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Ex-Engineer Charged in Missouri for Failed $750,000 Bitcoin Extortion Attempt 2024-09-03 at 06:01 By A 57-year-old man from the U.S. state of Missouri has been arrested in connection with a failed data extortion campaign that targeted his former employer. Daniel Rhyne of Kansas City, Missouri, has been charged with one count of extortion in relation […]

One of China’s best GPU prospects admits it’s failing, lays off workers 2024-09-03 at 04:31 By Simon Sharwood Needs new investors to get beyond current modest products Chinese GPU-maker Xiangdixian Computing Technology has admitted it has not met its development targets and let go of some staff as part of a restructuring plan.… This article

House to grill CrowdStrike exec on epic IT meltdown… no, not the CEO 2024-09-02 at 21:01 By Richard Speed VP Adam Meyers to testify about that faulty software update which ruined July and some of August Crowdstrike is to be hauled before the US House Homeland Security Committee this month to explain why its faulty

Telegram CEO was ‘too free’ on content moderation, says Russian minister 2024-09-02 at 19:46 By Lindsay Clark CEO Pavel Durov charged in France, messaging platform insists it abides by EU laws Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who was cuffed and charged by the French police last week, was “too free” in his approach to managing the

NASA confirms who is flying and who is not on SpaceX Crew Dragon 2024-09-02 at 18:46 By Richard Speed Meanwhile, strange noises emanate from Starliner NASA has confirmed the names of the two crew members who will be flying to the International Space Station (ISS) on the next SpaceX mission: NASA astronaut Nick Hague and

Zen Browser is a no-Google zone that offers tiling nirvana 2024-09-02 at 17:46 By Liam Proven A Firefox fork aimed at power surfers The Zen Browser is a new effort to modernize web browsing by bringing tiling, workspaces, and so on – and it’s blissfully free of Google code.… This article is an excerpt from

RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors 2024-09-02 at 17:16 By Threat actors linked to the RansomHub ransomware group encrypted and exfiltrated data from at least 210 victims since its inception in February 2024, the U.S. government said. The victims span various sectors, including water and wastewater, information technology, government services and facilities,

HPE to pursue $4B claim against estate of Mike Lynch over Autonomy acquisition 2024-09-02 at 16:01 By Dan Robinson Despite mogul’s US acquittal and recent death, IT giant will follow UK fraud case to its ‘conclusion’ HPE will pursue the widow of Mike Lynch for the $4 billion in damages it sought from him over

Your Money or Your Data: Ransomware Readiness Planning 2024-09-02 at 16:01 By David Broggy Today’s blog installment brings us to the end of our 30-week journey that covered 30 cybersecurity topics that I felt would be of interest to a wide variety of security practitioners, such as Security Architects, Security Admins, and Security Auditors. I

Microsoft vulnerability that could enable data theft is now patched 2024-09-02 at 15:16 By Security leaders discuss a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that was recently patched.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

87% of executives are concerned about bot attacks and AI fraud 2024-09-02 at 15:16 By A recent cybersecurity report found that 98% of organizations attacked by bots in the past year lost revenue as a result. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Black horse down: Lloyds online banking services go dark 2024-09-02 at 14:32 By Richard Speed Customers report inability to view transactions UK banking giant Lloyds is struggling to account for malfunctioning online services today as customers report being unable to view transactions through the app or website.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

NHS dangles £1.5B carrot to be outfitted with everything from PCs to printers 2024-09-02 at 13:47 By Lindsay Clark Gadget gladiators line up to supply world’s largest healthcare org The NHS has launched a competition worth up to £1.5 billion for suppliers to provide a variety of computer hardware to the world’s biggest healthcare organization,

O2 punters lose cool over Google Pixel 9 delays 2024-09-02 at 13:02 By Richard Speed Shipments held up following warehouse migration tech glitches, can’t cancel orders either Google’s Pixel 9 phone appears to be made of pure unobtainium if the experience of some O2* customers is anything to go by.… This article is an excerpt

Webinar: Learn to Boost Cybersecurity with AI-Powered Vulnerability Management 2024-09-02 at 12:16 By The world of cybersecurity is in a constant state of flux. New vulnerabilities emerge daily, and attackers are becoming more sophisticated. In this high-stakes game, security leaders need every advantage they can get. That’s where Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes in. AI isn’t

Microsoft decides it’s a good time for bad UI to die 2024-09-02 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Set the Control Panel for the heart of the Sun Opinion  We may not know exactly when or how, but we do know that the Windows Control Panel is gasping its last. Hurrah.… This article is an excerpt

Next-Generation Attacks, Same Targets – How to Protect Your Users’ Identities 2024-09-02 at 10:31 By The FBI and CISA Issue Joint Advisory on New Threats and How to Stop Ransomware Note: on August 29, the FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory as part of their ongoing #StopRansomware effort to help organizations protect against ransomware.

Rust for Linux maintainer steps down in frustration with ‘nontechnical nonsense’ 2024-09-02 at 09:31 By Thomas Claburn Community seems to C Rust more as a burden than a benefit Efforts to add Rust code to the Linux kernel suffered a setback last Thursday when one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux project stepped