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Harassment allegations against DEF CON veteran detailed in court filing 2025-02-25 at 17:32 By Connor Jones More than a dozen women came forward with accusations Details about the harassment allegations leveled at DEF CON veteran Christopher Hadnagy have now been revealed after a motion for summary judgment was filed over the weekend.… This article is […]

Anti-aging mogul Bryan Johnson claims NY Times preparing ‘hit piece’ about alleged use of prostitutes, drugs 2025-02-25 at 17:19 By Ariel Zilber Bryan Johnson, 47, made his fortune after selling his payment processing company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million in cash in 2013. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product […]

Open source software vulnerabilities found in 86% of codebases 2025-02-25 at 17:07 By 86% of codebases had open source software vulnerabilities while 81% had high- or critical-risk vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ad-supported Microsoft Office bobs to the surface 2025-02-25 at 16:54 By Richard Speed Only a test at the moment, but a sign of things to come? Microsoft is quietly testing the waters with an ad-supported version of its Office suite.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Mega council officers had know idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco 2025-02-25 at 16:15 By Lindsay Clark Lack of skills left Birmingham officials unable to challenge suppliers and with a system incapable of managing finances Council officers heading up a disastrous Oracle implementation that left Europe’s largest local authority unable to manage […]

China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers 2025-02-25 at 15:18 By Jessica Lyons Sly like a PRC cyberattack A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

John Carse hired as Field CISO at Squarex 2025-02-25 at 15:17 By John Carse has been hired as Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at SquareX. Carse has over two decades of cybersecurity experience. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Tesla owners may be swapping out vehicle logos due to vandalism fears linked to Elon Musk 2025-02-25 at 15:00 By News.com.au It’s possible that owners could be distancing themselves from Musk following his ties to far-right wing groups and role in the Trump Administration’s DOGE. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and […]

London is bottom in Europe for 5G, while Europe lags the rest of the world 2025-02-25 at 14:48 By Dan Robinson Plus: Fandroid alert – Android devices sometimes say ‘5G’ when connecting to 4G London is bottom of the table when it comes to 5G mobile service, according to a report gauging major European cities […]

Are you cooler than ex-Apple design guru Sir Jony Ive? 2025-02-25 at 13:55 By Richard Currie What is it with high-powered execs and their love for U2? Ex-Apple design whiz Sir Jony Ive appeared on the BBC’s long-running Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs over the weekend. Despite his storied career and close friendship with […]

Malware variants that target operational tech systems are very rare – but 2 were found last year 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By Jessica Lyons Fuxnet and FrostyGoop were both used in the Russia-Ukraine war Two new malware variants specifically designed to disrupt critical industrial processes were set loose on operational technology networks last year, shutting off […]

GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an ongoing campaign that’s targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors under the guise of open-source projects hosted on GitHub. The campaign, which spans hundreds of repositories, has been dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky. “The […]

2,500+ Truesight.sys Driver Variants Exploited to Bypass EDR and Deploy HiddenGh0st RAT 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By A large-scale malware campaign has been found leveraging a vulnerable Windows driver associated with Adlice’s product suite to sidestep detection efforts and deliver the Gh0st RAT malware. “To further evade detection, the attackers deliberately generated multiple variants (with different […]

5 Active Malware Campaigns in Q1 2025 2025-02-25 at 13:18 By The first quarter of 2025 has been a battlefield in the world of cybersecurity. Cybercriminals continued launching aggressive new campaigns and refining their attack methods. Below is an overview of five notable malware families, accompanied by analyses conducted in controlled environments. NetSupport RAT Exploiting […]

OBS-tacle course: Fedora and Flathub’s Flatpak fiasco sparks repo rumble 2025-02-25 at 12:29 By Liam Proven Dispute settled, but not the causes A clash over different Flatpak-packaged versions of OBS Studio highlights problems with distro-maintained software repositories versus external ones.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

7-year-old vulnerability exploited in Salt Typhoon attack 2025-02-25 at 12:03 By Security leaders discuss the 7-year-old vulnerability that was exploited in the Salt Typhoon attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Southern Water takes the fifth over alleged $750K Black Basta ransom offer 2025-02-25 at 11:33 By Connor Jones Leaked chats and spilled secrets as AI helps decode circa 200K private talks Southern Water neither confirms nor denies offering Black Basta a $750,000 ransom payment following its ransomware attack in 2024.… This article is an excerpt […]

Hurrah! AI won’t destroy developer or DBA jobs 2025-02-25 at 10:33 By Dan Robinson Bureau of Labor Statics warns lawyers and customer service reps to brace for change, says techies will be fine Developers worried about their careers in the age of AI might be able to relax a little after the US Bureau of […]