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Elon’s latest X-periment: Blocked users can still stalk your public tweets 2024-09-24 at 17:17 By Richard Speed ‘High time this happened’ says Musk Elon Musk has confirmed a change to X that will allow blocked users to view public posts.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

U.S. Proposes Ban on Connected Vehicles Using Chinese and Russian Tech 2024-09-24 at 17:16 By The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) said it’s proposing a ban on the import or sale of connected vehicles that integrate software and hardware made by foreign adversaries, particularly that of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia. “The

Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor 2024-09-24 at 16:46 By Paul Kunert Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity US-based Polar Semiconductor – the maker of analog and power chip devices and sensors – has bagged $123 million of CHIPS and Science Act funding to nearly double production capacity

As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff 2024-09-24 at 16:16 By Thomas Claburn So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent IBM’s plan to replace thousands of roles with AI presently looks more like outsourcing jobs to

How to spot a North Korean agent before they get comfy inside payroll 2024-09-24 at 15:16 By Connor Jones Mandiant publishes cheat sheet for weeding out fraudulent IT staff Against a backdrop of rising exposure to North Korean agents seeking (mainly) US IT roles, organizations now have a cheat sheet to help spot potential operatives.…

Discover Latest Ransomware Tactics and Zero Trust Strategies in This Expert Webinar 2024-09-24 at 15:01 By Ransomware is no longer just a threat; it’s an entire industry. Cybercriminals are growing more sophisticated, and their tactics are evolving rapidly. This persistent danger is a major concern for business leaders. But there’s good news: you don’t have

The SSPM Justification Kit 2024-09-24 at 15:01 By SaaS applications contain a wealth of sensitive data and are central to business operations. Despite this, far too many organizations rely on half measures and hope their SaaS stack will remain secure. Unfortunately, this approach is lacking and will leave security teams blind to threat prevention and

Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout 2024-09-24 at 14:36 By Lindsay Clark Outsourcing firm has been building network for over a decade now – how’s that going? The poster child of UK outsourcing, Capita, has won a two-year extension to its license to manage the delivery of the UK’s smart meter

New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities 2024-09-24 at 14:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover (DTO) and perform fraudulent transactions. The new version has been codenamed Octo2 by the malware author, Dutch security

Post-IPO Raspberry Pi results in: So you can make money in tech without added AI 2024-09-24 at 13:46 By Richard Speed The little computer-that-could benefits as supply chain eases Raspberry Pi has reported a jump in revenue and profit for the first half of 2024, sending the company’s shares soaring despite marginally lower volumes than

Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth’s path 2024-09-24 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Lab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks US scientists have demonstrated that potentially dangerous asteroids destined for Earth could be deflected from their trajectory using X-rays.… This article is an

Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations 2024-09-24 at 11:01 By In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests in an attempt to rein in criminal activity on the platform.

Cloudflare tightens screws on site-gobbling AI bots 2024-09-24 at 10:31 By Thomas Claburn When robots.txt just ain’t cutting the mustard Cloudflare on Monday expanded its defense against the dark arts of AI web scrapers by providing customers with a bit more visibility into, and control over, unwelcome content raids.… This article is an excerpt from

Look! About chest high! Is it a pallet? Is it a drone? No, it’s a Palletrone 2024-09-24 at 09:46 By Thomas Claburn And it’s here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff Researchers from South Korea suggest their Palletrone flying platform may someday be useful for light hauling scenarios.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Xen to RISC-V port progresses with foundational efforts 2024-09-24 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood But work on big ticket items needed to make the combo a contender is yet to commence The effort to bring the Xen hypervisor to the RISC-V instruction set architecture has advanced – a little – but big jobs that would

Vietnam finds a formula – C = SET + 1 – to grow its semiconductor industry to $100bn 2024-09-24 at 07:46 By Laura Dobberstein It only adds up to being as big as Nvidia today, in 2050 The Vietnamese government claims to have found a magical mathematical formula that will elevate its semiconductor industry to

Revolutionizing public safety and criminal justice through AI 2024-09-24 at 07:16 By Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming public safety, criminal justice and security by fundamentally changing how crimes are committed, investigated and prevented.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Some US Kaspersky customers find their security software replaced by ‘UltraAV’ 2024-09-24 at 04:16 By Iain Thomson Back story to replacement for banned security app isn’t enormously reassuring Some US-based users of Kaspersky antivirus products have found their software replaced by product from by a low-profile entity named “UltraAV” – a change they didn’t ask

Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops 2024-09-24 at 01:16 By Iain Thomson Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov’s mind In a volte-face, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the made-in-Russia messaging platform will become a lot less cozy for criminals.… This article is an excerpt