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Zyxel firewalls borked by buggy update, on-site access required for fix 2025-01-27 at 17:36 By Connor Jones Boxes stuck in boot loops and various other malfunctions Zyxel customers are dealing with a range of issues including reboot loops after an update on Friday went awry.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

AI agents? Yes, let’s automate all sorts of things that don’t actually need it 2025-01-27 at 17:00 By Thomas Claburn OpenAI’s Operator a solution in search of a problem Opinion  The “agentic era,” as Nvidia’s Jim Fan and others have referred to the current evolutionary state of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is going to be

Tech stocks tank as US AI dominance no longer a sure bet 2025-01-27 at 16:37 By Paul Kunert Chinese startup DeepSeek rolls out open LLMs to rival Meta, OpenAI at fraction of cost Share prices for some of the biggest American tech brands that crested the AI hype waves crashed this morning on the rocks

Trump administration dismisses Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) 2025-01-27 at 16:04 By The Department of Homeland Security has dismissed its advisory committees, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Nvidia shares fall 12% as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek triggers panic selloff on Wall Street 2025-01-27 at 15:36 By Ariel Zilber DeepSeek was reportedly developed in just two months at a cost of under $6 million — a stark contrast to the billions typically spent by US giants. This article is an excerpt from Latest

Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage 2025-01-27 at 15:36 By Jude Karabus NATO increasing patrols in the Baltic as region awaits navy drones Swedish authorities have “seized” a vessel – believed to be the cargo ship Vezhen – “suspected of carrying out sabotage” after a cable running between Sweden and

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [27 January] 2025-01-27 at 15:36 By Welcome to your weekly cybersecurity scoop! Ever thought about how the same AI meant to protect our hospitals could also compromise them? This week, we’re breaking down the sophisticated world of AI-driven threats, key updates in regulations, and some

Phishing rose 30.5% year-over-year in APAC region 2025-01-27 at 15:06 By According to a recent report, between 2023 and 2024, the median monthly rate of advanced email attacks in the APAC region surged by 26.9%. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Astronomers red-faced after mistaking Musk’s Tesla Roadster for asteroid 2025-01-27 at 14:49 By Richard Speed Without central repository for artificial objects, it’ll only get worse Scientists mistook Elon Musk’s Tesla roadster for an asteroid in a debacle that highlights the problem of tracking near-Earth objects.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Do We Really Need The OWASP NHI Top 10? 2025-01-27 at 14:02 By The Open Web Application Security Project has recently introduced a new Top 10 project – the Non-Human Identity (NHI) Top 10. For years, OWASP has provided security professionals and developers with essential guidance and actionable frameworks through its Top 10 projects, including

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy 2025-01-27 at 13:50 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more Infosec in brief  Using a custom-built tool, a 15-year-old hacker exploited Cloudflare’s content delivery network to approximate the locations of users

Microsoft’s London ‘Experience Center’ packs up and goes home 2025-01-27 at 13:17 By Richard Speed Oxford Circus space closed after six years Microsoft is shuttering its only UK retail store, less than six years after the doors of the Oxford Circus location were first opened to the public.… This article is an excerpt from The

UK council selling the farm (and the fire station) to fund ballooning Oracle project 2025-01-27 at 12:18 By Lindsay Clark West Sussex helplessly watches price tag go from £2.6M to ‘oh my God’ A UK council is set to use up to £25 million ($31 million) from the sale of capital assets such as property

British Museum says ex-contractor ‘shut down’ IT systems, wreaked havoc 2025-01-27 at 11:32 By Paul Kunert Former freelancer cuffed a week after being dismissed by UK’s top visitor attraction The British Museum was forced to temporarily close some galleries and exhibitions this weekend after a disgruntled former tech contractor went rogue and shuttered some onsite

GamaCopy Mimics Gamaredon Tactics in Cyber Espionage Targeting Russian Entities 2025-01-27 at 10:51 By A previously unknown threat actor has been observed copying the tradecraft associated with the Kremlin-aligned Gamaredon hacking group in its cyber attacks targeting Russian-speaking entities. The campaign has been attributed to a threat cluster dubbed GamaCopy, which is assessed to share

MintsLoader Delivers StealC Malware and BOINC in Targeted Cyber Attacks 2025-01-27 at 09:34 By Threat hunters have detailed an ongoing campaign that leverages a malware loader called MintsLoader to distribute secondary payloads such as the StealC information stealer and a legitimate open-source network computing platform called BOINC. “MintsLoader is a PowerShell based malware loader that

Robots in schools, care homes next? This UK biz hopes to make that happen 2025-01-27 at 09:18 By Thomas Claburn Bot manufacturers should think outside the box of humanoid form – unless those makers are Engineered Arts Interview  The robotics business is booming, thanks to the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and the demonstrated capabilities of