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Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge 2024-12-12 at 19:49 By Richard Speed General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet Microsoft is among those in the blast radius of General Motors’ decision to wind up its autonomous taxi business, Cruise.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Google thinks the grid can’t support AI, so it’s spending on solar for future datacenters 2024-12-12 at 17:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online Google believes the US electricity grid can’t deliver the energy needed to power datacenters that deliver AI services, so has formed an

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1M to Trump’s inaugural fund 2024-12-12 at 17:04 By Ariel Zilber Zuckerberg is one of several tech executives who are looking to make nice with Trump just weeks before he begins his second term. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

Gamaredon Deploys Android Spyware “BoneSpy” and “PlainGnome” in Former Soviet States 2024-12-12 at 16:48 By The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as Gamaredon has been attributed to two new Android spyware tools called BoneSpy and PlainGnome, marking the first time the adversary has been discovered using mobile-only malware families in its attack campaigns. “BoneSpy and

Over 300K Prometheus Instances Exposed: Credentials and API Keys Leaking Online 2024-12-12 at 16:48 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning that thousands of servers hosting the Prometheus monitoring and alerting toolkit are at risk of information leakage and exposure to denial-of-service (DoS) as well as remote code execution (RCE) attacks. “Prometheus servers or exporters, often lacking

Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug 2024-12-12 at 15:33 By Connor Jones More details released after devs allowed weeks to apply fixes We now know the remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 disclosed back in November carries a near-maximum severity rating following the publication of the CVE.… This article is

SaaS Budget Planning Guide for IT Professionals 2024-12-12 at 14:51 By SaaS services are one of the biggest drivers of OpEx (operating expenses) for modern businesses. With Gartner projecting $247.2 billion in global SaaS spending this year, it’s no wonder SaaS budgets are a big deal in the world of finance and IT. Efficient SaaS

Researchers Uncover Symlink Exploit Allowing TCC Bypass in iOS and macOS 2024-12-12 at 14:51 By Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in Apple’s iOS and macOS that, if successfully exploited, could sidestep the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework and result in unauthorized access to sensitive information. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-44131 (CVSS

Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push 2024-12-12 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains The Europol-coordinated Operation PowerOFF struck again this week as cross-border cops pulled the plug on 27 more domains tied to distributed denial of service

British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks 2024-12-12 at 12:40 By Dan Robinson High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing The British Army has successfully destroyed flying drones for the first time using a high-energy laser mounted on an armored vehicle. If perfected, the technology could form an effective counter-measure against drone attacks.…

WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin Flaw Exploited to Silently Install Vulnerable Plugins 2024-12-12 at 12:19 By Malicious actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress to install other vulnerable plugins that could open the door to a variety of attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-11972 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions

Report: New cyber scam campaign targets job seekers 2024-12-12 at 11:06 By Research reveals a new cyber scam campaign targeting job seekers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway 2024-12-12 at 10:52 By Brandon Vigliarolo Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla When Firefox 135 is released in February, it’ll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings. … This article is

Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies 2024-12-12 at 09:33 By Jessica Lyons No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs Unidentified flying objects said to be the size of sports utility vehicles have been spotted flying over parts of the northeastern US, prompting investigations

Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested 2024-12-12 at 09:33 By A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and took them offline as part of a multi-year international exercise called PowerOFF. The effort, coordinated by Europol and involving 15

Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch 2024-12-12 at 08:21 By Simon Sharwood If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Australia has created a tax that only big tech companies must pay – but which they can also legally avoid by paying money