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DeepSeek hired talent from Microsoft’s controversial AI research lab in China 2025-02-10 at 15:26 By Thomas Barrabi Several DeepSeek employees honed their skills at Microsoft’s controversial artificial intelligence research labs in China before joining the Chinese startup – whose release of an ultra-efficient model sparked a $1 trillion selloff in US tech stocks, The Post […]

CentOS Connect conference announces return of Firefox 2025-02-10 at 15:08 By Liam Proven OKD project also has its own immutable CentOS image, which could be fun FOSDEM 2025  CentOS Connect, the FOSDEM-adjacent meetup, delivered a few notable updates: Firefox is returning as a native package on CentOS, an immutable Stream variant is being explored, and […]

US news org still struggling to print papers a week after ‘cybersecurity event’ 2025-02-10 at 15:08 By Connor Jones Publications across 25 states either producing smaller issues or very delayed ones US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is one week into tackling a nondescript “cybersecurity event,” saying the related investigation may take “weeks or longer” to […]

29% of school systems report a rise in student-to-student security incidents 2025-02-10 at 15:08 By A recent cybersecurity report by Clever found that 5% of U.S. school systems have implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) for students. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February] 2025-02-10 at 15:08 By In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, […]

Legacy systems running UK’s collector are taxing – in more ways than one 2025-02-10 at 14:19 By Lindsay Clark Costs for fixing them and keeping them running are up by 390%, NAO report reveals Costs associated with the remediation of the UK tax collector’s legacy systems have risen by up to 390 percent, according to […]

Don’t Overlook These 6 Critical Okta Security Configurations 2025-02-10 at 13:59 By Given Okta’s role as a critical part of identity infrastructure, strengthening Okta security is essential. This article covers six key Okta security settings that provide a strong starting point, along with recommendations for implementing continuous monitoring of your Okta security posture. With over […]

DragonRank Exploits IIS Servers with BadIIS Malware for SEO Fraud and Gambling Redirects 2025-02-10 at 13:02 By Threat actors have been observed targeting Internet Information Services (IIS) servers in Asia as part of a search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation campaign designed to install BadIIS malware. “It is likely that the campaign is financially motivated since […]

London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up datacenter builds 2025-02-10 at 12:43 By Dan Robinson And up to 70% of stalled energy generation projects are unlikely to be approved, claims regulator Ofgem While the UK government wants to turbocharge datacenter construction, a newly published report says there are already 400 GW worth of […]

UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines 2025-02-10 at 11:41 By Connor Jones High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is fast-tracking cybersecurity specialists in a bid to fortify its protection against increasing attacks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Zimbra Releases Security Updates for SQL Injection, Stored XSS, and SSRF Vulnerabilities 2025-02-10 at 11:41 By Zimbra has released software updates to address critical security flaws in its Collaboration software that, if successfully exploited, could result in information disclosure under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25064, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of […]

DOGE inputs federal data to AI, cyber leaders discuss implications 2025-02-10 at 10:04 By DOGE has been feeding sensitive federal information into AI. Security leaders discuss.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age – with itself in the middle 2025-02-10 at 09:48 By Simon Sharwood Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements Cloudflare has declared it’s found optimizations that reduce the amount of hardware needed for inferencing workloads, and is in early talks to […]

Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out 2025-02-10 at 08:40 By Simon Sharwood Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men Trump administration policies that allowed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems and data at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) have […]

Lawmakers propose DeepSeek ban on government devices 2025-02-10 at 08:25 By A bipartisan congressional bill has been proposed, which would prohibit the use of DeepSeek on government devices. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

XE Hacker Group Exploits VeraCore Zero-Day to Deploy Persistent Web Shells 2025-02-10 at 08:25 By Threat actors have been observed exploiting multiple security flaws in various software products, including Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Advantive VeraCore, to drop reverse shells and web shells, and maintain persistent remote access to compromised systems. The zero-day […]

Data Breaches Affect Consumer Trust 2025-02-10 at 07:05 By Data breaches impact consumer trust. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

India wants all banking to happen at dedicated bank.in domain 2025-02-10 at 06:52 By Simon Sharwood With over 2,000 banks in operation, the potential to make life harder for fraudsters is obvious India’s Reserve Bank last week announced a plan to use adopt dedicated second-level domains – bank.in and fin.in – in the hope it […]

Big Tech whistleblower’s parents sue San Francisco, sounding alarm over son’s unexpected death 2025-02-09 at 01:10 By Fox News OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s parents allege their requests for more information about their son’s death were denied unfairly. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original […]

Does DOGE really have what it takes to usefully tackle Uncle Sam’s tech spending? 2025-02-08 at 15:19 By Lindsay Clark Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts Comment  Tesla reportedly decided not to upgrade its SAP’s enterprise software a decade ago, opting to build its own system instead. Now, with […]