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Say Goodbye to Phishing: Must-Haves to Eliminate Credential Theft 2024-09-13 at 15:16 By Even as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, the number one attack vector for unauthorized access remains phished credentials (Verizon DBIR, 2024). Solving this problem resolves over 80% of your corporate risk, and a solution is possible.  However, most tools available on the […]

Progress WhatsUp Gold Exploited Just Hours After PoC Release for Critical Flaw 2024-09-13 at 15:16 By Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct opportunistic attacks. The activity is said to have commenced on August 30, 2024, a mere five hours

As Oracle’s AWS deal completes Big 3 triumvirate, questions remain over licensing 2024-09-13 at 14:31 By Lindsay Clark Some users will see the appeal of Big Red stacking its hardware in Amazon’s datacenters Analysis  At Big Red’s recent CloudWorld shindig in Las Vegas, Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, looked comfortable and relaxed being hosted by

UK watchdog fears Voda-Three merger would bump phone bills for customers 2024-09-13 at 14:01 By Dan Robinson Analysts claim it would be better for competition though Britain’s competition watchdog is worried the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three UK could lead to bigger bills for customers, a view rejected by the companies who see it

‘Hyperscale customer’ to take massive datacenter site near London 2024-09-13 at 12:46 By Dan Robinson ‘Commercially sensitive’ incognito buyer has a lot more support than last group that tried to build a bit barn near M25 Exclusive  One of Europe’s largest datacenter campuses is scheduled to be built in the UK close to the M25

OpenAI’s latest o1 model family can emulate ‘reasoning’ – but might overthink things a bit 2024-09-13 at 09:46 By Thomas Claburn ‘Chain of thought’ techniques mean latest LLM is better at stepping through complex challenges OpenAI on Thursday introduced o1, its latest large language model family, which it claims is capable of emulating complex reasoning.…

New Linux Malware Campaign Exploits Oracle Weblogic to Mine Cryptocurrency 2024-09-13 at 09:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Linux environments to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining. The activity, which specifically singles out the Oracle Weblogic server, is designed to deliver malware dubbed Hadooken, according to cloud security firm Aqua. “When Hadooken

Japan to put a small red Swedish house on the Moon 2024-09-13 at 09:16 By Laura Dobberstein No, you read that right Tokyo-headquartered company ispace announced on Thursday it is sending a tiny toy red Swedish house to the Moon.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps 2024-09-13 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued sanctions on Thursday against Cambodian entrepreneur and senator Ly Yong Phat, for his “role in serious

Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech 2024-09-13 at 08:01 By Simon Sharwood With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled ‘fascist’ Australia’s government has spent the week reining in Big Tech.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Lessons learned from Trump assassination attempt 2024-09-13 at 07:16 By Former Secret Service agents share thoughts on the shooting at the Trump political rally in Pennsylvania. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Leadership lessons at the movies 2024-09-13 at 07:16 By What security leadership lessons can be learned from watching movies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Feds pull plug on domains linked to import of Chinese gun conversion devices 2024-09-13 at 05:01 By Laura Dobberstein Illegal goods allegedly shipped to the US labeled as toys or jewels The US Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts has seized more than 350 internet domains allegedly used by Chinese outfits to sell US

Fortinet admits miscreant got hold of customer data in the cloud 2024-09-13 at 04:01 By Iain Thomson That would explain this 440GB leak, then Fortinet has admitted that bad actors accessed cloud-hosted data about its customers, but insisted it was a “limited number” of files. The question is: how limited is “limited”?… This article is

‘Hadooken’ Linux malware targets Oracle WebLogic servers 2024-09-13 at 03:46 By Jessica Lyons Nastyware seeks creds, mines crypto, and plants ransomware that isnt deployed – for now? An unknown attacker is exploiting weak passwords to break into Oracle WebLogic servers and deploy an emerging Linux malware called Hadooken, according to researchers from cloud security outfit

Musk’s Starlink dominance raises FCC concerns on competition 2024-09-13 at 01:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo SpaceX now accounts for nearly two-thirds of all active satellites in orbit When Elon Musk’s Starlink hit its 7,000th satellite milestone, it’s unlikely he expected the FCC chair to suggest his space dominance might be stifling competition—but here we are.… This

Unity scraps hated runtime fees, hits devs with subscription hikes instead 2024-09-13 at 00:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Insert coin to continue Unity has decided to scrap its hated runtime fees and return to the old ways of billing, along with making some considerable price hikes.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original