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Pakistan’s internet slows to uncomfortable levels, allegedly due to new China-style firewall 2024-08-20 at 09:17 By Laura Dobberstein Minister issues denial – it’s just an upgrade to the ‘web-management system’ Industry group Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT (P@SHA) last week accused the Pakistan government late last week of implementing a China-style internet firewall – […]

Blind Eagle Hackers Exploit Spear-Phishing to Deploy RATs in Latin America 2024-08-20 at 09:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a threat actor known as Blind Eagle that has persistently targeted entities and individuals in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and other Latin American nations. Targets of these attacks span several sectors, including governmental institutions,

Thousands of Oracle NetSuite Sites at Risk of Exposing Customer Information 2024-08-20 at 08:46 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning about the discovery of thousands of externally-facing Oracle NetSuite e-commerce sites that have been found susceptible to leaking sensitive customer information. “A potential issue in NetSuite’s SuiteCommerce platform could allow attackers to access sensitive data due

CISA Warns of Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks 2024-08-20 at 08:46 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical security flaw impacting Jenkins to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following its exploitation in ransomware attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23897 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a path traversal

Alibaba and Tencent clouds see demand for CPUs level off, GPUs accelerate 2024-08-20 at 08:32 By Simon Sharwood Lenovo also cashes in on AI demand, without being able to turn it into profit Demand for cloudy CPUs has levelled out at top Chinese clouds Alibaba and Tencent, whose customers increasingly want GPUs instead.… This article

Small businesses need to secure data before tapping into AI 2024-08-20 at 07:16 By AI isn’t just for enterprises. It’s accessible and realistic for small companies to use too — if proper data protections are in place. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Missing scissors cause 38 flight cancellations in Japan 2024-08-20 at 06:01 By Simon Sharwood Plus a further 200 delays … all on a holiday weekend Thirty-eight flights were cancelled at Japan’s New Chitose airport on Saturday after a pair of scissors went missing.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Digital wallets can allow purchases with stolen credit cards 2024-08-20 at 04:46 By Thomas Claburn Researchers find it’s possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies Digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal can be used to conduct transactions using stolen and cancelled payment cards, according to academic security researchers.… This

Nvidia’s latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather 2024-08-20 at 00:16 By Tobias Mann That tornado warning couldn’t possibly be a hallucination… could it? While enterprises struggle to quantify the return on investment of AI, the technology continues to show promise in bolstering weather forecasting and climate models.… This article is an excerpt

OpenAI kills Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to write US election disinfo 2024-08-19 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons 12 on X and one on Instagram caught in the crackdown OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian crew suspected of spreading fake news on social media sites about the upcoming US presidential campaign.… This article

Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks 2024-08-19 at 22:16 By Connor Jones Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn’t fixing them Cisco Talos says eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s macOS apps could be abused by nefarious types to record video and sound from a user’s device, access sensitive data, log user input,

GM axes 1,000+ jobs in software and service division, majority in US 2024-08-19 at 21:16 By Nancy Liu The automaker claims it has to ‘make bold choices’ and prioritize high-impact investments General Motors (GM) is cutting more than 1,000 salaried positions worldwide in its software and services division, with the majority based in the US.…

Microsoft closes Windows 11 upgrade loophole in latest Insider build 2024-08-19 at 20:46 By Richard Speed Pretending you’re a server won’t stop the hardware police Microsoft has finally patched a workaround exploited by users seeking an upgrade path for Windows 11 that dodged the company’s hardware requirements.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Gentoo Linux to drop Itanium support as Funtoo fork enters ‘Hobby Mode’ 2024-08-19 at 20:01 By Liam Proven Founder’s side-project is letting in water News is bubbling up both from the Gentoo project and its successor, the tellingly named “Funtoo” – what Gentoo founder Daniel Robbins did next.… This article is an excerpt from The

Security leaders weigh in on the Trump campaign hack 2024-08-19 at 19:16 By The Trump campaign was hacked, and security leaders are sharing their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Windows Zero-Day Attack Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus APT 2024-08-19 at 18:46 By Ryan Naraine The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 and marked as ‘actively exploited’ by Microsoft, allows SYSTEM privileges on the latest Windows operating systems. The post Windows Zero-Day Attack Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus APT appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

Ubuntu 24.04.1 will be late, but fresher kernels are coming 2024-08-19 at 18:31 By Liam Proven Bad news for impatient LTS users, balanced out by tweaked policy The launch date for the next Ubuntu point release is being pushed back, but there’s a silver lining: Canonical is promising fresher kernels in future builds.… This article

72% of cybersecurity leaders faced a cyberattack in last 18 months 2024-08-19 at 18:31 By A report found that 72% of surveyed cybersecurity professionals in the U.S. have been targeted by cyberattacks in the past 18 months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Brit tech mogul Mike Lynch missing after yacht sinks off Sicily amid storms 2024-08-19 at 17:03 By Lindsay Clark Autonomy founder’s wife rescued, though five others unaccounted for Mike Lynch, often dubbed the UK’s answer to Bill Gates, is reported missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily this morning.… This article