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Hackers Use Fake GlobalProtect VPN Software in New WikiLoader Malware Attack 2024-09-04 at 08:46 By A new malware campaign is spoofing Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN software to deliver a variant of the WikiLoader (aka WailingCrab) loader by means of a search engine optimization (SEO) campaign. The malvertising activity, observed in June 2024, is a […]

Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes 2024-09-04 at 07:49 By Simon Sharwood Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere Controversial social network Telegram has co-operated with South Korean authorities and taken down 25 videos depicting sex crimes.… This article is an excerpt from The

Managing the invisible risk of non-human identities 2024-09-04 at 07:17 By While organizations often excel at managing human identities, many need to pay more attention to a growing and potentially more hazardous category of digital actors known as non-human identities.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

OpenAI allegedly wants TSMC 1.6nm for in-house AI chip debut 2024-09-04 at 05:46 By Thomas Claburn Another job for Broadcom, then OpenAI’s first custom-designed silicon chips allegedly will be manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the same outfit churning out processors for Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Intel, and others.… This article is an excerpt from

DoJ reportedly advances Nvidia antitrust probe deeper with fresh subpoenas 2024-09-04 at 04:47 By Tobias Mann Uncle Sam apparently worried GPU giant may be punishing customers who shop around The US Department of Justice on Tuesday is said to have stepped up its antitrust investigation into Nvidia, issuing subpoenas seeking evidence for its case against

Ex-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China 2024-09-04 at 04:04 By Iain Thomson Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly The US Department of Justice has accused a now-former senior official of the New York State government of illegally advancing

US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites ‘coercion’ of participants 2024-09-04 at 03:01 By Iain Thomson What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt… An inquiry by the US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) into Havana Syndrome – the seemingly mysterious illness that struck down

White House thinks it’s time to fix the insecure glue of the internet: Yup, BGP 2024-09-04 at 01:46 By Thomas Claburn Better late than never The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).… This article is an excerpt from The

UK trio pleads guilty to operating $10M MFA bypass biz 2024-09-04 at 00:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo The group bragged they could steal one-time passwords from Apply Pay and 30+ sites A trio of men have pleaded guilty to running a multifactor authentication (MFA) bypass ring in the UK, which authorities estimate has raked in millions

Intel’s 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed 2024-09-03 at 22:02 By Tobias Mann And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC Intel’s first chips to exceed Microsoft’s lofty Copilot+ performance target have arrived, promising up to 120 TOPS of AI performance across an improved CPU, GPU and NPU.

Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election 2024-09-03 at 21:32 By Jessica Lyons No, Abbey is not really a “pure patriotic girl” Spamouflage, the Beijing-linked trolls known for spreading fake news about American politics, is back with new accounts on X and TikTok that claim to be

Mercury probe BepiColombo thrusters are acting up, but science marches on 2024-09-03 at 20:46 By Richard Speed Trajectory tweak means a delay of almost a year, though 165 km flyby should produce eye candy The BepiColombo spacecraft is to make a closer-than-planned flyby of Mercury this week, whizzing past the planet at approximately 165 km

Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30 2024-09-03 at 20:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo 27 days to get your users’ third-party apps on Google’s sign-in Google Workspace administrators, consider yourselves on notice: In less than a month, many third-party apps (mail, calendar, etc.) will stop connecting to Workspace accounts. … This article is an excerpt

Dow-ward spiral: Intel share price drop could see it delisted from blue-chip index 2024-09-03 at 19:31 By Dan Robinson 50% dive in market cap during 2024 forcing CEO Pat Gelsinger to revisit strategy Intel could lose a longstanding seat on the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to the slump in its share price, adding to

Security leaders discuss a sophisticated, ongoing phishing campaign 2024-09-03 at 19:16 By New research highlights a sophisticated, ongoing phishing campaign that has targeted over 130 organizations.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Data watchdog fines Clearview AI $33M for ‘illegal’ data collection 2024-09-03 at 18:46 By Richard Speed Selfie-scraper again claims European law does not apply to it The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI €30.5 million ($33 million) over the “illegal” collation of images.… This article is an excerpt