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Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Happy Sysadmin Day Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users – just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the […]

Knowing your Enemy: Situational Awareness in Cyber Defenses 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By David Broggy Most homeowners know that a lock is a good idea as a basic defense against invaders, and leaving the front door unlocked is simply unwise. Unfortunately, when it comes to creating a strong cyber defense it’s not that simple. Attackers have

Security flaws discovered in a popular web analytics provider 2024-07-29 at 16:16 By Research from unveils a security flaw within the popular web analytics provider, Hotjar. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The port of the Windows 95 Start Menu was not all it seemed 2024-07-29 at 15:31 By Richard Speed Fnding your code on the cutting room floor decades after the event Ever thought you’d committed an elegant bit of code, only to find that somebody else decided to drop it because “that’s the way we’ve

How Searchable Encryption Changes the Data Security Game 2024-07-29 at 15:16 By Searchable Encryption has long been a mystery. An oxymoron. An unattainable dream of cybersecurity professionals everywhere. Organizations know they must encrypt their most valuable, sensitive data to prevent data theft and breaches. They also understand that organizational data exists to be used. To

Linux Mint 22 ‘Wilma’ still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows 2024-07-29 at 13:46 By Liam Proven Outsmarting Ubuntu’s midlife crisis and dodging Flintstone-sized bugs Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” debuted late last week and holds on to the crown as the most sensible choice if you’re looking to move across from Windows.… This article

Logitech Zone 305 is light on the ears and wallet, maybe a bit too light on quality? 2024-07-29 at 12:46 By Richard Speed A headset for workers who want to stride around the room bellowing Review  Logitech has released a lightweight headset aimed squarely at business users. While there are Bluetooth and connectivity options aplenty,

Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo’s unlikely legacy 2024-07-29 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Neil stepped on a rock. We’re surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us Opinion  Fifty-five years after Neil Armstrong’s one small step, and the future it promised has not come to pass. Nobody has gone back to the

‘Stargazer Goblin’ Creates 3,000 Fake GitHub Accounts for Malware Spread 2024-07-29 at 10:46 By A threat actor known as Stargazer Goblin has set up a network of inauthentic GitHub accounts to fuel a Distribution-as-a-Service (DaaS) that propagates a variety of information-stealing malware and netting them $100,000 in illicit profits over the past year. The network,

Microsoft admits 8.5 million CrowdStruck machines estimate was lowballed 2024-07-29 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood Promises to discourage use of kernel drivers – so they don’t crash the world again Microsoft has admitted that its estimate of 8.5 million machines crashed by CrowdStrike’s faulty software update was almost certainly too low, and vowed to reduce

Gh0st RAT Trojan Targets Chinese Windows Users via Fake Chrome Site 2024-07-29 at 09:16 By The remote access trojan known as Gh0st RAT has been observed being delivered by an “evasive dropper” called Gh0stGambit as part of a drive-by download scheme targeting Chinese-speaking Windows users. These infections stem from a fake website (“chrome-web[.]com”) serving malicious

China ponders creating a national ‘cyberspace ID’ 2024-07-29 at 08:31 By Laura Dobberstein Because clearly it’s better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records Beijing may soon issue “cyberspace IDs” to its citizens, after floating a proposal for the scheme last Friday.… This

US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data 2024-07-29 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ The US Department of Justice has alleged that TikTok shipped personal information to China and allowed profiling of the short video app’s users based on their attitudes to some

The bad actor’s best friend: Dormant service accounts 2024-07-29 at 07:16 By Inactive accounts are a hotbed of opportunity for attackers, even more so if accounts remain dormant for long periods of time.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Group of 91 nations agree to continue not taxing cross-border data movement – for now 2024-07-29 at 06:46 By Simon Sharwood Promote free use of government data, privacy, canning spam, and more Five years of trade negotiations reached a milestone last Friday with 91 nations agreeing on new norms for e-commerce – among them extension

The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI 2024-07-27 at 16:31 By Tobias Mann Google adds machine learning to climate models for ‘faster forecasts’ Climate and weather modeling has long been a staple of high-performance computing, but as meteorologists look to improve the speed and resolution of forecasts, machine learning is

French Authorities Launch Operation to Remove PlugX Malware from Infected Systems 2024-07-27 at 10:01 By French judicial authorities, in collaboration with Europol, have launched a so-called “disinfection operation” to rid compromised hosts of a known malware called PlugX. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office, Parquet de Paris, said the initiative was launched on July 18 and that