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New HTML Smuggling Campaign Delivers DCRat Malware to Russian-Speaking Users 2024-09-27 at 12:46 By Russian-speaking users have been targeted as part of a new campaign distributing a commodity trojan called DCRat (aka DarkCrystal RAT) by means of a technique known as HTML smuggling. The development marks the first time the malware has been deployed using […]

Cybersecurity Certifications: The Gateway to Career Advancement 2024-09-27 at 12:46 By In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of organizational resilience. As cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated, the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals has never been higher. Whether you’re a seasoned cyber professional or just starting your journey, signing up for the

U.S. Sanctions Two Crypto Exchanges for Facilitating Cybercrime and Money Laundering 2024-09-27 at 11:46 By The U.S. government on Thursday sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges and unsealed an indictment against a Russian national for his alleged involvement in the operation of several money laundering services that were offered to cybercriminals. The virtual currency exchanges, Cryptex and

Data harvesting superapp admits it struggled to wield data – until it built an LLM 2024-09-27 at 10:01 By Laura Dobberstein Engineers at Grab don’t need to ask each other questions any more Asia’s answer to Uber, Singaporean superapp Grab, has admitted it gathered more data than it could easily analyze – until a large

Starlink-branded hardware reportedly found amid wreckage of downed Russian drone 2024-09-27 at 09:46 By Iain Thomson Space broadband on weapons is not something Elon Musk condones A Russian drone shot down over Ukraine appears to have been fitted with equipment made by Elon Musk’s space broadband service Starlink, according to Ukrainian media.… This article is

Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Vulnerability Could Grant Full Host Access to Attackers 2024-09-27 at 09:46 By A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to break out of the confines of a container and gain full access to the underlying host. The vulnerability,

India flips the switch on three homebrew supercomputers 2024-09-27 at 08:02 By Simon Sharwood Rudra machines use local designs for server, interconnect, and cooling – but seemingly not a planned 96-core Arm CPU Indian prime minister Narendra Modi yesterday dedicated three new supercomputers, and made the machines a symbol of his economic, social, and industry

Proper crisis management is a cornerstone of business continuity 2024-09-27 at 07:16 By The true test of crisis management is not just how an organization responds to a crisis, but how it emerges from it. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Japanese orgs now paying salaries direct into e-wallets 2024-09-27 at 05:16 By Laura Dobberstein Starting at SoftBank, using its own PayPay service Ten subsidiaries of Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group have begun paying employees’ salaries into SoftBank’s own PayPay digital wallet.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 2024-09-27 at 03:16 By Tobias Mann Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs Oracle could choose to take control of Ampere Computing, the Arm processor designer it has backed and uses in its cloud.… This article is an excerpt

Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week 2024-09-27 at 03:01 By Thomas Claburn Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion Dell, after telling employees in March they’re expected to be in the office three days a week, has ordered its salespeople to be onsite for the full working week when not with customers and

Now Dell sales staff must be onsite five days per week 2024-09-27 at 02:16 By Thomas Claburn Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion Dell, after telling employees in March that they’re expected to be in the office three days a week, has ordered sales staff to be onsite for the full working week when not with

FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case raises questions 2024-09-27 at 02:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M The FTC has made good on its promise to crack down on suspected deceptive AI claims, announcing legal action against five outfits

Starfish Space to tackle orbital junk for NASA with SSPICY Otter 2024-09-27 at 01:16 By Richard Speed Is this a debris inspection mission or an Ubuntu release? NASA and Starfish Space have inked a contract worth $15 million to inspect defunct satellites in Earth’s orbit ahead of future missions to deal with space junk.… This

Patch now: Critical Nvidia bug allows container escape, complete host takeover 2024-09-27 at 01:01 By Jessica Lyons 33% of cloud environments using the toolkit impacted, we’re told A critical bug in Nvidia’s widely used Container Toolkit could allow a rogue user or software to escape their containers and ultimately take complete control of the underlying

Tor Project wags Tails to mark privacy project merger 2024-09-26 at 23:46 By Thomas Claburn Onion Amnesia: Steaming up your digital disguise The Tor Project, a non-profit focused on network anonymity, is joining forces with Tails, an anonymity-focused Linux distribution, in an effort to make better use of financial and technical resources.… This article is

HPE patches three critical flaws in Aruba proprietary access protocol Interface 2024-09-26 at 22:32 By Iain Thomson More 9.8 bugs? Ai PAPI! Aruba access points running AOS-8 and AOS-10 need to be patched urgently after HPE issued emergency fixes for three critical flaws in its networking subsidiary’s networking access points.… This article is an excerpt

Short sellers rejoice on report of Supermicro DoJ investigation 2024-09-26 at 21:46 By Tobias Mann Alleged probe comes amid claims the server vendor has cooked its books Comment  Supermicro has reportedly fallen under the scrutiny of the US Justice Department amid allegations the US-based server vendor is cooking its books.… This article is an excerpt

Samsung fined just $8K for exposing chip fab workers to X-ray radiation 2024-09-26 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Nothing says ‘oops’ like a penalty that won’t even dent the electronics giant’s coffee budget Two Samsung employees suffered X-ray radiation exposure at a chip fab near Seoul, and electronics giant is only facing a small ₩10.5