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Why Attackers Heart SMBs— and How to Fight Back 2025-02-12 at 19:50 By Alisha Smith Unmatch from bad actors (and bad security) This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Russia’s Sandworm caught snarfing credentials, data from American and Brit orgs 2025-02-12 at 19:11 By Jessica Lyons ‘Near-global’ initial access campaign active since 2021 An initial-access subgroup of Russia’s Sandworm last year wriggled its way into networks within the US, UK, Canada and Australia, stealing credentials and data from “a limited number of organizations,” according

Microsoft Uncovers Sandworm Subgroup’s Global Cyber Attacks Spanning 15+ Countries 2025-02-12 at 19:10 By A subgroup within the infamous Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Sandworm has been attributed to a multi-year initial access operation dubbed BadPilot that stretched across the globe. “This subgroup has conducted globally diverse compromises of Internet-facing infrastructure to enable Seashell

James Webb Space Telescope to size up asteroid 2024 YR4 before it rocks our world 2025-02-12 at 18:18 By Richard Speed 40 m or 90 m? The difference matters in the case of impact The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to reduce uncertainty regarding the chances of

Running hot? Server shipments forecast to cool in 2025 2025-02-12 at 17:55 By Dan Robinson Supply chain and regulatory hurdles likely to shrink figures US tech sanctions and supply chain readiness for racks of Nvidia’s latest gear will likely cause AI server sales to cool-off in 2025.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Automation and a “back to basics” approach will shape cybersecurity 2025-02-12 at 17:11 By Security engineering teams are stretched thin, with their attention divided across cloud, automation, AI, containers, scalable environments, and dozens of other “urgent” priorities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

39% of law enforcement agencies unable to timely solve investigations 2025-02-12 at 16:51 By Thirty-three percent of law enforcement agencies indicate that analyzing the data is the most challenging part of the intelligence and insight process. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SpaceX Crew Dragons swapped so ISS crew can go home early 2025-02-12 at 16:37 By Richard Speed ‘Stranded’ Starliner astronauts set for a March homecoming The crew of the Boeing Starliner test mission is set to return to Earth ahead of schedule after managers decided to swap the Crew Dragon originally planned for the Axiom-4

Researchers Find New Exploit Bypassing Patched NVIDIA Container Toolkit Vulnerability 2025-02-12 at 16:36 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a bypass for a now-patched security vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could be exploited to break out of a container’s isolation protections and gain complete access to the underlying host. The new vulnerability is being

Crimelords and spies for rogue states are working together, says Google 2025-02-12 at 15:45 By Connor Jones Only lawmakers can stop them. Plus: software needs to be more secure, but what’s in it for us? Google says the the world’s lawmakers must take action against the increasing links between criminal and state-sponsored cyber activity.… This

How to Steer AI Adoption: A CISO Guide 2025-02-12 at 15:03 By CISOs are finding themselves more involved in AI teams, often leading the cross-functional effort and AI strategy. But there aren’t many resources to guide them on what their role should look like or what they should bring to these meetings.  We’ve pulled together

EU plans to ‘mobilize’ €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China 2025-02-12 at 14:45 By Jude Karabus Captain’s Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will top up a

Why SAP is mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP 2025-02-12 at 14:02 By Lindsay Clark Users’ sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst By 2030, 40 percent of SAP customers currently using its legacy ERP systems will still not have migrated to the latest software, prompting the business

North Korean Hackers Exploit PowerShell Trick to Hijack Devices in New Cyberattack 2025-02-12 at 13:23 By The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using a new tactic that involves deceiving targets into running PowerShell as an administrator and then instructing them to paste and run malicious code provided by them. “To

UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant 2025-02-12 at 13:10 By Dan Robinson Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say The British government is pressing ahead with “AI Growth Zones” amid fears the rush to build datacenters to power AI could backfire and leave

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday Fixes 63 Flaws, Including Two Under Active Exploitation 2025-02-12 at 12:36 By Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for 63 security flaws impacting its software products, including two vulnerabilities that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 vulnerabilities, three are rated Critical, 57 are rated Important, one

AI summaries turn real news into nonsense, BBC finds 2025-02-12 at 12:18 By Richard Currie Research after Apple Intelligence fiasco shows bots still regularly make stuff up Still smarting from Apple Intelligence butchering a headline, the BBC has published research into how accurately AI assistants summarize news – and the results don’t make for happy

Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025? 2025-02-12 at 12:18 By To combat deepfakes, organizations need to implement fresh approaches to both employee education and cybersecurity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare 2025-02-12 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today… hopefully Interview  How long can a cloud storage continue before customers finally give up the ghost? Management at Murena – /e/OS maker – must