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China launches plan to lead the world in space exploration 2024-10-17 at 07:02 By Simon Sharwood Long-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing ‘space-time ripples’ China yesterday revealed its space exploration plans between now and the year 2050, and one of the nation’s goals is finding habitable planets beyond our […]

Wipro orders hybrid work as other tech giants make full-time pants-wearing mandatory 2024-10-17 at 04:47 By Laura Dobberstein India’s services giants think their consultants can serve you from wherever Indian IT outsourcer Wipro bucked recent trends this week, when it announced it would allow its employees remote work.… This article is an excerpt from The

Datacenter CEO alleged to have faked Tier 4 cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims 2024-10-17 at 03:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo The Uptime Institute rates datacenters. The ‘Uptime Council’ … apparently doesn’t exist It’s one thing to stretch the truth in your marketing material, but allegedly lying about your datacenter’s qualities to lure the

US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn’t properly look after Medicare users’ data 2024-10-17 at 02:22 By Connor Jones Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled A US government contractor will settle claims it violated cybersecurity rules prior to a breach that compromised Medicare beneficiaries’ personal data.… This

Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California 2024-10-17 at 01:48 By Tobias Mann Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements Intel this week handed out pink slips to more than 2,000 workers across the USA… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Critical default credential bug in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access 2024-10-17 at 01:03 By Jessica Lyons It’s called leaving the door wide open – especially in Proxmox A critical bug in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines (VMs) due to default credentials being enabled during the image build

Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew 2024-10-17 at 00:46 By Iain Thomson The German car giant appears to be unconcerned The 8Base ransomware crew claims to have stolen a huge data dump of Volkswagen files and is threatening to publish them, but the German car giant appears to be unconcerned.… This article

Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws 2024-10-17 at 00:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Welcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms The next time you feel dehumanized by rumors of surprise HR meetings popping up on calendars amidst layoff rumors, be glad you don’t work at game studio Bandai

SolarWinds critical hardcoded credential bug under active exploit 2024-10-16 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons No word yet on scope of attacks A critical, hardcoded credential bug in SolarWinds’ Web Help Desk products has been found and exploited by criminals, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has added the flaw to its

FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with ‘click to cancel’ rule 2024-10-16 at 22:16 By Thomas Claburn It ‘will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money’ The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that aims to simplify the process of ending unwanted subscriptions to products and services.…

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws 2024-10-16 at 21:31 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for an investigation into

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire 2024-10-16 at 20:47 By Tobias Mann The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the atom.… This article

Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI 2024-10-16 at 20:02 By Iain Thomson Claims their child will ‘suffer irreparable harm’ if the record stays The parents of a Massachusetts child are taking his school to court after the student was punished for using AI in a class project.… This article is

Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream 2024-10-16 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away Brit nuclear fusion biz Tokamak Energy has detailed early progress in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project that aims to deliver commercial fusion

Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity 2024-10-16 at 19:31 By Threat actors are attempting to abuse the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of efforts to tamper endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and hide malicious activity. Trend Micro said it detected “threat actors attempting to integrate EDRSilencer in their attacks,

Preventing workplace violence 2024-10-16 at 19:16 By Kelly Johnstone, Senior Security Advisor at International SOS, discusses the importance of taking a proactive stance against workplace violence. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps 2024-10-16 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,’ says chair The US government’s probe into the necessity of ISP data caps has escalated with the launch of a formal inquiry and the publication