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X’s Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk back landmark Kids Online Safety Act, urge House passage 2024-12-09 at 19:46 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s X collaborated with the US lawmakers behind the landmark Kids Online Safety Act to ensure that it doesn’t infringe on free speech, CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed. The strong signal of support from Yaccarino […]

Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains 2024-12-09 at 19:23 By Brandon Vigliarolo Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province? A mystery disease with a fatality rate higher than COVID-19 has broken out in the Democratic Republic of

FCC Chair proposes action to protect nation’s communications systems 2024-12-09 at 19:22 By A chairwoman for the FCC has made cybersecurity proposal for telecommunication organizations in light of recent hacking events.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Nvidia shares slide after China launches probe of suspected anti-monopoly violations 2024-12-09 at 19:03 By Associated Press Chinese regulators appear to be focusing on Nvidia’s $6.9 billion acquisition of network and data transmission company Mellanox in 2019. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original

ByteDance, TikTok seek pause on US ban or sale pending Supreme Court review 2024-12-09 at 18:34 By Thomas Barrabi China-based ByteDance asked a federal court to temporarily halt the law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned by Jan. 19 until the Supreme Court can review. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Crooks stole AWS credentials from misconfigured sites then kept them in open S3 bucket 2024-12-09 at 18:34 By Jessica Lyons ShinyHunters-linked heist thought to have been ongoing since March Exclusive  A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of credentials, and other

China strikes back with Nvidia antitrust probe as US tightens tech chokehold 2024-12-09 at 17:05 By Dan Robinson Beijing cites GPU giant’s Mellanox merger conditions from four years ago Nvidia has been slapped with an antitrust probe by China’s state regulator, likely a response to US export restrictions as part of the ongoing chip wars

FTC orders Marriott to implement information security program 2024-12-09 at 17:05 By The FTC will require Marriott and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts to implement an information security program following three data breaches. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Pilot explains the real reason phones need to be in airplane mode: ‘Not a conspiracy’ 2024-12-09 at 16:21 By Ben Cost A pilot is going viral after answering a question that’s on every passenger’s mind — why do we need to toggle our smartphones to airplane mode before takeoff? This article is an excerpt from

OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare 2024-12-09 at 16:20 By Connor Jones A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images to the same version to protect themselves from a possible supply chain attack reported to the open source Wi-Fi router project last week.…

⚡ THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips (Dec 2 – 8) 2024-12-09 at 15:19 By This week’s cyber world is like a big spy movie. Hackers are breaking into other hackers’ setups, sneaky malware is hiding in popular software, and AI-powered scams are tricking even the smartest of us. On the other side,

Microsoft flags Outlook issue in Windows 11 24H2 2024-12-09 at 14:48 By Richard Speed Meanwhile, new Outlook rollout looms for 365 Enterprise users Microsoft has admitted that an issue in Windows 11 24H2 could stop Outlook from starting. It has also been confirmed that Microsoft 365 Enterprise users will switch to the new Outlook in

Researchers Uncover Prompt Injection Vulnerabilities in DeepSeek and Claude AI 2024-12-09 at 14:18 By Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw in the DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that, if successfully exploited, could permit a bad actor to take control of a victim’s account by means of a prompt injection attack. Security researcher Johann

Seven Bolt-Ons to Make Your Entra ID More Secure for Critical Sessions 2024-12-09 at 14:18 By Identity security is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Securing identities that access an organization’s resources is a sound security model. But IDs have their limits, and there are many use cases when a business should add

Socks5Systemz Botnet Powers Illegal Proxy Service with 85,000+ Hacked Devices 2024-12-09 at 14:18 By A malicious botnet called Socks5Systemz is powering a proxy service called PROXY.AM, according to new findings from Bitsight. “Proxy malware and services enable other types of criminal activity adding uncontrolled layers of anonymity to the threat actors, so they can perform

Microsoft dangles $10K for hackers to hijack LLM email service 2024-12-09 at 13:18 By Jessica Lyons Outsmart an AI, win a little Christmas cash Microsoft and friends have challenged AI hackers to break a simulated LLM-integrated email client with a prompt injection attack – and the winning teams will share a $10,000 prize pool.… This

Experts say Chinese hacking campaign underscores value of mobile data 2024-12-09 at 12:03 By The recent Chinese hacking campaign against telecommunications companies underscores value of mobile data.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Mr Intel leaving Intel is not a great sign… for Intel 2024-12-09 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins Pat Gelsinger has unexpectedly quit. Gore dump follows Opinion  In the dystopian world of Blade Runner, the killing of rogue superhuman replicants wasn’t called that. Rather, they were “retired.” Pat Gelsinger is far more human than many of