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Malicious PyPI Package Targets macOS to Steal Google Cloud Credentials 2024-07-27 at 09:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that targets Apple macOS systems with the goal of stealing users’ Google Cloud credentials from a narrow pool of victims. The package, named “lr-utils-lib,” attracted a total […]

No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America’s skies, senators asked 2024-07-27 at 01:01 By Matthew Connatser Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing? US senators have been asked again to consider banning the use of drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI in American airspace after a previous attempt to

Kamala Harris’ $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan 2024-07-27 at 00:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binned LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman was quick to express support for Kamala Harris’ bid for the US presidency this year after

Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones 2024-07-26 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo You wouldn’t download a performer Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren’t willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. … This article is an excerpt from The Register

iPhone kicked out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back 2024-07-26 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporary For the first time in a while, the top five smartphone vendors in China are all native, with Apple’s position

CrowdStrike meets Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong will 2024-07-26 at 21:46 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols And boy, did last Friday’s Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again Opinion  CrowdStrike’s recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what

SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure 2024-07-26 at 20:46 By Richard Speed Cracked line blamed for leak SpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions 2024-07-26 at 19:46 By Dan Robinson Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal

Are deepfake fraud risks overhyped? Where enterprises are exposed 2024-07-26 at 19:16 By Will deepfakes become the number one avenue for fraudsters to steal money? Likely not. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge 2024-07-26 at 18:46 By Team Register Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroes Seven days after CrowdStrike’s bad update took down Windows-based computers around the world, System Administrator Appreciation Day has arrived. And what lovely gifts

Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended 2024-07-26 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule’s lifetime extended to 90 days The crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the

Progress discloses second critical flaw in Telerik Report Server in as many months 2024-07-26 at 16:46 By Connor Jones These are the kinds of bugs APTs thrive on, just ask the Feds Progress Software’s latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months.… This article

This AI-Powered Cybercrime Service Bundles Phishing Kits with Malicious Android Apps 2024-07-26 at 16:46 By A Spanish-speaking cybercrime group named GXC Team has been observed bundling phishing kits with malicious Android applications, taking malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offerings to the next level. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB, which has been tracking the e-crime actor since January 2023, described

‘A moose hit me’ and other ways people damage their gizmos 2024-07-26 at 16:01 By Dan Robinson The wild world of wrecking our tech Have you ever bitten your phone, or thrown it in anger? How about broken it in a collision with a moose? These are just some of the ways in which people

Starting a job in tech? Read this advice to maximize your experience 2024-07-26 at 15:16 By There are steps that graduates can take to make the transition from school into a Security Operations Center as smooth as possible. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google DeepMind’s latest models kinda sorta take silver at Math Olympiad 2024-07-26 at 14:46 By Tobias Mann Sure, it took three days to do what teenaged brainiacs do in nine hours – but who’s counting? Researchers at Google DeepMind claim they’ve developed a pair of AI models capable of taking home a silver medal in

Offensive AI: The Sine Qua Non of Cybersecurity 2024-07-26 at 14:16 By “Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. Yet it is often in the furnace of war that the sharpest tools of peace are forged.” – Victor Hugo. In 1971, an unsettling message started appearing on several computers that comprised ARPANET,

UK.gov to chuck up to £5B to gang of back office software vendors 2024-07-26 at 13:46 By Lindsay Clark Framework deal set to run until 2029 as central govt transitions to new ERP SaaS model The UK government has gone to market shopping for back office software in a tender which could be worth up

Shuttle Columbia’s near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space 2024-07-26 at 12:46 By Richard Speed The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: “Yikes. We don’t