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Ex-White House election threat hunter weighs in on what to expect in November 2024-05-10 at 00:05 By Jessica Lyons Spoiler alert: We’re gonna talk about AI Interview  Mick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk, has watched the evolution of election security threats in real time.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

IBM sued again for alleged discrimination – this time against White males 2024-05-09 at 23:46 By Matthew Connatser Top Trump lieutenant Stephen Miller hopes to skewer Big Blue’s Red Hat wing on behalf of ex-director IBM-owned Red Hat has been sued for allegedly discriminating against a White male employee. The legal team behind the suit

IBM sued again for alleged discrimination – this time against White males 2024-05-09 at 23:31 By Matthew Connatser Top Trump lieutenant Stephen Miller hopes to skewer Big Blue’s Red Hat wing on behalf of ex-director IBM-owned Red Hat has been sued for allegedly discriminating against a White male employee. The legal team behind the suit

US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says ‘cybersecurity event’ disrupted clinical ops 2024-05-09 at 22:16 By Connor Jones Sources claim ransomware is to blame Healthcare organization Ascension is the latest of its kind in the US to say its network has been affected by what it believes to be a “cybersecurity event.”… This article is an

FCC slams banhammer on 5G fast lanes with final net neutrality text 2024-05-09 at 21:46 By Dan Robinson Any way you network slice it, you can’t favor an app, says US watchdog The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the final text of its net neutrality order, adding changes that appear to rule out so-called

New TunnelVision Attack Allows Hijacking of VPN Traffic via DHCP Manipulation 2024-05-09 at 21:46 By Researchers have detailed a Virtual Private Network (VPN) bypass technique dubbed TunnelVision that allows threat actors to snoop on victim’s network traffic by just being on the same local network. The “decloaking” method has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-3661 (CVSS score: 7.6). It impacts all

Dell customer order database of ’49M records’ stolen, now up for sale on dark web 2024-05-09 at 21:01 By Thomas Claburn IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit Dell has confirmed information about its customers and their orders has been stolen from one of its portals. Though the thief

Global attackers targeting US critical infrastructure should be ‘wake-up call’ 2024-05-09 at 21:01 By Jessica Lyons Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man RSAC  Digital intruders from China, Russia, and Iran breaking into US water systems this year should be a “wake-up call,” according to former National

Brain-sensing threads slip from gray matter in first human Neuralink trial 2024-05-09 at 20:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Oh well – next! The first human to get a Neuralink implant may be doing fine now, but that’s after a good deal of work to address post-surgical trouble that saw its performance significantly degrade.… This article is

Huawei’s latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components 2024-05-09 at 19:18 By Matthew Connatser New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn’t impress, however A teardown of Huawei’s Pura 70 Pro reveals that the China tech company’s latest smartphone is mostly made in China, with one notable exception.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Baidu’s PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts 2024-05-09 at 18:46 By Laura Dobberstein Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019 The vice president and public relations head of Chinese search engine giant Baidu stirred up controversy this week by promoting workaholic behaviors on a personal social media account.… This

Kremlin-Backed APT28 Targets Polish Institutions in Large-Scale Malware Campaign 2024-05-09 at 18:46 By Polish government institutions have been targeted as part of a large-scale malware campaign orchestrated by a Russia-linked nation-state actor called APT28. “The campaign sent emails with content intended to arouse the recipient’s interest and persuade him to click on the link,” the computer

Wondering when AI will turn up at your work? Microsoft says look behind you 2024-05-09 at 18:01 By Richard Speed Research lands weeks after the Copilot company said it was still trying to convince customers of benefits Microsoft’s 2024 Work Trend Index makes grand claims about the benefits of AI, but might make disturbing reading

Investment analyst accuses Palantir of AI washing 2024-05-09 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark Stick to data pipelines and ontology, says expert after share price dip Spy-tech biz Palantir has overstated its claim to be a generative AI company, according to one investment analyst who thinks this might explain its recent slowdown in growth from commercial

68 tech companies sign CISA’s secure by design pledge 2024-05-09 at 16:46 By Jessica Lyons Security’s an uphill battle… does this latest move have teeth? RSAC  Some of the biggest names in tech – including AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and IBM – have signed up to a US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency-led effort and promised

Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market 2024-05-09 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn’t expect growth to last Chip designer Arm predicts that PCs based on its architecture will account for a significant share of the Windows market within three years as the company claims record

VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade 2024-05-09 at 15:33 By Connor Jones If it ain’t broke, make it less accessible Much to the chagrin of security pros, VMware security advisories are now only viewable if users sign up for a Broadcom Support account first.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

97% of organizations report difficulties with identity verification 2024-05-09 at 15:17 By A survey of 700 IT decision-makers reveals the state of identity fraud. Notably, almost all organizations face challenges with identity verification.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Hypothetical TSMC invasion ‘absolutely devastating’ says Raimondo 2024-05-09 at 15:01 By Laura Dobberstein No it’s not happened, but officials want readiness in the South China Sea The US Secretary of Commerce says it would be “absolutely devastating” if China seized Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and locked down the South China Sea.… This article is

New Guide: How to Scale Your vCISO Services Profitably 2024-05-09 at 14:46 By Cybersecurity and compliance guidance are in high demand among SMEs. However, many of them cannot afford to hire a full-time CISO. A vCISO can answer this need by offering on-demand access to top-tier cybersecurity expertise. This is also an opportunity for MSPs and MSSPs to