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Intel robustly refutes China’s accusations it bakes in NSA backdoors 2024-10-18 at 08:47 By Laura Dobberstein Chipzilla uses WeChat post to defend record of following local laws Intel has roundly rebutted Chinese accusations that its chips include security backdoors at the direction of the US National Security Agency (NSA).… This article is an excerpt from […]

Biz hired, and fired, a fake North Korean IT worker – then the ransom demands began 2024-10-18 at 07:46 By Jessica Lyons ‘My webcam isn’t working today’ is the new ‘The dog ate my network’ It’s a pattern cropping up more and more frequently: a company fills an IT contractor post, not realizing it’s mistakenly

5 reasons why healthcare organizations need a SIEM tool 2024-10-18 at 07:17 By For healthcare organizations, where breaches can have severe consequences, robust cybersecurity practices are critical.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Someone’s tried sneaking semiconductor secrets out of South Korea’s patent office 2024-10-18 at 06:31 By Laura Dobberstein Government hardens up infosec to stop this – as you would when Samsung and SK hynix are massive parts of your economy South Korea announced new measures on Thursday to prevent future leaks of technology from its patent

Healthcare Services Group discloses ‘cybersecurity incident’ in SEC filing 2024-10-18 at 05:46 By Connor Jones Laundry and dining provider still investigating cause and scope Healthcare Services Group (HSG) has disclosed “unauthorized activity within some of its systems” in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on Russian troll farm Rybar 2024-10-18 at 04:02 By Connor Jones Propaganda op focuses on anti-West narratives to meddle with elections The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Russian media network Rybar and a number of its key staffers following alleged attempts to sway the upcoming US presidential

Destiny Robotics settles SEC case over AI-powered human robot vaporware 2024-10-18 at 03:46 By Iain Thomson Raised $141k+ crowdfunding, but now powered down The SEC has reached a deal with defunct Destiny Robotics after investors lost all their capital when the startup failed to produce the promised product.… This article is an excerpt from The

Troubled US insurance giant hit by extortion after data leak 2024-10-18 at 02:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Globe Life claims blackmailers shared stolen into with short sellers US insurance provider Globe Life, already grappling with legal troubles, now faces a fresh headache: an extortion attempt involving stolen customer data.… This article is an excerpt from The

FCC fines be damned, ESPN misuses emergency alert tones yet again 2024-10-18 at 01:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s the third strike, yet all they get is a slap on the wrist? Sports broadcasting network ESPN faces a proposed fine for using emergency alert service (EAS) attention sounds without authorization – again, apparently.… This article is

Qualcomm ‘pausing’ X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds 2024-10-18 at 00:18 By Tobias Mann Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg Qualcomm has officially pulled the plug on its Snapdragon for Windows Dev Kits less than five months after the X-Elite powered mini-PCs were announced.… This article is an excerpt from

Samsung releases 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for testing in beefy AI systems 2024-10-17 at 23:34 By Gavin Bonshor Production slated for Q1 2025, barring any hiccups Samsung has finally stolen a march in the memory market with 24 Gb GDDR7 DRAM being released for validation in AI computing systems from GPU customers before production – expected

Microsoft crafts Rust hypervisor to power Azure workloads 2024-10-17 at 22:31 By Thomas Claburn OpenVMM touts stronger security, but not ready for prime time just yet Microsoft earlier this month published code for a new hypervisor, or virtual machine monitor (VMM), written in Rust.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Infrastructure giant Schneider Electric powers up with $850M liquid cooling deal 2024-10-17 at 21:48 By Dan Robinson Snags controlling stake in Motivair Corporation, rest to come by 2028 Schneider Electric is taking a controlling interest in Motivair Corporation, a specialist in liquid cooling and thermal management tech for high-performance computing (HPC) systems.… This article is

Manifest file destiny: Declare your funding needs via JSON 2024-10-17 at 20:02 By Thomas Claburn India-based stockbroker Zerodha pledges $1M a year for open source projects Zerodha, an India-based stock brokerage, has launched a fund to support open source software, to which the company attributes its existence and success.… This article is an excerpt from

Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant 2024-10-17 at 19:31 By The Russian threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to a new wave of cyber attacks aimed at Ukrainian government agencies and unknown Polish entities since at least late 2023. The intrusions are characterized by the use of a

Western Digital releases firmware fix for SSDs blighted by Windows 11 24H2 BSODs 2024-10-17 at 18:46 By Richard Speed Microsoft tells us it is investigating the issue… Phew, that’s ok then Microsoft says it is looking into reports that certain Western Digital SSDs are causing trouble for users of Windows 11 24H2 on some devices.…

Researchers Uncover Cicada3301 Ransomware Operations and Its Affiliate Program 2024-10-17 at 17:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have gleaned additional insights into a nascent ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called Cicada3301 after successfully gaining access to the group’s affiliate panel on the dark web. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said it contacted the threat actor behind the Cicada3301 persona on the RAMP cybercrime

Brazilian police claim they’ve cuffed serial cybercrook behind FBI and Airbus attacks 2024-10-17 at 17:01 By Connor Jones Early stage opsec failures lead to landmark arrest of suspected serial data thief Brazilian police are being cagey with the details about the arrest of a person suspected to be responsible for various high-profile data thefts.… This

HMD delivers Android Digital Detox feature to stop you scrolling your life away 2024-10-17 at 15:46 By Liam Proven Update for Skyline phone brings selective distraction blocking A couple of months after launch, an OS update has delivered one of the Nokia HMD Skyline’s headline features.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View