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The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta 2024-09-25 at 19:46 By Liam Proven Fun retro tweaks, App Center facelift, and more as Oracular Oriole moves into view The beta version of Ubuntu 24.10 has just come out, with GNOME 47 as its default desktop and some fun retro touches.… […]

Where do CISOs stand in an era cyberattacks and intense scrutiny? 2024-09-25 at 19:17 By Security’s impact on the business should hold more focus in high-level conversations — versus ignoring weaknesses or devising ways to pin blame on individuals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames 2024-09-25 at 18:48 By Richard Speed DRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Spanish company Deimos Space a contract for a spacecraft whose sole purpose is to burn up in

Balancing Risk and Innovation – A CISO Perspective 2024-09-25 at 18:16 By In this episode of The Security Podcasts featuring Jill Knesek, CISO of Blackline, and former FBI Special Agent in the Cyber Crime Squad, we talk about balancing risk & innovation from a CISO’s perspective. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security

US may exempt chip giants’ billion-dollar fabs from some rules, but the laws of physics still apply 2024-09-25 at 17:47 By Gavin Bonshor AC/DC: America’s power grid might need to brace itself Analysis  The multibillion-dollar gamble of Intel and other semiconductor industry players on US-based chipmaking is shaking a lot more than just technological trees

Cybersecurity Researchers Warn of New Rust-Based Splinter Post-Exploitation Tool 2024-09-25 at 17:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the discovery of a new post-exploitation red team tool called Splinter in the wild. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 shared its findings after it discovered the program on several customers’ systems. “It has a standard set of features

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent 2024-09-25 at 17:31 By Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users’

75% of organizations say phishing poses the greatest AI risk 2024-09-25 at 17:03 By Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) were analyzed in a recent report by Team8. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Campaigners claim ‘Privacy Preserving Attribution’ in Firefox does the opposite 2024-09-25 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla over a “Privacy Preserving Attribution” feature that was quietly enabled in the Firefox browser following

Apple ropes off 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI models 2024-09-25 at 16:17 By Thomas Claburn Carve-out expected to get larger over time, too Apple’s on-device AI model, dubbed Apple Intelligence, will require 4 GB of device storage space, and more at a later date. That’s about the size of an HD movie,

Google files first ever complaint with European Commission against Microsoft 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By Paul Kunert Mountain View versus Redmond: Fight over cloud software licensing policies gets formal Google Cloud Platform has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging Microsoft software licensing policies are anti-competitive, including claims customers are being charged four times more

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could’ve Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s memory. The technique, dubbed SpAIware, could be abused to facilitate “continuous data exfiltration

Expert Tips on How to Spot a Phishing Link 2024-09-25 at 15:01 By Phishing attacks are becoming more advanced and harder to detect, but there are still telltale signs that can help you spot them before it’s too late. See these key indicators that security experts use to identify phishing links:1. Check Suspicious URLs  Phishing

Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages 2024-09-25 at 14:48 By Connor Jones Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details Police officer victims have yet to receive any compensation after a document was mistakenly published in 2023 containing data belonging to members

Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways 2024-09-25 at 14:03 By Laura Dobberstein Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation The dominance of US-based hyperscalers like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon in subsea cables has reshaped the industry and put critical infrastructure at risk, an Australian think tank

Agentic AI in SOCs: A Solution to SOAR’s Unfulfilled Promises 2024-09-25 at 13:31 By Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) was introduced with the promise of revolutionizing Security Operations Centers (SOCs) through automation, reducing manual workloads and enhancing efficiency. However, despite three generations of technology and 10 years of advancements, SOAR hasn’t fully delivered on

Messaging app makers’ dilemma: Keeping comms private and funding open source 2024-09-25 at 13:03 By Richard Speed After Telegram CEO was charged in France, Element bosses mull the challenges Interview  Not upsetting law enforcement with end to end encryption and finding a sustainable way to fund open source development are challenges facing messaging giants and

ChatGPT macOS Flaw Could’ve Enabled Long-Term Spyware via Memory Function 2024-09-25 at 12:46 By A now-patched security vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for macOS could have made it possible for attackers to plant long-term persistent spyware into the artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s memory. The technique, dubbed SpAIware, could be abused to facilitate “continuous data exfiltration

Fujitsu wins spot on £600M framework after vowing to sit out public sector 2024-09-25 at 12:31 By Lindsay Clark Post Office scandal? What scandal? Fujitsu has won a place on a UK tech framework worth up to £600 million ($802 million) despite promising not to bid for public sector contracts while its role in the

AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand 2024-09-25 at 11:49 By Richard Speed Buying computers without the tech to get harder as chipmakers compete for cash, say analysts AI PCs are forecast to account for 43 percent of PCs by 2025, says tech market sales number cruncher and consultancy Gartner,