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North Korean IT Worker Fraud Linked to 2016 Crowdfunding Scam and Fake Domains 2025-01-15 at 16:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based threamoret groups may have pulled off illicit money-making scams […]

Enterprises in for a shock when they realize power and cooling demands of AI 2025-01-15 at 15:51 By Dan Robinson Energy consumption set to become a key performance indicator by 2027 Most businesses rushing to adopt AI are unprepared for the energy demands it’ll place on their infrastructure, and few have a handle on the

Optimizing cyber incident response: Avoid delays and unexpected costs 2025-01-15 at 15:51 By As U.S. data privacy laws evolve and data estates grow, companies require specialized expertise and technology to navigate these complexities.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home 2025-01-15 at 15:16 By Paul Kunert Threat to quit still preferred to commuting on packed public transport Years after the pandemic reshaped working practices across the world, many staff are still resisting corporate efforts to get them to return to the office preferring instead to

Four plead guilty in US government tech procurement fraud case 2025-01-15 at 14:52 By Lindsay Clark Scheme involving bribes, bid rigging and insider info may have cost US taxpayers $1.3M Four defendants have pleaded guilty in a US government IT procurement fraud case, which prosecutors claim has cost taxpayers at least $1.3 million in losses.…

The High-Stakes Disconnect For ICS/OT Security 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By Why does ICS/OT need specific controls and its own cybersecurity budget today? Because treating ICS/OT security with an IT security playbook isn’t just ineffective—it’s high risk. In the rapidly evolving domain of cybersecurity, the specific challenges and needs for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational

Google Cloud Researchers Uncover Flaws in Rsync File Synchronization Tool 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a client. “Attackers can take control of a malicious server and read/write

SpaceX launches 2 lunar landers on path to the Moon 2025-01-15 at 13:52 By Richard Speed Blue Ghost’s first time, and second time lucky for Japanese company ispace? SpaceX has successfully completed the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from pad 39A and sent two landers on their way to the Moon.… This article is

British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees 2025-01-15 at 13:09 By Richard Speed Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant Seven weeks of court action began this week as a case over alleged breaches of competition law by Apple is heard at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal

UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff 2025-01-15 at 12:24 By Richard Speed Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Report: CISO responsibility is expanding beyond cybersecurity 2025-01-15 at 12:23 By The responsibilities of CISOs are expanding; however, only 3% of those surveyed indicate a pay raise to reflect their greater responsibility.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds 2025-01-15 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Good ol’ spreadsheet data could benefit from ‘revolutionary’ approach to ML inferences Move over ChatGPT and DALL-E: Spreadsheet data is getting its own foundation machine learning model, allowing users to immediately make inferences about new data points for

Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it 2025-01-15 at 10:24 By Simon Sharwood Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure offering is more about unified management than hybrid cloud as

FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation 2025-01-15 at 09:34 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a “multi-month law enforcement operation.” PlugX, also known

Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing 2025-01-15 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year Beleaguered aerospace outfit Boeing has revealed how many commercial aircraft it shipped in 2024, and the news isn’t good.…

3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a new set of patches for a total of 161 security vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including three zero-days that have been actively exploited in attacks. Of the 161 flaws, 11 are rated Critical, and

Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws in SimpleHelp remote access software that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally, in a technical report detailing the findings, said the “vulnerabilities are trivial

Looking Ahead to 2025 2025-01-15 at 07:23 By Security leaders prepare to respond to challenges and opportunities of a new year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source