and guess what? Less than one in four of those in charge of…

  • Flying car soars over traffic in astonishing first-ever video: ‘New transportation is possible’

    Flying car soars over traffic in astonishing first-ever video: ‘New transportation is possible’ 2025-02-22 at 00:28 By Ben Cost This company is taking the auto industry to new heights. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash

    Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash 2025-02-21 at 23:23 By Dan Robinson Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have come up with a cheap and simple way for satellites to…

  • T-Mobile puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing

    T-Mobile puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing 2025-02-21 at 21:18 By Dan Robinson 911 gets VIP treatment in ‘one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity’ T-Mobile US has signed a deal to provide telecoms for emergency services in New York City using network slicing to their…

  • Changing this smartphone setting for just two weeks significantly improves health and well-being

    Changing this smartphone setting for just two weeks significantly improves health and well-being 2025-02-21 at 21:03 By Diana Bruk The key to being happier and healthier may be in the palm of your hand. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

  • Apple drops key security feature in UK in rebuke over government’s data demand

    Apple drops key security feature in UK in rebuke over government’s data demand 2025-02-21 at 20:15 By Reuters Security officials argue that encryption hinders criminal investigations, while tech firms defend it as essential to user privacy. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

  • Password-Stealing Malware Hidden Within Steam Game

    Password-Stealing Malware Hidden Within Steam Game 2025-02-21 at 20:09 View original post at vpnMentor A game listed on the Steam store was discovered to contain password-stealing malware, leading to its removal from the platform. The game, PirateFi, appeared to be a survival game but was actually designed to install the Vidar infostealer, a type of…

  • Google to face EU charges over breach of landmark antitrust rules: report

    Google to face EU charges over breach of landmark antitrust rules: report 2025-02-21 at 19:09 By Reuters The European Commission has been investigating Google for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act since March last year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027

    Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027 2025-02-21 at 19:09 By Richard Speed Plus: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen not happy with SpaceX chief for ‘lie’ about ‘abandoned’ Starliner crew SpaceX boss Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited as soon as possible, perhaps by…

  • Apple Drops iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands

    Apple Drops iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands 2025-02-21 at 19:09 By Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for iCloud from the United Kingdom with immediate effect following government demands for backdoor access to encrypted user data. The development was first reported by Bloomberg. ADP for iCloud…

  • Data Leak Exposes TopSec’s Role in China’s Censorship-as-a-Service Operations

    Data Leak Exposes TopSec’s Role in China’s Censorship-as-a-Service Operations 2025-02-21 at 19:09 By An analysis of a data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity company TopSec has revealed that it likely offers censorship-as-a-service solutions to prospective customers, including a state-owned enterprise in the country. Founded in 1995, TopSec ostensibly offers services such as Endpoint Detection and…

  • ExpressVPN Releases Multiple Improvements

    ExpressVPN Releases Multiple Improvements 2025-02-21 at 18:38 View original post at Safety Detectives ExpressVPN has improved its VPN in multiple ways. To start, ExpressVPN’s unique Lightway protocol has been rewritten using the Rust programming language. As a programming language, Rust offers protection against key vulnerabilities while maintaining performance on par with C and C++. It…

  • Private Equity Firms Compete To Buy Trend Micro

    Private Equity Firms Compete To Buy Trend Micro 2025-02-21 at 18:29 View original post at Safety Detectives Multiple private equity firms are competing to buy out the Japanese cybersecurity firm, Trend Micro. Over the past few weeks, multiple companies expressed interest in buying Trend Micro and have entered negotiations with the company. In response, Trend…

  • Security and privacy concerns challenge public sector’s efforts to modernize

    Security and privacy concerns challenge public sector’s efforts to modernize 2025-02-21 at 18:01 By Help Net Security For most public sector organizations, digital transformation is a work in progress, with the complexity of integrating new systems and privacy and security concerns remaining key barriers, according to a report by SolarWinds. Only 6% of respondents report…

  • Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs

    Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs 2025-02-21 at 18:01 By Ionut Arghire ESET says hundreds of freelance software developers have fallen victim to North Korean hackers posing as recruiters. The post Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source…

  • Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor Demand

    Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor Demand 2025-02-21 at 17:56 By Ryan Naraine Apple says can no longer offer end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in the UK and insists it will never build a backdoor or master key. The post Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor…

  • What Is Bandwidth in Networking, How Is It Measured?

    What Is Bandwidth in Networking, How Is It Measured? 2025-02-21 at 17:28 View original post at vpnMentor Slow downloads, laggy games, and video buffering don’t always mean you have problems with the internet service provider (ISP) or WiFi network. Often, it comes down to bandwidth limits. While the concept can seem a bit technical, this…

  • Humanoid robot springs to life in ‘dystopian’ viral video: ‘Straight out of science fiction’

    Humanoid robot springs to life in ‘dystopian’ viral video: ‘Straight out of science fiction’ 2025-02-21 at 17:17 By Brooke Kato The bot, which will be available for preorder this year, walks, talks, washes dishes and clothes, makes sandwiches and pours drinks. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

  • Mark Zuckerberg blindsided Meta’s oversight board with move to ax content moderation policies: report

    Mark Zuckerberg blindsided Meta’s oversight board with move to ax content moderation policies: report 2025-02-21 at 17:17 By Ariel Zilber The independent oversight board, which is responsible for evaluating Meta’s content policies, was not consulted before the changes were implemented. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

  • ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics

    ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics 2025-02-21 at 17:04 By Tobias Mann It’s Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news Developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, ST Micro detailed a new photonic integrated circuit (PIC) on Thursday that it says…

  • Cisco Details ‘Salt Typhoon’ Network Hopping, Credential Theft Tactics

    Cisco Details ‘Salt Typhoon’ Network Hopping, Credential Theft Tactics 2025-02-21 at 17:04 By Ryan Naraine Cisco Talos observed Chinese hackers team pivoting from a compromised device operated by one telecom to target a device in another telecom. The post Cisco Details ‘Salt Typhoon’ Network Hopping, Credential Theft Tactics appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is…

  • Be the First to Receive the 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Manufacturing Sector

    Be the First to Receive the 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Manufacturing Sector 2025-02-21 at 16:16 By Trustwave is set to unveil the 2025 Trustwave Risk Radar: Manufacturing Sector – a deep dive into the most pressing cybersecurity risks facing the industry – on February 26 as part of Trustwave SpiderLabs’ multi-year research into the…

  • Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand’s Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3

    Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand’s Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3 2025-02-21 at 16:00 By The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform appear to be readying a new version that allows prospective customers and cyber crooks to clone any brand’s legitimate website and create a phishing version, further bringing down the…

  • In Other News: Black Basta Chats Leaked, New SEC Cyber Unit, DOGE Site Hacked

    In Other News: Black Basta Chats Leaked, New SEC Cyber Unit, DOGE Site Hacked 2025-02-21 at 15:46 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Black Basta ransomware chat logs leaked, SEC launches new cyber unit, DOGE website hacked. The post In Other News: Black Basta Chats Leaked, New SEC Cyber…

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