Uncategorized

Domo arigato, Mr Roboto: Japan’s bullet trains to ditch drivers 2024-09-12 at 08:22 By Laura Dobberstein The Shinkansen have operated without fatalities for sixty years – how hard can it be? One of Japan’s major passenger railway operators announced plans on Tuesday to bring fully automated bullet trains into service by the mid-2030s.… This article […]

WordPress Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Plugin and Theme Developers 2024-09-12 at 08:21 By WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily. The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting October 1, 2024. “Accounts with commit access can

Security career paths 2024-09-12 at 07:16 By A career in corporate security can be diverse, rewarding, and a life-long pursuit. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Key considerations for securing major events 2024-09-12 at 07:16 By Securing major events requires a balance of physical and digital security measures. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Samsung faces strikes in India, amid reports of global layoffs 2024-09-12 at 07:01 By Laura Dobberstein and Brandon Vigliarolo Union alleges work conditions are like solitary confinement and violence is common at Tamil Nadu plant Workers at a Samsung Electronics plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have been on strike since Monday, disrupting

Healthcare giant to pay $65M settlement after crooks stole and leaked nude patient pics 2024-09-12 at 05:31 By Iain Thomson Would paying a ransom – or better security – have been cheaper and safer? A US healthcare giant will pay out $65 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by its own patients after ransomware

Nvidia CEO to nervous buyers and investors: Chill out, Blackwell production is heating up 2024-09-12 at 03:31 By Tobias Mann AI ROI? Jensen Huang claims infra providers make $5 for every dollar spent on GPUs Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has attempted to quell concerns over the reported late arrival of the Blackwell GPU architecture, and

Cyber crooks shut down UK, US schools, thousands of kids affected 2024-09-12 at 02:01 By Jessica Lyons No class: Black Suit ransomware gang boasts of 200GB haul from one raid Cybercriminals closed some schools in America and Britain this week, preventing kindergarteners in Washington state from attending their first-ever school day and shutting down all

Google bets on carbon capture tech to clean up its mess – in the 2030s 2024-09-11 at 22:31 By Dan Robinson Mountain View backs startup Holocene, hoping to slash emissions costs Google intends to purchase carbon removal credits from a direct air capture provider to help offset its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, although the initiative

Major sales and ops overhaul leads to much more activity … for Meow ransomware gang 2024-09-11 at 22:02 By Connor Jones You hate to see it The Meow ransomware group has grabbed the second most active gang spot in an unexpected surge in activity following a major brand overhaul.… This article is an excerpt from

Hunters International claims ransom on Chinese mega-bank’s London HQ 2024-09-11 at 21:16 By Jessica Lyons Allegedly swiped more than 5.2M files and threatens to publish the lot Ransomware gang Hunters International reportedly claims to have stolen more than 5.2 million files belonging to the London branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC),

Dell says biz transformation continues. Translation: More layoffs 2024-09-11 at 20:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo This follows the tech giant’s August plan to cut 12,500 jobs Dell reported a smashing quarter, and employees should be prepared for what that means: Layoffs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Quad7 Botnet Expands to Target SOHO Routers and VPN Appliances 2024-09-11 at 20:16 By The operators of the mysterious Quad7 botnet are actively evolving by compromising several brands of SOHO routers and VPN appliances by leveraging a combination of both known and unknown security flaws. Targets include devices from TP-LINK, Zyxel, Asus, Axentra, D-Link, and

Oracle boasts zettascale ‘AI supercomputer,’ just don’t ask about precision 2024-09-11 at 19:46 By Tobias Mann Cluster of 131,072 Blackwell GPUs up for grabs starting H1 2025 Comment  Oracle says it’s already taking orders on a 2.4 zettaFLOPS cluster with “three times as many GPUs as the Frontier supercomputer.”… This article is an excerpt from

Progress Software issues fix for maximum severity vulnerability 2024-09-11 at 19:16 By Security leaders discuss the maximum severity vulnerability in Progress Software products.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

DragonRank Black Hat SEO Campaign Targeting IIS Servers Across Asia and Europe 2024-09-11 at 19:02 By A “simplified Chinese-speaking actor” has been linked to a new campaign that has targeted multiple countries in Asia and Europe with the end goal of performing search engine optimization (SEO) rank manipulation. The black hat SEO cluster has been

HPE wants investors to buy shares to help finance $14B Juniper Networks acquisition 2024-09-11 at 18:49 By Paul Kunert 27 million Series C Preferred Stock due out on Friday 13 Hewlett Packard Enterprise is turning to investors to help raise upward of $1 billion to fund its expensive purchase of networking rival Juniper.… This article

SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips 2024-09-11 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Toys launched from pram as Musk’s rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork Faced with months of waiting for approval for the next Starship launch, SpaceX has gone on the offensive regarding the red tape surrounding the process and the