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600,000 sensitive files exposed by data broker SL Data Services 2024-12-05 at 11:15 By A non-password protected database belonging to data broker SL Data Services has exposed more than 600,000 sensitive files.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker’s bankruptcy 2024-12-05 at 10:36 By Connor Jones Stoli Group on the rocks in the US Two US subsidiaries of alcohol giant Stoli Group filed for bankruptcy protection this week over financial difficulties exacerbated by an August ransomware attack.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

ANEL and NOOPDOOR Backdoors Weaponized in New MirrorFace Campaign Against Japan 2024-12-05 at 10:35 By The China-linked threat actor known as MirrorFace has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign mainly targeting individuals and organizations in Japan since June 2024. The aim of the campaign is to deliver backdoors known as NOOPDOOR (aka HiddenFace) and

Google DeepMind touts AI model for ‘better’ global weather forecasting 2024-12-05 at 09:33 By Thomas Claburn Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations Google DeepMind researchers claim they’ve used machine learning to devise a model that can deliver better 15-day weather forecasts and requires only modest quantities of compute resources to produce

Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs 2024-12-05 at 09:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Boffins’ big brainwave of using custom skullcaps to capture, er, more brainwaves Eggheads in the US are said to have created an easier, faster, and just-as-reliable but much cooler way to measure brain activity than the bulky, wire-ridden caps used

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Flaws in Zyxel, ProjectSend, and CyberPanel 2024-12-05 at 08:18 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added multiple security flaws affecting products from Zyxel, North Grid Proself, ProjectSend, and CyberPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list

NCA Busts Russian Crypto Networks Laundering Funds and Evading Sanctions 2024-12-05 at 08:18 By The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Wednesday announced that it led an international investigation to disrupt Russian money laundering networks that were found to facilitate serious and organized crime across the U.K., the Middle East, Russia, and South America. The

China encourages local orgs to seek alternatives to US silicon 2024-12-05 at 07:45 By Simon Sharwood Which could be in short supply as Beijing bans rare earth exports Four of China’s top industry bodies have published advice suggesting members source fewer semiconductors from US silicon slingers, because supply chain issues caused by sanctions mean they

The 2024 Annual Guarding Report: Navigating the Changing Weather 2024-12-05 at 07:17 By Security executives and guarding companies identify trends in security guarding throughout 2024, from political, climate-related challenges, violence, and theft. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth 2024-12-05 at 06:24 By Laura Dobberstein Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues Canalys Forums APAC  Chinese cloud vendors are undercutting their US counterparts on price and making inroads into the Asian small and medium business market,

Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself 2024-12-05 at 04:34 By Simon Sharwood Now wants to work with 500 and lean more on partners to defend against migrations – which Dell says are on the cards Canalys APAC Forum  Broadcom has revised its strategy to work directly with the top

NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines 2024-12-05 at 03:49 By Iain Thomson Floating the idea of a robot navy NATO is testing hardware for a potential force that would operate unmanned surface vessels (USV) to patrol the coastal waters of member states and also help protect undersea cables from attack.… This article is

T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way ‘I’ve not seen in my career’ 2024-12-05 at 03:05 By Jessica Lyons Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat interview  While Chinese-government-backed spies maintained access to US telecommunications providers’ networks for months – and in

Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI 2024-12-05 at 01:33 By Tobias Mann Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment Meta believes it will need one to four gigawatts of nuclear power, in additional to the energy it already consumes, to fuel its AI ambitions. As such, it

This texting habit means you have higher emotional intelligence, according to science 2024-12-05 at 00:14 By Tracy Swartz “The way we interact during virtual communications may reveal something more about ourselves,” the researchers said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Bizarre ‘swimming robot’ was inspired by manta rays: video 2024-12-05 at 00:14 By SWNS A team of American researchers created the fastest-swimming soft robot, they said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next head of NASA 2024-12-05 at 00:14 By Iain Thomson Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a notable SpaceX customer, as head of NASA.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Trump taps antitrust hawk Gail Slater to take on DOJ’s blockbuster docket of monopoly cases 2024-12-04 at 23:46 By Reuters Slater will take over a number of high-profile cases in which some of the world’s largest companies are accused of illegally building and protecting monopolies. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

Amazon accused of cheating low-income Prime users out of two-day deliveries 2024-12-04 at 23:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Lawsuit says e-commerce giant cut two zip codes from its own fleet without telling residents Amazon has trouble in the US capital, where the city’s attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed today that the company excluded two

Microsoft confirms there will be no U-turn on Windows 11 hardware requirements 2024-12-04 at 21:35 By Richard Speed TPM 2.0 ‘non-negotiable’ for latest OS, says software giant Microsoft is not backing down on the hardware requirements for Windows 11, stating that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is essential for the operating system, even if it