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Anonymous ‘ask me anything’ chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids 2024-07-11 at 04:01 By Matthew Connatser Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, US watchdog sniffs The US Federal Trade Commission has thrown the book at NGL Labs and its founders for allegedly […]

South Korean Samsung union strikes again in bid to chip away at production 2024-07-11 at 01:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’d be a shame if something happened to that HBM fab, warns NSEU Unionized Samsung workers in South Korea have extended their three-day strike indefinitely, claiming that company leadership refused to listen to demands when an

How low can you go: Tesla’s US market share dips below 50% for the first time 2024-07-11 at 00:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Electric car sales break records, but Elon’s luster is tarnished US sales of electric vehicles hit a new record in the second quarter of 2024, no thanks to Tesla, which saw its market

AI demand pushes TSMC revenue for 2024 up 28% so far 2024-07-10 at 23:16 By Dan Robinson Taiwan’s silicon supremo comfortably sails past analyst forecasts Semiconductor colossus TSMC appears more confident that its fortunes are on the upswing after posting strong growth in Q2 revenue based on demand for advanced chips such as GPUs for

Intuit decimates staff, hopes to hire same number in AI refocus 2024-07-10 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo What’s that Lassie? The IRS hopes to offer free direct tax filing for everyone next year? Intuit has announced plans to lay off 1,800 people, which is roughly 10 percent of its workforce.… This article is an excerpt

PC sales inch upwards as market starts to upgrade its hardware 2024-07-10 at 20:46 By Matthew Connatser Analysts hoping Windows 11 refresh adds fuel to fire, as OS market share finally on rise Typical demand for new and faster PCs is returning to the market, Canalys principal analyst Ishan Dutt tells The Register after he

Snowflake lets admins make MFA mandatory across all user accounts 2024-07-10 at 20:01 By Connor Jones Company announces intent following Ticketmaster, Santander break-ins A month after incident response giant Mandiant suggested the litany of data thefts linked to Snowflake account intrusions had the common component of lacking multi-factor authentication (MFA) controls, the cloud storage and

Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage 2024-07-10 at 19:16 By Richard Speed ADRAS-J avoids adding to debris problem with autonomous collision avoidance Astroscale Japan has shown off images of orbital debris and demonstrated the ability of its spacecraft to avoid adding to the problem thanks to an autonomous collision avoidance system.… This

Microsoft avoids formal antitrust EC probe over abusive licensing claims by settling case with CISPE 2024-07-10 at 18:31 By Paul Kunert Pays ‘lump sum,’ setting up new Azure Stack for hosters and more but some concerned about the private deal A group of 27 cloud providers have agreed to settle the complaint they lodged with

Malware campaign targets Spanish-speaking individuals 2024-07-10 at 18:16 By A new malware campaign targets Spanish-speaking individuals within the mining sector.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft exits OpenAI’s boardroom to sidestep regulatory scrutiny 2024-07-10 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Redmond ‘confident in the company’s direction’ says withdrawal letter Microsoft is giving up its non-voting observer seat on OpenAI’s board, citing progress in the company’s direction – yet fear of regulatory scrutiny no doubt also played some part in the decision-making

The Money Laundering Machine: Inside the global crime epidemic – Episode 24 2024-07-10 at 17:31 By In episode 24 of the Cybersecurity & Geopolitical Discussion, our trio of hosts discuss paradoxes surrounding money laundering and the reasons it’s so popular, particularly among well-establish organized criminal gangs. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security

New Ransomware Group Exploiting Veeam Backup Software Vulnerability 2024-07-10 at 17:31 By A now-patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware operation known as EstateRansomware. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat actor in early April 2024, said the modus operandi involved the exploitation of CVE-2023-27532 (CVSS score:

A vulnerability was discovered in an NSA SkillTree training platform 2024-07-10 at 17:16 By Research has unveiled a potential vulnerability within a training platform called SkillTree. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Malware that is ‘not ransomware’ wormed its way through Fujitsu Japan’s systems 2024-07-10 at 17:01 By Connor Jones Company says data exfiltration was extremely difficult to detect Fujitsu Japan says an unspecified “advanced” malware strain was to blame for a March data theft, insisting the strain was “not ransomware”, yet it hasn’t revealed how many

Microsoft tries to clear the air with mountains of CO2 credits 2024-07-10 at 16:21 By Dan Robinson ‘Supply chains still powered by coal and gas’ scoffs Greenpeace Microsoft has inked a contract with Occidental Petroleum to buy 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) “credits” over six years to support its overall carbon strategy.

How NeWS became yesterday’s news in the window system wars 2024-07-10 at 15:32 By Liam Proven X co-designer David Rosenthal looks back at why his other project failed A couple of weeks after its anniversary, one of the original engineers behind X has explored why it succeeded where rivals – one of which he co-developed

Microsoft’s July Update Patches 143 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited 2024-07-10 at 15:16 By Microsoft has released patches to address a total of 143 security flaws as part of its monthly security updates, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Five out of the 143 flaws are rated Critical, 136 are