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Mitigating fraud, theft and scam risks within financial institutions 2024-12-02 at 12:05 By Security magazine talks with Tracey Santor, Assistant Vice President for Financial Institutions at Travelers, about mitigating risks in financial institutions.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone’s getting burned 2024-12-02 at 11:34 By Rupert Goodwins The politics of cybersecurity are too important to be left to the politicians Opinion  Here’s a front-page headline you won’t see these days: CHINA’S SPIES ARE TAPPING OUR PHONES. Not that they’re not – they are – but, like

Broadcom loses another big customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs 2024-12-02 at 10:36 By Simon Sharwood A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient Broadcom has lost another significant customer after UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group decided to adopt

INTERPOL Arrests 5,500 in Global Cybercrime Crackdown, Seizes Over $400 Million 2024-12-02 at 10:05 By A global law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of more than 5,500 suspects involved in financial crimes and the seizure of more than $400 million in virtual assets and government-backed currencies. The coordinated exercise saw the participation of

Claims of ‘open’ AIs are often open lies, research argues 2024-12-02 at 08:35 By Lindsay Clark ‘When policy is being shaped, definitions matter’ Rhetoric around “open” AI concentrates power in the AI sector rather than making it more open to competition and scrutiny, according to a research paper published in Nature.… This article is an

Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired 2024-12-02 at 07:49 By Laura Dobberstein ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two

Supply chain technology provider Blue Yonder faces ransomware attack 2024-12-02 at 07:12 By Blue Yonder, a supply chain technology provider, has faced a ransomware incident.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware 2024-12-02 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood ‘Forever unbrickable’ Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form Open source Wi-Fi router project OpenWrt and the Software Freedom Conservancy have delivered their first jointly developed hardware platform – the OpenWrt One

China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport 2024-12-02 at 03:49 By Simon Sharwood Won’t scare SpaceX as it’s not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats China launched a new class of rocket on Saturday, and for the first time used a commercial spaceport for the mission.…

Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge 2024-12-02 at 01:04 By Simon Sharwood Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Asia in Brief  Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have reportedly charged a Google employee after the deaths

Interpol nabs thousands, seizes millions in global cybercrime-busting op 2024-12-01 at 22:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, script kiddies still a threat, Tornado Cash is back, UK firms lose billions to avoidable attacks, and more Infosec in brief  Interpol and its financial supporters in the South Korean government are back with another round of anti-cybercrime arrests

Embarrassed Spotify users vow to hack their ‘Wrapped’ results — they’d ‘rather be in jail’ than reveal the truth 2024-12-01 at 20:04 By Eric Todisco The countdown is on to expose your most humiliating music search history. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original

Brits think AI in the workplace is all chat, no bot for now 2024-12-01 at 12:04 By Richard Speed Despite hype, most UK workers see more discussions than implementations Just under a third of UK employees reckon any impact from AI in the workplace is “minor,” according to a survey from services biz WSP.… This

Meta plans to build $10B globe-spanning undersea internet cable: report 2024-12-01 at 05:46 By Shane Galvin Meta is expected to annoounce its plan to lay over 25,000 miles of fiber optic cables under the sea, which could cost more than $10 billion next year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

Cryptocurrency policy under Trump: Lots of promises, few concrete plans 2024-11-30 at 19:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo Pro-crypto lawmakers are in, but will that translate to action? Doubt it Analysis  The 2024 presidential election tipped the United States into a new era of uncertainty, but one thing’s for sure: The crypto industry was triumphant. … This article

NASA’s X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom 2024-11-30 at 18:12 By Iain Thomson Pilot James ‘Clue’ Less is ready to take to the skies Feature  Sitting in the hangar of Lockheed Martin’s famous Palmdale, California Skunk Works facility is one of the oddest aircraft ever to take shape: the X-59

RansomHub claims to net data hat-trick against Bologna FC 2024-11-30 at 11:48 By Connor Jones Crooks say they have stolen sensitive files on managers and players Italian professional football club Bologna FC is allegedly a recent victim of the RansomHub cybercrime gang, according to the group’s dark web postings.… This article is an excerpt from

Wanted Russian Cybercriminal Linked to Hive and LockBit Ransomware Has Been Arrested 2024-11-30 at 09:46 By A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country. According to a news report from Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson applauds Elon Musk’s X after getting suspended by Facebook 2024-11-30 at 05:07 By Fox News After its Facebook account was suspended, the popular American gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson thanked Elon Musk and X for supporting free speech amid what it called ongoing attacks against the First and Second Amendments. This article is an