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Brit watchdog probes Google’s search and ad empire 2025-01-14 at 17:33 By Richard Speed Third front opened amid continued scrutiny from US and European regulators The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is the latest regulator investigating Google’s position in the search and search advertising business.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Report: Software security awareness training is at an all-time low 2025-01-14 at 17:08 By A recent report discovered only 51.2% of organizations are offering basic software security awareness training. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel and AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft tweak 2025-01-14 at 16:16 By Richard Speed ‘Let’s not do this again please’… days before release date Intel and AMD engineers have stepped in at the eleventh to deal with a code contribution from a Microsoft developer that could have broken Linux 6.13

Snyk appears to deploy ‘malicious’ packages targeting Cursor for unknown reason 2025-01-14 at 15:34 By Connor Jones Packages removed, vendor said to have apologized to AI code editor as onlookers say it could have been a test Developer security company Snyk is at the center of allegations concerning the possible targeting or testing of Cursor,

Tim cooking up the dough as his Apple pay rises 18% to $74.6M 2025-01-14 at 15:04 By Paul Kunert He could buy 49,766 and a half MacBook Pros with that Apple supremo Tim Cook bagged an 18 percent pay rise in 2024, taking his total compensation to $74.6 million, according to a regulatory filing.… This

Absolute Linux has reached the end – where to next? 2025-01-14 at 13:52 By Liam Proven Linux distros that don’t exist, but we wish did Analysis  In an overcrowded field full of distributions, there are still many empty gaps. The Register would like to point in the direction of a few.… This article is an

UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector 2025-01-14 at 13:20 By Connor Jones Stronger proposals may also see private sector applying for a payment ‘license’ A total ban on ransomware payments across the public sector might actually happen after the UK government opened a consultation on how to combat the trend of criminals locking

4 Reasons Your SaaS Attack Surface Can No Longer be Ignored 2025-01-14 at 13:03 By What do identity risks, data security risks and third-party risks all have in common? They are all made much worse by SaaS sprawl. Every new SaaS account adds a new identity to secure, a new place where sensitive data can

Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces 2025-01-14 at 11:46 By Threat hunters are calling attention to a new campaign that has targeted Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed on the public internet. “The campaign involved unauthorized administrative logins on management interfaces of firewalls, creation of new accounts, SSL

Illicit HuiOne Telegram Market Surpasses Hydra, Hits $24 Billion in Crypto Transactions 2025-01-14 at 11:46 By The Telegram-based online marketplace known as HuiOne Guarantee and its vendors have cumulatively received at least $24 billion in cryptocurrency, dwarfing the now-defunct Hydra to become the largest online illicit marketplace to have ever operated. The figures, released by

They’ve only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file 2025-01-14 at 11:33 By Richard Speed Knee-deep in the markup There is a race to see who can bend the PDF file format to do the most impressive thing. Considering the more-than-30-year-old shooter, Doom, has been ported to many unexpected places, it was inevitable

Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden’s plan for US to play AI gatekeeper 2025-01-14 at 10:18 By Tobias Mann Export controls would limit shipments of GPUs to large swaths of EU The European Commission is displeased with the Biden administration’s plans to extend export controls on AI chips and models to most of the world.… This

Hulk smash Musk and Zuck! Actor Mark Ruffalo and non-billionaire pals back network tech underpinning Bluesky 2025-01-14 at 09:35 By Thomas Claburn Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media In a challenge to billionaire-controlled social media platforms, a group of nine less affluent technology leaders have formed a

Intel’s datacenter architecture boss and Xeon lead jumps to Qualcomm 2025-01-14 at 09:18 By Simon Sharwood Sailesh Kottapalli sees ‘a once-in-a-career opportunity’ at the house of Snapdragon – maybe server CPUs or AI silicon? Intel fellow Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Chipzilla veteran who worked as lead engineer on many of Xeon server processors, has left

Sonos CEO steps down after smart speaker app upgrade hit bum note 2025-01-14 at 08:18 By Simon Sharwood Board appoints interim leader to stay in tune with its turnaround song, both execs hear sweet sound of cash landing in the bank Smart speaker outfit Sonos has parted ways with CEO Patrick Spence, who oversaw the

DEI training: Importance, benefits and best practices 2025-01-14 at 07:04 By With so much chatter surrounding the topic of Diversity, equity, and Inclusion, it can be a challenge to tune out the noise and get back to the basics that are so fundamental to an effective DEI training program. This article is an excerpt from

CISA Adds Second BeyondTrust Flaw to KEV Catalog Amid Active Attacks 2025-01-14 at 05:49 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a second security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the

WordPress leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors 2025-01-14 at 04:48 By Thomas Claburn WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off WordPress co-founder Matthew Mullenweg on Saturday deactivated the WordPress.org accounts of five members of the WordPress community, and justified his actions by saying it will encourage them to fork the open source content management

China mulls potential sale of TikTok US to Elon Musk: report 2025-01-14 at 04:04 By Reuters Chinese officials are mulling a potential option that involves the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to billionaire Elon Musk if the company fails to fend off a potential ban, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the

Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day exploited 2025-01-14 at 03:48 By Jessica Lyons Ransomware ‘not off the table,’ Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Miscreants running a “mass exploitation campaign” against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according to security researchers