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Still waiting for a Pi 500 and wondering what do this summer? 2024-08-14 at 11:46 By Richard Speed The team knows you want one, but in the meantime why not make one yourself? Raspberry Pi enthusiasts unable to wait for the shelves to fill up with Pi-500 stock are starting to get creative.… This article […]

Microsoft Edge promotion in Defender called ‘dark pattern’ 2024-08-14 at 10:46 By Thomas Claburn Is it an ad? Or serious infosec advice? In its ongoing effort to boost the usage of its Edge browser, Microsoft is marketing the software to users of its Defender security suite with an unusual prompt – and drawn criticism for

DDoS Attacks Surge 46% in First Half of 2024, Gcore Report Reveals 2024-08-14 at 10:16 By Monitoring evolving DDoS trends is essential for anticipating threats and adapting defensive strategies. The comprehensive Gcore Radar Report for the first half of 2024 provides detailed insights into DDoS attack data, showcasing changes in attack patterns and the broader

Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years 2024-08-14 at 09:50 By Laura Dobberstein There’s a blockchain involved so it’s totally going to stop you getting those calls India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) on Tuesday directed telcos to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers – and prevent them from using networks again

Microsoft Issues Patches for 90 Flaws, Including 10 Critical Zero-Day Exploits 2024-08-14 at 09:03 By Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 90 security flaws, including 10 zero-days, of which six have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 90 bugs, seven are rated Critical, 79 are rated Important, and

China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa 2024-08-14 at 09:03 By The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022. Newly targeted countries as part of the activity include Italy,

Critical Flaw in Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Could Allow Rogue Admin Access 2024-08-14 at 09:03 By Ivanti has rolled out security updates for a critical flaw in Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) that could be exploited to achieve an authentication bypass and create rogue administrative users. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7593, has a CVSS score of

Intel, already adrift, now Armless too 2024-08-14 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Sells stake in rival chip designer, keeps its MariaDB shares Intel has sold its stock in chip design firm Arm – probably netting around $147 million and a tidy profit, given the price of Arm scrip has risen 96 percent in the ten

Hybrid workplace vulnerabilities: Ways to promote online safety 2024-08-14 at 07:16 By While remote working offers many benefits to employees, it can be a real headache for employers trying to secure their digital assets.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Indian government sets aside bill treating influencers like real broadcasters 2024-08-14 at 06:16 By Laura Dobberstein Online celebs might find that flattering – but not if it means a committee must approve their next livestream India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has withdrawn a flagship bill after criticism that it would require online content

NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards 2024-08-14 at 05:02 By Jessica Lyons Nicely ahead of that always-a-decade-away moment when all our info becomes an open book The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released the long-awaited post-quantum encryption standards, designed to protect electronic information long into the future – when quantum computers

Patch Tuesday brings 90 new Microsoft CVEs, six already under exploit 2024-08-14 at 04:01 By Jessica Lyons Plus more pain for Intel which fixed 43 bugs, SAP and Adobe also in on the action Patch Tuesday  Microsoft has disclosed 90 flaws in its products – six of which have already been exploited – and four

Biden tries to cut through fog of confusion caused by deliberately deceptive customer service tricks 2024-08-14 at 02:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo Targets impossible unsubscribes, elusive human assistance, and other wallet-draining time sinks Businesses that use labyrinthine subscription cancellation procedures, flaky customer service bots and other cynical schemes used to give customers the run around have

Google brings more Gemini AI features to Android, saves the best for Pixel 9 2024-08-14 at 02:01 By Matthew Connatser And four more phones. Woo. Yay. Video  Today, Google said it will add more Gemini AI features to Android smartphones – though what’s said to be best of that functionality will be exclusive to its

Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle 2024-08-14 at 00:31 By Matthew Connatser Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello Akeana, which has secured over $100 million in funding over the past few years, has now launched its long-awaited lineup of RISC-V CPU designs, which

Another GPU cloud emerges. This time, upstart Foundry 2024-08-14 at 00:01 By Tobias Mann Biz set sights beyond just another rent-an-accelerator cluster provider Yet another GPU cloud has coalesced amid the ongoing AI boom. Today, AI infrastructure startup Foundry announced its Cloud Platform is now available for limited access.… This article is an excerpt from

Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks 2024-08-13 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons Plus many more newbies waiting in the wings Despite a law enforcement takedown six months ago, LockBit 3.0 remains the most prolific encryption and extortion gang, at least so far, this year, according to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.… This

FTC urges judge to discipline Google over Android App market monopoly 2024-08-13 at 22:31 By Thomas Claburn Pay no attention to Google’s whining about the cost of compliance, FTC argues The US Federal Trade Commission has urged the California judge overseeing Epic Games’ antitrust claim against Google to take strong action to correct the company’s

InSight data suggests plentiful water lies beneath Mars’ surface 2024-08-13 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo There’s water in them thar hills, but it’ll be really hard to get to Data from the late Mars InSight lander continues to pay dividends, with the latest findings suggesting liquid water is abundant in the Martian mid-crust (about 7