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When old Microsoft codenames crop up in curious places 2024-12-18 at 11:49 By Richard Speed Chicago is my kind of driver model Pour a cup of cocoa and settle down for another episode of Microsoft Storytime. Why do codenames sometimes linger on in the implementation of products?… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

When your technological ghosts come back to haunt you, expect humbug 2024-12-18 at 09:48 By Mark Pesce Spirits of the NeXTcube, the web ad, and the cursed smartphone deliver a seasonal Technicarol Column  On a Christmas Eve when nothing felt right, I lapsed into a deep yet disturbed sleep.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Even Netflix struggles to identify and understand the cost of its AWS estate 2024-12-18 at 08:16 By Simon Sharwood If you have trouble keeping track of your various streaming subscriptions, you’re gonna love the irony Keeping track of the amount of cloudy resources an org uses, and the cost of doing so, is notoriously tricky […]

Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts 2024-12-18 at 08:15 By Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what’s the latest financial hit the […]

Patch Alert: Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected 2024-12-18 at 08:15 By Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Struts that could pave the way for remote code execution. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-53677, carries a CVSS score of 9.5 out of 10.0, indicating critical severity. The […]

Nearly 400,000 WordPress credentials stolen 2024-12-18 at 07:21 By A threat actor labelled as MUT-1244 has stolen more than 390,000 WordPress credentials.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Taiwan in talks to tap Amazon’s Project Kuiper space broadband 2024-12-18 at 06:19 By Simon Sharwood In case of submarine cable failure, call Jeff Bezos Taiwan has started talks with Amazon regarding access to its Kuiper satellite broadband service.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Phishers cast wide net with spoofed Google Calendar invites 2024-12-18 at 03:03 By Jessica Lyons Not that you needed another reason to enable the ‘known senders’ setting Criminals are spoofing Google Calendar emails in a financially motivated phishing expedition that has already affected about 300 organizations with more than 4,000 emails sent over four weeks, […]

Interpol wants everyone to stop saying ‘pig butchering’ 2024-12-18 at 01:34 By Thomas Claburn Victim’s feelings might get hurt, global cops contend, and that could hinder reporting Interpol wants to put an end to the online scam known as “pig butchering” through linguistic policing rather than law enforcement.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Critical security hole in Apache Struts under exploit 2024-12-18 at 00:05 By Jessica Lyons You applied the patch that could stop possible RCE attacks last week, right? A critical security hole in Apache Struts 2, patched last week, is now being exploited using publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) code.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Nvidia upgrades tiny Jetson Orin Nano dev kits for the holidays 2024-12-17 at 22:18 By Tobias Mann ‘Super’ edition promises 67 TOPS and 102GB/s of memory bandwidth for your GenAI projects Nvidia is bringing the AI hype home for the holidays with the launch of a tiny new dev board called the Jetson Orin Nano […]

Silent NASA lander gives boffins insight into Martian dust 2024-12-17 at 21:15 By Richard Speed NASA to bid a final farewell to InSight Two years after NASA retired the InSight lander, scientists are continuing to use the vehicle to learn more about Mars.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware 2024-12-17 at 19:48 By A new social engineering campaign has leveraged Microsoft Teams as a way to facilitate the deployment of a known malware called DarkGate. “An attacker used social engineering via a Microsoft Teams call to impersonate a user’s client and gain remote access […]

Just how deep is Nvidia’s CUDA moat really? 2024-12-17 at 19:21 By Tobias Mann Not as impenetrable as you might think, but still more than Intel or AMD would like Analysis  Nvidia is facing its stiffest competition in years with new accelerators from Intel and AMD that challenge its best chips on memory capacity, performance, […]

US vehicles will require alarms when backseat passengers don’t buckle up 2024-12-17 at 18:19 By Associated Press Starting in September of 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don’t buckle up. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New […]

Top 5 Symantec Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025 2024-12-17 at 18:19 By Dick O’Brien Increased nation state cyber aggression and a shift in ransomware operations are just a few of the expected threat landscape changes in the new year This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Ireland fines Meta for 2018 ‘View As’ breach that exposed 30M accounts 2024-12-17 at 17:39 By Brandon Vigliarolo €251 million? Zuck can find that in his couch cushions, but Meta still vows to appeal It’s been six years since miscreants abused some sloppy Facebook code to steal access tokens belonging to 30 million users, and […]

Hackers Use Microsoft MSC Files to Deploy Obfuscated Backdoor in Pakistan Attacks 2024-12-17 at 16:52 By A new phishing campaign has been observed employing tax-themed lures to deliver a stealthy backdoor payload as part of attacks targeting Pakistan. Cybersecurity company Securonix, which is tracking the activity under the name FLUX#CONSOLE, said it likely starts with […]