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Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results 10/08/2023 at 23:47 By Dan Robinson ‘We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance’ Satellite operator Viasat says problems with its first ViaSat-3 deployment have created unanticipated biz challenges that may disrupt commercial prospects in the short term.… This article is […]

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There’s a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack 10/08/2023 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Especially on Apple gear, uni team says A couple of techniques collectively known as TunnelCrack can, in the right circumstances, be used by snoops to force victims’ network traffic to go outside their encrypted VPNs, it

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Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison 10/08/2023 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal Apple gets to maintain its App Store monopoly, at least for now, after the US Supreme Court rejected a bid from Epic Games to lift

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Microsoft 365 guest accounts + Power Apps = security nightmare 10/08/2023 at 21:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo A login, a PA trial license, and some good old hacking are all that’s needed to nab SQL databases Black Hat 2023  Microsoft 365 guest accounts aren’t nearly as secure as Redmond would lead customers to believe, as low-code

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President Biden signs security technology executive order 10/08/2023 at 21:35 By In an effort to protect sensitive technology, President Biden signed an executive order on regulating U.S. security technology investments. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Shifting to two-factor auth is hard to do, so GitHub recommends the long game 10/08/2023 at 20:18 By Iain Thomson Slow and steady wins this race Black Hat  Getting people to use multi-factor authentication is surprisingly tough – or unsurprisingly, depending on your opinion of IT users. In any case, GitHub is managing it by

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NASA to test potential 400Mbps laser link for Mars 10/08/2023 at 19:06 By Katyanna Quach High bandwidth comms experiment to fly with Psyche asteroid mission in October NASA hopes to launch a near-infrared laser transceiver to test a system that could one day be used to communicate with astronauts on Mars.… This article is an

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New Attack Alert: Freeze[.]rs Injector Weaponized for XWorm Malware Attacks 10/08/2023 at 18:15 By Malicious actors are using a legitimate Rust-based injector called Freeze[.]rs to deploy a commodity malware called XWorm in victim environments. The novel attack chain, detected by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs on July 13, 2023, is initiated via a phishing email containing a booby-trapped PDF

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Google AI red team lead says this is how criminals will likely use ML for evil 10/08/2023 at 17:49 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Prompt injection, data poisoning just to name a couple DEF CON  Artificial intelligence is an equalizer of sorts between security defenders and attackers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Q2 of 2023 saw a rise in spam calls featuring family impersonations 10/08/2023 at 17:49 By According to a fraud report, while the overall volume of spam calls declined from Q1, data collected showed that the rate of fraud calls increased. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

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5 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Cybersecurity 10/08/2023 at 17:18 By Cyberattacks have not only become more frequent, sophisticated, and costly, but they are not about to stop. This means unprepared organizations right now are scrambling to protect their sensitive data and systems and part of this scramble is finding people to staff their

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