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From the stone age to cutting edge: A case study on key management 2024-07-16 at 15:17 By Learn how Arizona’s largest school district improved operational efficiency through key management.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Privacy group complains to UK regulator about Meta scraping user data to train AI 2024-07-16 at 14:31 By Lindsay Clark Move follows Instagram and Facebook owner’s decision to reverse direction in EU after protests A UK data rights campaign group has launched a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s change of privacy policy

Threat Prevention & Detection in SaaS Environments – 101 2024-07-16 at 14:16 By Identity-based threats on SaaS applications are a growing concern among security professionals, although few have the capabilities to detect and respond to them.  According to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), 90% of all cyberattacks begin with phishing, an identity-based

Latest MySQL release is underwhelming, say some DB experts 2024-07-16 at 13:48 By Lindsay Clark Oracles’ priorities may lie elsewhere but it is unfair to say all innovation can go in community edition, reckons analyst The latest release of MySQL has underwhelmed some commentators who fear Oracle — the custodian of the open source database

Malicious npm Packages Found Using Image Files to Hide Backdoor Code 2024-07-16 at 13:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified two malicious packages on the npm package registry that concealed backdoor code to execute malicious commands sent from a remote server. The packages in question – img-aws-s3-object-multipart-copy and legacyaws-s3-object-multipart-copy – have been downloaded 190 and 48

Iranian Hackers Deploy New BugSleep Backdoor in Middle East Cyber Attacks 2024-07-16 at 13:16 By The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has been observed using a never-before-seen backdoor as part of a recent attack campaign, shifting away from its well-known tactic of deploying legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for maintaining persistent access.

Agile Manifesto co-author blasts failure rates report, talks up ‘reimagining’ project 2024-07-16 at 12:33 By Richard Speed Jon Kern is looking for Agile exemplars, not the ‘Agile Industrial Complex’ Interview  The Agile Manifesto was published almost a quarter of a century ago. Yet as the years have rolled by, its lofty ideals have run headlong

Void Banshee APT Exploits Microsoft MHTML Flaw to Spread Atlantida Stealer 2024-07-16 at 12:16 By An advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Void Banshee has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in the Microsoft MHTML browser engine as a zero-day to deliver an information stealer called Atlantida. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which observed

Cold comfort to teachers who got paid late, but ERP software rollout had ‘unrealistic’ timeline 2024-07-16 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark 18 months late, overbudget… report finds council’s SAP ERP rip ‘n’ replace with Unit4 had hidden complexity A UK public authority responsible for about £1.1 billion ($1.43 billion) in annual spending damaged its ERP

Qualcomm sues Chinese handset-maker in India to defend African market 2024-07-16 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood There’s a lot of territory to cover here Qualcomm has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in India against Chinese smartphone-maker Transsion.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Big Music reprises classic hit ‘ISPs need to stop their customers torrenting or we’ll sue’ 2024-07-16 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Stop us if you think you’ve heard this one before: Legal supergroup demands billions from Verizon Big Music has launched a fresh lawsuit aimed at forcing ISPs to take action against users who trade

Yandex sells off Russian ops, now Putin itself about as Nebius Group 2024-07-16 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein Two-year legal saga ends with Netherlands-based entity ready to bring Google clone to the world Yandex has untangled its Dutch entity from its Russian operations in a $5.4 billion deal, the internet search provider announced on Monday

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited RCE Flaw in GeoServer GeoTools Software 2024-07-16 at 07:46 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. GeoServer is an open-source software server written in

Kaspersky Exits U.S. Market Following Commerce Department Ban 2024-07-16 at 07:46 By Russian security vendor Kaspersky has said it’s exiting the U.S. market nearly a month after the Commerce Department announced a ban on the sale of its software in the country citing a national security risk. News of the closure was first reported by

Microsoft wasn’t CISPE’s only suitor – it seems Google was willing to pay for its views on cloudy licensing to prevail 2024-07-16 at 07:17 By Richard Speed Euro trade body tires of being a pawn in the war of the tech giants From the department of “the lady doth protest too much, methinks” comes news

FBI gains access to suspected Trump shooter’s phone 2024-07-16 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Hasn’t said how it did it, but has form cracking devices The FBI has revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks – the deceased man accused of shooting at and wounding former

China’s Honor debuts laptop with bonkers removable camera that lives in a little slot 2024-07-16 at 04:46 By Laura Dobberstein Privacy preserved, with potential to lose the camera in your pocket or beyond Chinese consumer electronics outfit Honor has thought outside the clamshell by creating a laptop with a stowable magnetic camera.… This article is

DarkGate, the evil Swiss Army knife of malware, sees boom after rival Qbot crushed 2024-07-16 at 03:16 By Jessica Lyons Meet the new boss, same as the old boss The DarkGate malware family has become more prevalent in recent months after one of its main competitors was taken down by the FBI.… This article is

Kaspersky culls staff, closes doors in US amid Biden’s ban 2024-07-16 at 00:46 By Jessica Lyons After all we’ve done for you, America, sniffs antivirus lab Kaspersky has confirmed it will shutter its American operations and cut US-based jobs following President Biden’s ban on the Russian business last month.… This article is an excerpt from

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle releases statement on assassination attempt 2024-07-15 at 23:46 By Earlier today, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, released a statement on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a political rally on Saturday, July 13.   This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS