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Four plead guilty in US government tech procurement fraud case 2025-01-15 at 14:52 By Lindsay Clark Scheme involving bribes, bid rigging and insider info may have cost US taxpayers $1.3M Four defendants have pleaded guilty in a US government IT procurement fraud case, which prosecutors claim has cost taxpayers at least $1.3 million in losses.… […]

The High-Stakes Disconnect For ICS/OT Security 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By Why does ICS/OT need specific controls and its own cybersecurity budget today? Because treating ICS/OT security with an IT security playbook isn’t just ineffective—it’s high risk. In the rapidly evolving domain of cybersecurity, the specific challenges and needs for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational […]

Google Cloud Researchers Uncover Flaws in Rsync File Synchronization Tool 2025-01-15 at 14:51 By As many as six security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool for Unix systems, some of which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a client. “Attackers can take control of a malicious server and read/write […]

SpaceX launches 2 lunar landers on path to the Moon 2025-01-15 at 13:52 By Richard Speed Blue Ghost’s first time, and second time lucky for Japanese company ispace? SpaceX has successfully completed the 100th launch of a Falcon rocket from pad 39A and sent two landers on their way to the Moon.… This article is […]

British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees 2025-01-15 at 13:09 By Richard Speed Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant Seven weeks of court action began this week as a case over alleged breaches of competition law by Apple is heard at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal […]

UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff 2025-01-15 at 12:24 By Richard Speed Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

Report: CISO responsibility is expanding beyond cybersecurity 2025-01-15 at 12:23 By The responsibilities of CISOs are expanding; however, only 3% of those surveyed indicate a pay raise to reflect their greater responsibility.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds 2025-01-15 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Good ol’ spreadsheet data could benefit from ‘revolutionary’ approach to ML inferences Move over ChatGPT and DALL-E: Spreadsheet data is getting its own foundation machine learning model, allowing users to immediately make inferences about new data points for […]

Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it 2025-01-15 at 10:24 By Simon Sharwood Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure offering is more about unified management than hybrid cloud as […]

FBI Deletes PlugX Malware from 4,250 Hacked Computers in Multi-Month Operation 2025-01-15 at 09:34 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday disclosed that a court-authorized operation allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delete PlugX malware from over 4,250 infected computers as part of a “multi-month law enforcement operation.” PlugX, also known […]

Boeing going backwards as production’s slowing and woes keep flowing 2025-01-15 at 08:35 By Simon Sharwood No such problems at Airbus, which cruised at a high level and shipped almost two planes a day last year Beleaguered aerospace outfit Boeing has revealed how many commercial aircraft it shipped in 2024, and the news isn’t good.… […]

3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a new set of patches for a total of 161 security vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including three zero-days that have been actively exploited in attacks. Of the 161 flaws, 11 are rated Critical, and […]

Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks 2025-01-15 at 08:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws in SimpleHelp remote access software that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally, in a technical report detailing the findings, said the “vulnerabilities are trivial […]

Looking Ahead to 2025 2025-01-15 at 07:23 By Security leaders prepare to respond to challenges and opportunities of a new year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Lessons from the Security 500 Conference: The good, the bad, and the ugly 2025-01-15 at 07:23 By Security leader reflects on lessons learned during the annual Security 500 Conference. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel Capital next into the chip giant’s trebuchet, to be shot as far over the wall as possible 2025-01-15 at 06:34 By Simon Sharwood This’ll be good for you, don’t you worry, CFO tells venture fund while pulling back the sling Stricken silicon giant Intel has decided it doesn’t want to be the sole investor […]

SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover 2025-01-15 at 04:33 By Simon Sharwood Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays America’s financial watchdog has sued Elon Musk, alleging the billionaire failed to disclose his acquisition of Twitter shares in a timely manner and was therefore able to acquire […]

Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V 2025-01-15 at 03:49 By Iain Thomson Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life’s too Snort for Cisco Patch Tuesday  The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 has seen Microsoft address three under-attack privilege-escalation flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor, plus plenty more problems that deserve your attention.… This […]

The bell tolls for TikTok as lifelines to avoid January 19 US ban vanish 2025-01-15 at 02:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo SCOTUS unlikely to save it, no time to find a buyer. Hey, Xiaohongshu! Comment  TikTok is just about out of options to save itself from a looming ban in the United States, though that hasn’t […]

I’m a career coach — here’s how ChatGPT can be your secret weapon in getting a pay raise 2025-01-14 at 23:18 By SWNS A career coach revealed six ways to secure a pay rise in 2025 — and recommends using ChatGPT to prepare for pushback. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product […]