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Trump admin seeks to reclassify federal CIOs, opening door to political appointees 2025-02-05 at 20:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Fall in line with executive policy or you’re gone, hints acting OPM chief Chief Information Officers across the US federal government face increased job uncertainty as the Trump administration recommends agencies reclassify these positions, potentially making them […]

Google slammed with $200B stock hit over AI spending fears, slowing revenue growth 2025-02-05 at 19:46 By Thomas Barrabi Google parent Alphabet’s stock plunged by more than 8% in early trading Wednesday after the search giant unveiled plans for a massive uptick in AI-related spending despite a slowdown in revenue. This article is an excerpt

Blue Origin spins up lunar gravity for New Shepard flight 2025-02-05 at 19:45 By Richard Speed Bezos’ rocketeers tout capability as useful for NASA and other tech providers Blue Origin has sent its reusable New Shepard rocket on another suborbital lob, this time simulating lunar gravity for capsule payloads.… This article is an excerpt from

Netgear fixes critical bugs as Five Eyes warn about break-ins at the edge 2025-02-05 at 18:49 By Connor Jones International security squads all focus on stopping baddies busting in through routers, IoT kit etc Netgear is advising customers to upgrade their firmware after it patched two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple routers.… This article is an

Cross-Platform JavaScript Stealer Targets Crypto Wallets in New Lazarus Group Campaign 2025-02-05 at 18:03 By The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been linked to an active campaign that leverages fake LinkedIn job offers in the cryptocurrency and travel sectors to deliver malware capable of infecting Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. According to cybersecurity company

You know something’s wrong when Clippy fills you with nostalgia for simpler times 2025-02-05 at 17:48 By Richard Speed It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that? There are some things that can’t be unseen, including Microsoft posting a hand-drawn image of the company’s infamous assistant, Clippy,

Los Alamos lab to research next-gen chip technologies 2025-02-05 at 16:48 By Dan Robinson Radiation-hardening for space environments and energy efficiency tweaks for above and below Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is leading a project to transform how chips are designed and manufactured, to make them more energy efficient and able to better tolerate environmental

US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist 2025-02-05 at 15:52 By Connor Jones Mountain View clocked onto the scheme with days to spare A Chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft of trade

Silent Lynx Using PowerShell, Golang, and C++ Loaders in Multi-Stage Cyberattacks 2025-02-05 at 15:51 By A previously undocumented threat actor known as Silent Lynx has been linked to cyber attacks targeting various entities in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. “This threat group has previously targeted entities around Eastern Europe and Central Asian government think tanks involved in

Cybercriminals Use Go Resty and Node Fetch in 13 Million Password Spraying Attempts 2025-02-05 at 15:51 By Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging legitimate HTTP client tools to facilitate account takeover (ATO) attacks on Microsoft 365 environments. Enterprise security company Proofpoint said it observed campaigns using HTTP clients Axios and Node Fetch to send HTTP requests and

Workday erases 8.5% of workforce because of…AI 2025-02-05 at 15:06 By Paul Kunert That’s 1,750 positions about to join the employment queue and it’s only February Workday is erasing 8.5 percent of its personnel under a restructuring scheme because… AI.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

850,000 individuals impacted by Globe Life ransomware incident 2025-02-05 at 15:06 By An estimated 850,000 individuals have been affected by a ransomware attack on Globe Life, an insurance organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New Veeam Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Man-in-the-Middle Attack 2025-02-05 at 14:24 By Veeam has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23114, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. “A

Microsoft’s final Exchange Server 2019 update still missing as support deadline ticks down 2025-02-05 at 13:50 By Dan Robinson CU15 MIA as Redmond scrambles to fix issues Microsoft has yet to deliver its promised Cumulative Update 15 for Exchange Server 2019 due to some issues, as the countdown to the end of support for the

Navigating the Future: Key IT Vulnerability Management Trends  2025-02-05 at 13:30 By As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, proactive vulnerability management has become a critical priority for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT teams. Recent trends indicate that organizations increasingly prioritize more frequent IT security vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential security flaws.

Early mornings, late evenings, weekends. Useless users always demand support 2025-02-05 at 13:06 By Paul Kunert Techie complains as biz ignores contractual working hours OnCall… even when I’m not  Do you ever feel like you’re on-call even when you’re technically not on call?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Boeing, Boeing, burned: Over half a billion dollars by Starliner in 2024 2025-02-05 at 12:38 By Richard Speed More Catastrophic Capsule than Calamity Capsule for Boeing’s beancounters Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner project has added a reach-forward loss of $523 million for the aviation giant, taking total losses for the program beyond the $2 billion mark.… This