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How Do Hackers Blend In So Well? Learn Their Tricks in This Expert Webinar 2024-05-24 at 15:01 By Don’t be fooled into thinking that cyber threats are only a problem for large organizations. The truth is that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting smaller businesses, and they’re getting smarter every day. Join our FREE webinar “Navigating the […]

Where do Terraform and OpenTofu go from here? 2024-05-24 at 14:16 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Here’s the tea, for all open sourcers inclined to drink it Opinion  Oracle is dropping Terraform for OpenTofu, and IBM’s CEO is talking up open source. What does all this mean for both programs? Here’s what I see happening. … This

DevOps Dilemma: How Can CISOs Regain Control in the Age of Speed? 2024-05-24 at 14:16 By Introduction The infamous Colonial pipeline ransomware attack (2021) and SolarWinds supply chain attack (2020) were more than data leaks; they were seismic shifts in cybersecurity. These attacks exposed a critical challenge for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs): holding their ground while maintaining control

Google Detects 4th Chrome Zero-Day in May Actively Under Attack – Update ASAP 2024-05-24 at 14:16 By Google on Thursday rolled out fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-5274, the vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the

‘Little weirdo’ shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity 2024-05-24 at 13:16 By Connor Jones Tory comms leaked thanks to a barefooted Johnny Mercer’s wayward situational awareness In setting the date for the UK’s next general election, prime minister Rishi Sunak this week essentially announced the start of open season for political

Japanese Experts Warn of BLOODALCHEMY Malware Targeting Government Agencies 2024-05-24 at 13:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that the malware known as BLOODALCHEMY used in attacks targeting government organizations in Southern and Southeastern Asia is in fact an updated version of Deed RAT, which is believed to be a successor to ShadowPad. “The origin of BLOODALCHEMY and Deed RAT

Courtroom Software Backdoored to Deliver RustDoor Malware in Supply Chain Attack 2024-05-24 at 13:02 By Malicious actors have backdoored the installer associated with courtroom video recording software developed by Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) to deliver malware that’s associated with a known backdoor called RustDoor. The software supply chain attack, tracked as CVE-2024-4978, impacts JAVS Viewer v8.3.7,

Capgemini to keep the legacy lights on at HMRC for £245.5M 2024-05-24 at 12:32 By Lindsay Clark That’s half a billion from generous taxpayers in 2.5 years The UK’s tax collector has awarded tech consultancy and service provider Capgemini a contract worth up to £245.5 million to keep legacy systems up and running.… This article

AWS pledges to spend €15.7B expanding Spanish operations 2024-05-24 at 09:31 By Matthew Connatser Much of the money will go to mountainous Aragón – not mainly in the plain Amazon announced it will invest €15.7 billion ($16.9 billion) in the Spanish branch of Amazon Web Services (AWS).… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Alibaba is taking its cloud to Mexico, likely following Chinese manufacturers 2024-05-24 at 08:31 By Laura Dobberstein More AZs in its Asian backyard also planned Alibaba Cloud announced on Wednesday it will open its first region in Mexico and expand with building new datacenters across Southeast Asia.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Malicious actors are cat-phishing targets in order to spread malware 2024-05-24 at 07:16 By Malicious actors are utilizing overdue invoice lures, open redirects and LotL tactics in order to bypass cybersecurity defenses. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Japan’s space agency enlists train operator’s AI to foresee in-orbit failures 2024-05-24 at 07:01 By Laura Dobberstein Shinkansen maintenance tricks boost reliability on the ground, so why not? Japan’s space agency JAXA has teamed up with West Japan Railway Company to apply the latter’s AI-powered failure-prediction technology to operating spacecraft.… This article is an excerpt

Thanks for the memory, South Korea tells nation’s chip makers – now build processors 2024-05-24 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood President warns of ‘all-out national warfare’ around silicon as he announces $19B development package South Korea’s president has described the global semiconductor industry as “a field where all-out national warfare is underway” as he announced

China reveals space weather radar it claims represents a breakthrough 2024-05-24 at 05:01 By Laura Dobberstein Might share tech and data with the world sometime … maybe China says it has created its own radar technology to help it forecast space weather, and claimed it made breakthroughs along the way.… This article is an excerpt

Three-year-old Apache Flink flaw now under active attack 2024-05-24 at 04:04 By Jessica Lyons We know IT admins have busy schedules but c’mon An improper access control bug in Apache Flink that was fixed in January 2021 has been added to the US government’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, meaning criminals are right now abusing the

iFixit divorces Samsung over lack of real commitment to self-repair program 2024-05-24 at 03:01 By Matthew Connatser CEO tells El Reg the phone titan’s ‘refusal to be completely candid with us was a major factor’ iFixit and Samsung are breaking up, ending efforts to provide better tools, parts, and resources for DIY repairs that began

Korea’s SKC gets $75M in CHIPS change for US-based glass substrate plant 2024-05-24 at 02:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Set up as a gamble, the Absolics subsidiary has just paid off The CEO of South Korean chemical firm SKC made a big bet on the US CHIPS Act when he decided to grow his manufacturing site

Here’s yet more ransomware using BitLocker against Microsoft’s own users 2024-05-24 at 00:31 By Jessica Lyons ShrinkLocker throws steel and vaccine makers into the hurt locker Yet more ransomware is using Microsoft BitLocker to encrypt corporate files, steal the decryption key, and then extort a payment from victim organizations, according to Kaspersky.… This article is

Microsoft’s deal with UAE’s G42 gives US politicos the fear 2024-05-24 at 00:01 By Matthew Connatser Uncle Sam just might want to have a word about key technology exports Microsoft may end up exporting advanced computer processors, AI model weights, and other key technologies to the Middle East and beyond via the Windows giant’s cozy

Casino cyberattacks put a bullseye on Scattered Spider – and the FBI is closing in 2024-05-23 at 23:31 By Jessica Lyons Clock is ticking to it’s time for the handcuffs, we’re told Interview  The cyberattacks against Las Vegas casinos over the summer put a big target on the backs of Scattered Spider, the suspected perps,