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Tesla FSD faces yet another probe after fatal low-visibility crash 2024-10-18 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Musk’s camera-only approach may not be a great idea after all? Tesla is facing yet another government investigation into the safety of its full self driving (FSD) software after a series of accidents in low-visibility conditions. … This article is […]

X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users’ data 2024-10-18 at 19:36 By Richard Speed Another raft of reasons to ponder your social media presence Elon Musk’s social media mouthpiece X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to direct disputes to a

AWS boss: Don’t want to come back to the office? Go work somewhere else 2024-10-18 at 18:46 By Richard Speed It’s our way or the highway AWS CEO Matt Garman has reportedly told workers that if they don’t like the company’s five-day-a-week return-to-office policy, they can look for work elsewhere.… This article is an excerpt

North Korean IT Workers in Western Firms Now Demanding Ransom for Stolen Data 2024-10-18 at 17:47 By North Korean information technology (IT) workers who obtain employment under false identities in Western companies are not only stealing intellectual property, but are also stepping up by demanding ransoms in order to not leak it, marking a new

Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method 2024-10-18 at 17:16 By Thomas Claburn The indirect branch predictor barrier is less of a barrier than hoped Six years after the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws were disclosed, efforts to patch the problem continue to fall short.… This article

Tech giants set to pay through the nose for nuclear power that’s still years away 2024-10-18 at 16:02 By Dan Robinson Google, Amazon, Microsoft dive into costly deals that aren’t generating anything yet Nuclear power contracts signed by hyperscalers show they’re desperate for reliable “clean and green” energy sources to feed their ever-expanding datacenter footprints,

Alleged Bitcoin crook faces 5 years after SEC’s X account pwned 2024-10-18 at 15:46 By Connor Jones SIM swappers strike again, warping cryptocurrency prices An Alabama man faces five years in prison for allegedly attempting to manipulate the price of Bitcoin by pwning the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year.… This

Richard Branson to take balloon ride to edge of space 2024-10-18 at 15:16 By Richard Speed No Zero-G shenanigans, but a fully stocked bar and spectacular views Richard Branson is taking to the skies again, this time hitching a ride to the top of the Earth’s atmosphere in a Space Perspective balloon.… This article is

93% of hackers believe enterprise AI tools create a new attack vector 2024-10-18 at 15:16 By 93% of hackers believe AI tools used by companies have opened up a new attack vector for malicious actors to exploit. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

68% of healthcare workers experienced a supply chain attack 2024-10-18 at 15:16 By The effect of cybersecurity incidents on healthcare organizations was analyzed in a recent Proofpoint report. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Ultimate DSPM Guide: Webinar on Building a Strong Data Security Posture 2024-10-18 at 15:01 By Picture your company’s data as a vast, complex jigsaw puzzle—scattered across clouds, devices, and networks. Some pieces are hidden, some misplaced, and others might even be missing entirely. Keeping your data secure in today’s fast-evolving landscape can feel like

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign 2024-10-18 at 15:01 By Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks. “Since October 2023, Iranian actors have used brute force

ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers 2024-10-18 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Says ‘limited’ incident isolated to ‘partner company’ ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security shop’s infrastructure.… This article is

Beware: Fake Google Meet Pages Deliver Infostealers in Ongoing ClickFix Campaign 2024-10-18 at 14:03 By Threat actors are leveraging fake Google Meet web pages as part of an ongoing malware campaign dubbed ClickFix to deliver infostealers targeting Windows and macOS systems. “This tactic involves displaying fake error messages in web browsers to deceive users into

Someone’s finally taking on £10M Hull City Council ERP deal to replace Oracle 2024-10-18 at 12:48 By Lindsay Clark Step forward Workday after mega long procurement to support system that went live 22 years ago More than two and a half years after it began talking to vendors, a city council in northern England has

HashiCorp unveils ‘Terraform 2.0’ while tiptoeing around Big Blue elephant in the room 2024-10-18 at 11:56 By Richard Speed HashiConf shindig oddly reluctant to mention impending IBM acquisition HashiCorp’s annual HashiConf shindig wrapped up in Boston with a Big Blue elephant in the room and a hissed instruction: “Don’t mention IBM!”… This article is an

Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61 million lawsuit against X 2024-10-18 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wiwynn has added two more counts to its complaint against Elon Musk’s social network X, alleging hasn’t paid for hardware it had

Microsoft Reveals macOS Vulnerability that Bypasses Privacy Controls in Safari Browser 2024-10-18 at 09:31 By Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework in macOS that has likely come under exploitation to get around a user’s privacy preferences and access data. The shortcoming, codenamed HM Surf