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South Korea creates $445 bailout fund after payment glitch trips up e-commerce giant 2024-07-30 at 10:16 By Laura Dobberstein Founder forbidden to leave the country, promises to make things right for out-of-pocket vendors The South Korean government on Monday created a ₩560 billion ($445 million) rescue package to bail out merchants who used two major […]

Proofpoint phishing palaver plagues millions with ‘perfectly spoofed’ emails from IBM, Nike, Disney, others 2024-07-30 at 09:31 By Jessica Lyons They DKIM here, they DKIM there A huge phishing campaign exploited a security blind-spot in Proofpoint’s email filtering systems to send an average of three million “perfectly spoofed” messages a day purporting to be from

VMware ESXi Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Groups for Admin Access 2024-07-30 at 09:16 By A recently patched security flaw impacting VMware ESXi hypervisors has been actively exploited by “several” ransomware groups to gain elevated permissions and deploy file-encrypting malware. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2024-37085 (CVSS score: 6.8), an Active Directory integration authentication bypass

Desktop hypervisors are not dead: Oracle preps major VirtualBox update 2024-07-30 at 09:01 By Simon Sharwood Solaris support persists and support for Armed Macs improves Oracle last week debuted a beta for a major update to its VirtualBox desktop hypervisor.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

ESXi environments targeted with new Linux variant ransomware strain 2024-07-30 at 07:16 By The Play ransomware group is deploying a Linux variant that targets ESXi environments.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Malaysia is working on an internet ‘kill switch’, says minister 2024-07-30 at 05:31 By Laura Dobberstein Follows requirement for social media and messaging platforms to get a license Legislation for an internet “kill switch” will reach Malaysia’s Parliament in October, according to the country’s minister for Law and Institutional Reform.… This article is an excerpt

Apple Intelligence beta lands in iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 previews 2024-07-30 at 03:46 By Matthew Connatser At last, the world-changing innovation of ML emojis can be yours to enjoy Apple Intelligence, Cupertino’s promised suite of generative AI services, has debuted in beta versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.… This article is

Apple agrees to terms with US store union for first time 2024-07-30 at 03:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Funny what threatening to walk off the job and shutter a retail store can do Apple is on the verge of entering its first-ever agreement with a stateside retail employee union, caving to demands from store workers who

US senators say car makers sold people’s driving habits, location data for pennies 2024-07-30 at 02:16 By Matthew Connatser Khaan! Khaaaaaan! Two US senators have urged the FTC to probe and potentially prosecute three automakers that allegedly unlawfully sold motorists’ personal data for pennies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Meta’s AI safety system defeated by the space bar 2024-07-30 at 00:16 By Thomas Claburn ‘Ignore previous instructions’ thwarts Prompt-Guard model if you just add some good ol’ ASCII code 32 Meta’s machine-learning model for detecting prompt injection attacks – special prompts to make neural networks behave inappropriately – is itself vulnerable to, you guessed

US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching phones, devices 2024-07-29 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they’re way too busy right now to take a look US border agents must obtain a warrant, in New York at least, to search

Tesla asks customers to stop being wet blankets about chargers 2024-07-29 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Trick appears to speed powering up but could cause damage to cables Tesla has asked owners to stop wrapping wet towels around handles to speed up the recharging process, warning that this can damage its Supercharger stalls.… This article

Critical Flaw in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure Exploited in the Wild 2024-07-29 at 20:31 By Cybersecurity company Acronis is warning that a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) product has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45249 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns a case of remote code execution that stems from

EU regulator reportedly set to give the nod to HPE-Juniper deal 2024-07-29 at 20:01 By Dan Robinson Aruba, Aruba! Some network pros worry it will lead to less choice The European Commission is set to deliver unconditional approval for HPE’s proposed $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, according to reports.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft finds a new way to irritate Windows 11 users – a backup pop-up 2024-07-29 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Ads in the Start Menu not annoying enough for you? Hold my beer Microsoft is always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to annoy Windows users. Its latest wheeze is a full-screen pop-up

72% of Americans believe deepfakes may influence upcoming elections 2024-07-29 at 19:16 By There is growing concern that AI may undermine democratic elections.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9 2024-07-29 at 18:31 By Richard Speed 1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home NASA will be launching a crew atop a Falcon 9 in the coming weeks as the SpaceX workhorse returned to flight

French internet cables cut in act of sabotage that caused outages across country 2024-07-29 at 18:01 By Matthew Connatser Axe attack comes just days after arsonists target rail network Fiber optic internet cables across France have been cut in an apparent act of sabotage, resulting in outages across the country.… This article is an excerpt

Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people’s data 2024-07-29 at 17:01 By Connor Jones No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days HealthEquity, a US fintech firm for the healthcare sector, admits that a “data security event” it discovered at the end of June hit the data of