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US Army: We want to absorb private-sector AI ‘as fast as y’all are building them’ 2024-07-03 at 00:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo How about a nice game of chess instead? The US Army is keen to integrate commercial private-sector AI algorithms into its operations and it’s hoping industry can also figure out how to address the […]

UN telecom agency wags finger at Russia for satellite interference 2024-07-02 at 21:31 By Matthew Connatser European neighbors say interference comes from Moscow and Kaliningrad, Kremlin claims it didn’t find anything The UN’s Radio Regulations Board (RRB) has asked Russia to play nice with Europe and not interfere with satellites.… This article is an excerpt

Switzerland to end 2024 with an analog FM broadcast-killing bang 2024-07-02 at 20:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Time to upgrade that receiver if you’re one of the few Swiss that still don’t have one able to receive DAB+ signals Swiss radio listeners will soon have to toss out their old sets, as the country plans to

No rest for the wiry as Cisco Nexus switches flip out over latest zero-day 2024-07-02 at 19:47 By Connor Jones Command injection bug being abused by suspected Chinese spies – patch up Cisco switch owners should probably apply the patch that just dropped for a vulnerability that was exploited in April as a zero-day to

Attending the Olympics? Watch out for these mobile threats 2024-07-02 at 19:18 By For those attending the Olympics or engaging with the event via a mobile application, it’s important to know the risks.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Despite OS shields up, half of America still clings to third-party antivirus – just in case 2024-07-02 at 18:46 By Iain Thomson Wisdom of the oldies or just a traditional fear of malware? Nearly half of Americans are still using third-party antivirus software, despite the fact that most mainstream operating systems have security code baked

FreeDOS and FreeBSD prove old code never dies, just gets nifty updates 2024-07-02 at 17:46 By Liam Proven Anniversary time and both are going strong into their 30s The FreeDOS project celebrates its 1994 beginnings, about a week before Amazon – and just a year after FreeBSD got started.… This article is an excerpt from

78% of organizations are tracking AI risks 2024-07-02 at 17:46 By A recent report found that 78 percent of organizations are tracking AI as an emerging risk while simultaneously adopting the technology themselves. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Affirm admits customer info pwned in ransomware raid at Evolve Bank 2024-07-02 at 16:32 By Connor Jones Number of partners acknowledging data theft continues to rise The number of financial institutions hit by the breach at Evolve Bank & Trust continues to rise as fintech businesses Wise and Affirm both confirm they have been materially

Nintendo sues alleged Switch pirate pair for serious coin 2024-07-02 at 15:47 By Richard Currie And if court finds for gaming giant? It’s-a me! Bankruptcy! Mario has tossed blue shells at what Nintendo alleges are two figures deeply involved in the piracy and circumvention of the Switch console ecosystem.… This article is an excerpt from

Security leaders weigh in on Life360 data breach 2024-07-02 at 15:16 By Life360 was impacted by a data breach. Security leaders are sharing their insights. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Salesforce investors reject plan to add extra $20M to Benioff’s total pay 2024-07-02 at 14:46 By Lindsay Clark Board to take non-binding vote at mega SaaS haus into consideration Investors have turned down billionaire Marc Benioff’s bid for greater compensation from Salesforce, the SaaS company he helped found 25 years ago, a proxy statement filed

New Intel CPU Vulnerability ‘Indirector’ Exposes Sensitive Data 2024-07-02 at 14:16 By Modern CPUs from Intel, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, have been found vulnerable to a new side-channel attack that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from the processors. The attack, codenamed Indirector by security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean

How MFA Failures are Fueling a 500% Surge in Ransomware Losses 2024-07-02 at 14:16 By The cybersecurity threat landscape has witnessed a dramatic and alarming rise in the average ransomware payment, an increase exceeding 500%. Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity, revealed in its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” report that the average ransom payment

Google Translate now fluent in 110 additional languages from Abkhaz to Zulu 2024-07-02 at 13:32 By Liam Proven Ta shoh scansh mie, son ymmyd Google is adding more languages to Google Translate – lots more. This time around, 110 of them, including Manx.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

How tech went from free love to pay-per-click 2024-07-02 at 12:46 By Liam Proven FOSS, AI, blockchain, and the cycle of empty nonsense Devconf.cz  This year, along with all the usual in-depth technical talks about Linux at Red Hat’s Devconf.cz developer conference, there were also several people there to promote AI-linked projects and the tech

MIT’s bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind 2024-07-02 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years Researchers have shown a combination of special surgery and a bionic limb can enhance walking speed in some amputees by 40 percent, within the range of able-bodied individuals.…

‘Almost every Apple device’ vulnerable to CocoaPods supply chain attack 2024-07-02 at 10:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dependency manager used in millions of apps leaves a bitter taste CocoaPods, an open-source dependency manager used in over three million applications coded in Swift and Objective-C, left thousands of packages exposed and ready for takeover for nearly a

Trouble in space as Boeing’s not going, and China’s back from the Moon 2024-07-02 at 09:31 By Iain Thomson Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat Kettle  It’s been a busy time for space, with Boeing’s test pilots stuck (at time of writing) on the International Space Station due

Chinese Hackers Exploiting Cisco Switches Zero-Day to Deliver Malware 2024-07-02 at 09:17 By A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.0), concerns a case of command injection that allows