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Overcoming the IT skills gap and maintaining a secure business 2024-06-07 at 16:01 By Technology continues evolving and advancing at a rapid speed, ringing in unparalleled opportunities, but also creating new vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Tesla chair begs investors to bless Musk’s billions or face an Elon exodus 2024-06-07 at 15:46 By Richard Currie He needs that compensation because he’s easily dist- oo a piece of candy! With a week to go until Tesla’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, board chair Robyn Denholm has written to investors to make sure they ratify

UK CMA early findings indicate Microsoft restricts cloud choice 2024-06-07 at 15:04 By Dan Robinson Pricing, licensing, ease of switching and more under the microscope The UK’s competition watchdog says that Microsoft has a “significant degree of market power” in key software products, and that its licensing practices may therefore influence customer choice of cloud

New research provides insight into RansomHub 2024-06-07 at 15:04 By Although RansomHub is a relatively new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), it has quickly grown into one of the most prolific ransomware groups currently active.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The AI Debate: Google’s Guidelines, Meta’s GDPR Dispute, Microsoft’s Recall Backlash 2024-06-07 at 15:04 By Google is urging third-party Android app developers to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features in a responsible manner. The new guidance from the search and advertising giant is an effort to combat problematic content, including sexual content and hate speech,

Cyber Landscape is Evolving – So Should Your SCA 2024-06-07 at 15:04 By Traditional SCAs Are Broken: Did You Know You Are Missing Critical Pieces? Application Security professionals face enormous challenges securing their software supply chains, racing against time to beat the attacker to the mark.  Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools have become a basic

A tale of two missions: Starliner and Starship both achieve milestones 2024-06-07 at 14:33 By Richard Speed It was the best of times for space fans SpaceX and Boeing both had reasons to celebrate last night: Starship had a successful fourth flight test and Starliner docked with the International Space Station (ISS).… This article is

Russian hacktivists vow mass attacks against EU elections 2024-06-07 at 13:31 By Jessica Lyons But do they get to wear ‘I DDoSed’ stickers? A Russian hacktivist crew has threatened to attack European internet infrastructure as four days of EU elections begin on Thursday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Real-time and Core editions of Ubuntu arrive 2024-06-07 at 12:45 By Liam Proven And it’s time to upgrade any Mantic Minotaurs you have lying around Canonical has followed up the latest LTS release of Ubuntu with real-time and IoT editions, while ushering the last interim release into retirement.… This article is an excerpt from The

FBI Distributes 7,000 LockBit Ransomware Decryption Keys to Help Victims 2024-06-07 at 12:03 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that it’s in possession of more than 7,000 decryption keys associated with the LockBit ransomware operation to help victims get their data back at no cost. “We are reaching out to known

HP CEO: Printed pages are down 20% since pandemic 2024-06-07 at 11:34 By Paul Kunert And customers are sweating their hardware assets for longer Fewer and fewer pages are being printed at home and in the office, posing something of a challenge for HP and its rivals.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

SPECTR Malware Targets Ukraine Defense Forces in SickSync Campaign 2024-06-07 at 10:47 By The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of cyber attacks targeting defense forces in the country with a malware called SPECTR as part of an espionage campaign dubbed SickSync. The agency attributed the attacks to a threat actor it

Spam blocklist SORBS closed by its owner, Proofpoint 2024-06-07 at 09:33 By Simon Sharwood Spammers will probably bid to buy it, so community is trying to find a better home for decades-old service Exclusive  The Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) – a longstanding source of info on known sources of spam widely used

Commando Cat Cryptojacking Attacks Target Misconfigured Docker Instances 2024-06-07 at 08:47 By The threat actor known as Commando Cat has been linked to an ongoing cryptojacking attack campaign that leverages poorly secured Docker instances to deploy cryptocurrency miners for financial gain. “The attackers used the cmd.cat/chattr docker image container that retrieves the payload from their

Samsung Union stages its first ever strike, very politely 2024-06-07 at 07:46 By Laura Dobberstein Members use holiday time on a day many take off, anyway, in pursuit of better conditions and bonuses Samsung’s Korean union strikes on day hardly anybody works anyway Industrial militancy this is not… This article is an excerpt from The

90% of U.S. consumers prioritize personal information security 2024-06-07 at 07:16 By A new report surveys financial service consumers with the purpose of understanding their priorities and concerns.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Lenovo loses its Infrastructure Solutions Group boss 2024-06-07 at 06:01 By Simon Sharwood The long and largely unsucessful effort to turn IBM’s x86 server business into consistent profit continues Lenovo has announced the departure of Kirk Skaugen, the head of its Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) – the enterprise tech arm of the Chinese hardware giant.…

POC exploit code published for 9.8-rated Apache HugeGraph RCE flaw 2024-06-07 at 04:31 By Jessica Lyons You upgraded when this was fixed in April, right? Right?? If you haven’t yet upgraded to version 1.3.0 of Apache HugeGraph, now’s a good time because at least two proof-of-concept exploits for a CVSS 9.8-rated remote command execution bug

OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman’s nuclear fusion side hustle 2024-06-07 at 01:01 By Matthew Connatser Knowing your supplier is always good – and super lab’s auditors promise to check for conflicts of interest OpenAI is reportedly in talks with Helion to get access to the startup’s not-yet-possible nuclear fusion-driven electricity generators.… This

Memphis to host ‘Gigafactory of Compute’ thanks to xAI and Elon Musk’s billions 2024-06-07 at 00:46 By Matthew Connatser City known for blues, BBQ, and now possibly the ‘world’s largest supercomputer’ xAI plans to build the “world’s largest supercomputer” in Memphis, Tennessee according to the city’s local government.… This article is an excerpt from The