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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 […]

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.…

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

Chinese Hackers Exploit MAVInject.exe to Evade Detection in Targeted Cyber Attacks 2025-02-18 at 17:17 By The Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed employing a novel technique to evade detection and maintain control over infected systems. This involves the use of a legitimate Microsoft Windows utility called Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector

Oracle extends 19c database support to 2032, making it ‘longest strategic release’ 2025-02-18 at 17:03 By Lindsay Clark Meanwhile, on-prem version of 23ai remains uncertain Oracle has postponed the end of support date for its popular 19c database as users await news of a mainstream on-prem version of its latest database, 23ai.… This article is

Ransomware attack hits 5 Michigan casinos, shuts them down 2025-02-18 at 17:03 By Casinos in Michigan were targeted by a ransomware attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Time to make C the COBOL of this century 2025-02-18 at 16:19 By Rupert Goodwins Lions juggling chainsaws are fun to watch, but you wouldn’t want them trimming your trees Opinion  Nobody likes The Man. When a traffic cop tells you to straighten up and slow down or else, profound thanks are rarely the first

New FrigidStealer Malware Targets macOS Users via Fake Browser Updates 2025-02-18 at 15:49 By Cybersecurity researchers are alerting to a new campaign that leverages web injects to deliver a new Apple macOS malware known as FrigidStealer. The activity has been attributed to a previously undocumented threat actor known as TA2727, with the information stealers for

Grok 3 wades into the AI wars with ‘beta’ rollout 2025-02-18 at 15:34 By Richard Speed Musk’s latest attempt at a ‘maximally truth-seeking’ bot arrives Grok 3 has begun rolling out. xAI founder Elon Musk describes the chatbot as “a maximally truth-seeking AI, even if that truth is sometimes at odds with what is politically

Huawei to bring massively expensive trifold smartphone to world market 2025-02-18 at 15:03 By Dan Robinson There’s everything to play for, but there ain’t no Play Store Huawei is bringing its triple-fold Mate XT smartphone to a global audience, but with an eye-watering reported price tag, the question is – who will want to buy

Super Bowl Sunday saw a 57% rise in malicious gambling content 2025-02-18 at 15:03 By A recent cybersecurity report by DNSFilter found that Super Bowl Sunday saw a 57% rise in malicious gambling and betting content.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Juniper Session Smart Routers Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Bypass Authentication 2025-02-18 at 14:33 By Juniper Networks has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Session Smart Router, Session Smart Conductor, and WAN Assurance Router products that could be exploited to hijack control of susceptible devices. Tracked as CVE-2025-21589, the vulnerability carries a

Winnti APT41 Targets Japanese Firms in RevivalStone Cyber Espionage Campaign 2025-02-18 at 13:48 By The China-linked threat actor known as Winnti has been attributed to a new campaign dubbed RevivalStone that targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, materials, and energy sectors in March 2024. The activity, detailed by Japanese cybersecurity company LAC, overlaps with a

Debunking the AI Hype: Inside Real Hacker Tactics 2025-02-18 at 13:48 By Is AI really reshaping the cyber threat landscape, or is the constant drumbeat of hype drowning out actual, more tangible, real-world dangers? According to Picus Labs’ Red Report 2025 which analyzed over one million malware samples, there’s been no significant surge, so far,

Kelsey Hightower on dodging AI and the need for a glossary of IT terms 2025-02-18 at 13:33 By Richard Speed The science of the appliance and opening the lid of the black box to find… it’s just software Interview  The tech industry has a habit of reinventing itself every few years. Kelsey Hightower would like