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After missing the AI boom – badly – Samsung shuffles the C-Suite 2024-11-28 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Memory and foundry businesses get new leaders as Chaebol seeks to enter HBM heaven Generative AI has created a once-in-a-generation surge in memory sales and semiconductor production – which Samsung Electronics has managed to flub, leading to […]

Critical Flaw in ProjectSend Under Active Exploitation Against Public-Facing Servers 2024-11-28 at 08:12 By A critical security flaw impacting the ProjectSend open-source file-sharing application has likely come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability, originally patched over a year-and-a-half ago as part of a commit pushed in May 2023 […]

U.S. Telecom Giant T-Mobile Detects Network Intrusion Attempts from Wireline Provider 2024-11-28 at 08:12 By U.S. telecom service provider T-Mobile said it recently detected attempts made by bad actors to infiltrate its systems in recent weeks but noted that no sensitive data was accessed. These intrusion attempts “originated from a wireline provider’s network that was […]

No, Broadcom did not just end VMware’s flagship VCDX certification program 2024-11-28 at 04:33 By Simon Sharwood Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see Broadcom has made an embarrassing mistake: sending an email in which it mistakenly announced the end of its VMware Certified […]

India spending $170M to take its tax system paperless by rebuilding three legacy systems 2024-11-28 at 03:34 By Laura Dobberstein Let’s see how this goes India has decided to rebuild the platforms it uses for handle tax matters and make its system paperless.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos 2024-11-28 at 01:49 By Jessica Lyons Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according to Trend Micro […]

Microsoft facing wide-ranging antitrust probe despite FTC chief’s likely departure 2024-11-28 at 00:05 By Reuters The probe includes software licensing and cloud computing, sources told Bloomberg. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: ‘Other providers may be seeing different outcomes’ 2024-11-27 at 23:04 By Jessica Lyons Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers – possibly China’s Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew – compromised an unnamed wireline provider’s network and used this access to try […]

Investors just can’t pull the plug despite datacenters facing AI power crunch 2024-11-27 at 21:33 By Dan Robinson Even if 98% say they’re worried about energy availability and reliability Investors are increasingly concerned about the availability and reliability of power for datacenters, yet most are still confident that investment in the sector will expand over […]

Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online 2024-11-27 at 20:16 By Jessica Lyons Researcher spotted open database before criminals … we hope Exclusive  More than 600,000 sensitive files containing thousands of people’s criminal histories, background checks, vehicle and property records were exposed to the internet in a non-password protected database belonging to data brokerage […]

Starlink gets FCC nod for space calls, but can’t dial up full power 2024-11-27 at 18:33 By Dan Robinson Authorization conditional on operations not causing harmful interference Despite granting Starlink conditional authorization for direct-to-cell satellite-based phone services, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has deferred a request to operate at signal strengths beyond those allowed.… This […]

Lame-duck Biden administration loans $6.6B to struggling Tesla rival Rivian 2024-11-27 at 18:04 By Ariel Zilber Rivian, the EV startup based in California, was worth as much as $150 billion just three years ago before its stock price tanked since then. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New […]

First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say 2024-11-27 at 17:45 By Connor Jones Bootkitty doesn’t bite… yet Security researchers say they’ve stumbled upon the first-ever UEFI bootkit targeting Linux, illustrating a key moment in the evolution of such tools.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

How Retailers Can Ring Up A Secure Black Friday 2024-11-27 at 17:04 By Alisha Smith By protecting point-of-sale devices, retailers proactively protect their business on Black Friday and beyond with App Control This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models 2024-11-27 at 16:48 By Richard Speed Confusion over Connected Experiences settings in 365 apps spark concerns Microsoft’s Connected Experiences option in its productivity suite has been causing consternation amid accusations that the default setting might allow Microsoft to train AI […]

Ten years under Dr Su: How AMD went from budget Intel alternative to x86 contender 2024-11-27 at 15:48 By Gavin Bonshor From post-Athlon 64 dive into near obscurity to chip market stalwart A decade ago, the landscape of the x86 processor market was nowhere near as competitive as it is now. AMD really wasn’t the […]

Smartphone users warned to delete 15 dangerous, ‘predatory’ apps: ‘A global threat’ 2024-11-27 at 15:33 By Brooke Kato Millions of people are at risk after downloading dangerous applications onto their smartphones. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Latest Multi-Stage Attack Scenarios with Real-World Examples 2024-11-27 at 15:05 By Multi-stage cyber attacks, characterized by their complex execution chains, are designed to avoid detection and trick victims into a false sense of security. Knowing how they operate is the first step to building a solid defense strategy against them. Let’s examine real-world examples of […]