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PoC Exploit Released for Critical VMware Aria’s SSH Auth Bypass Vulnerability 03/09/2023 at 08:18 By Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been made available for a recently disclosed and patched critical flaw impacting VMware Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight). The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 for […]

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The world seems so loopy. But at least someone’s written a memory-safe sudo in Rust 02/09/2023 at 14:02 By Thomas Claburn Turns out we can have nice things? The sudo command-line tool has been implemented in the Rust programming language to hopefully rid it of any exploitable memory-safety bugs.… This article is an excerpt from

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Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tons of coke into Europe 02/09/2023 at 11:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Big blow to blighters’ blow-by-the-boatload blueprint Video  Efforts by cops to seize and shut down encrypted messaging apps favored by criminals, and then mine their conversations for evidence, appear to have led to more

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Okta Warns of Social Engineering Attacks Targeting Super Administrator Privileges 02/09/2023 at 07:31 By Identity services provider Okta on Friday warned of social engineering attacks orchestrated by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. “In recent weeks, multiple US-based Okta customers have reported a consistent pattern of social engineering attacks against IT service desk personnel,

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Los Alamos finishes installing Crossroads super to test nukes without a big bang 02/09/2023 at 03:32 By Tobias Mann Memory-optimized beast prioritizes weapon-sim perf over flashy FLOPS figs After months of work unpacking, installing, and deploying the various subsystems and supporting infrastructure, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) latest super, the Crossroads system, has been installed.…

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Rapidus ramps as construction begins on 2nm wafer fab 02/09/2023 at 00:02 By Tobias Mann Japanese foundry startup also shipping engineers off to US to study IBM chip tech Japan’s Rapidus broke ground on its IIM-1 plant in Hokkaido on Friday, kicking off a flurry of hiring as the foundry upstart races to bring its

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Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists 01/09/2023 at 23:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Can’t have you finding the ghosts in those E-meter machines, now can we? Right to repair advocates have made significant gains across the US of late, but the latest challenge to the movement faces a challenge from a surprising place:

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White House announces security plans for assisted living facilities 01/09/2023 at 23:02 By The White House announced plans to set a federal floor for staffing levels, so that nursing home owners could not slash staffing to unsafe levels. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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More Okta customers trapped in Scattered Spider’s web 01/09/2023 at 22:18 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Oktapus phishing campaign criminals are back in action Customers of cloudy identification vendor Okta are reporting social engineering attacks targeting their IT service desks in attempts to compromise user accounts with administrator permissions.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Seattle TSA emphasizes security ahead of Labor Day travel 01/09/2023 at 21:36 By The Transportation Security Administration at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are prepared for additional travel ahead of Labor Day weekend. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Gartner says hold onto your wallets as SAP’s cloud pitch trades control for convenience 01/09/2023 at 21:17 By Lindsay Clark Analyst firm warns that users need to understand what it is they’re buying One of SAP’s preferred methods for migrating systems to the cloud risks IT departments losing control of operational running costs, Gartner has

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Dell and Samsung grab first-class tickets for AI hype train 01/09/2023 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson Stock prices shoot up thanks to tech flavor of the moment Dell and Samsung are the latest beneficiaries of the current frenzy of speculation surrounding anything AI related, with both vendors seeing a rise in share prices related to

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Onboarding crypto users in Africa vs. the West — Fonbnk founder Christian Duffus explains 01/09/2023 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph By Elisha Owusu Akyaw Christian Duffus, founder of Fonbnk, believes a lack of basic infrastructure such as telecommunications is slowing down cryptocurrency adoption in Africa. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft SQL Servers to Deploy FreeWorld Ransomware 01/09/2023 at 19:02 By Threat actors are exploiting poorly secured Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) servers to deliver Cobalt Strike and a ransomware strain called FreeWorld. Cybersecurity firm Securonix, which has dubbed the campaign DB#JAMMER, said it stands out for the way the toolset and infrastructure

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What happens when What3Words gets lost in translation? 01/09/2023 at 18:18 By Thomas Claburn UK emergency services organizations urged to consider alternatives What3Words, the website and app that translates physical coordinates into short memorable combinations of words, has been praised and criticized over the years.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Malware top consumer threat from May to July 2023 01/09/2023 at 18:17 By According to a cybersecurity trends report, malware was the top online consumer threat from May to July 2023, accounting for 58% of all detections. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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antiX 23: Anarchic for sure, but ‘design by committee’ isn’t always the best for Linux 01/09/2023 at 16:49 By Liam Proven Still, it’s blisteringly fast and systemd-free too The latest release of antiX is Linux how it used to be, in the good way. It’s not the friendliest, but it does everything – and, wow,

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CISA report: Russian cyber actors using “Infamous Chisel” malware 01/09/2023 at 15:47 By CISA recently published a joint report on a malware campaign conducted by Russian cyber actors against the Ukrainian military. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Minimizing data breaches from human error with randomized re-representations 01/09/2023 at 15:19 By Accelerated adoption of AI technology in businesses has heightened data risks, with the primary risk not intricate hacking techniques but human error. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Demand for datacenter capacity in Europe sees busiest Q2 ever 01/09/2023 at 15:03 By Dan Robinson ‘Pre-leasing’ also on the up as customers try to grab space in bit barns as they’re being built The global economy might be suffering from inflation and low growth, but that hasn’t stopped the first half of 2023 from

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