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Malicious Obfuscated NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT 2025-01-02 at 10:37 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that masquerades as a library for detecting vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts but, in reality, drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems. […]

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Three Russian-German Nationals Charged with Espionage for Russian Secret Service 2025-01-02 at 10:37 By German prosecutors have charged three Russian-German nationals for acting as secret service agents for Russia. The individuals, named Dieter S., Alexander J., and Alex D., have been accused of working for a foreign secret service. Dieter S. is also alleged to

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Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers? 2025-01-02 at 07:37 By Simon Sharwood The developer of the Puffin Browser thinks so – and has a million users to show for it It’s hard to get excited about feature phones with 320 x 240 resolution, but Shioupyn

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Protecting healthcare data, improving trust through security measures 2025-01-02 at 07:04 By In today’s digital age, protecting sensitive medical information is not just a regulatory requirement but a cornerstone of trust and business integrity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second 2025-01-01 at 20:33 By Thomas Claburn You may not need that high-bandwidth brain-computer interface Caltech researchers have estimated the speed of human thought to be a mere 10 bits per second, a data rate so leisurely that it underscores the need for further research

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New “DoubleClickjacking” Exploit Bypasses Clickjacking Protections on Major Websites 2025-01-01 at 16:50 By Threat hunters have disclosed a new “widespread timing-based vulnerability class” that leverages a double-click sequence to facilitate clickjacking attacks and account takeovers in almost all major websites. The technique has been codenamed DoubleClickjacking by security researcher Paulos Yibelo. “Instead of relying on

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Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did 2025-01-01 at 15:33 By Rupert Goodwins 2024’s Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor Opinion  Happy new year! Tradition says that this is when we boldly look forward to what may happen in the 12 months to come. Do you really want to know that? Didn’t

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Iranian and Russian Entities Sanctioned for Election Interference Using AI and Cyber Tactics 2025-01-01 at 13:49 By The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday leveled sanctions against two entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere with the November 2024 presidential election. The federal agency said the entities

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US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump’s AT&T call logs arrested 2025-01-01 at 10:51 By Jessica Lyons Brings the arrest count related to the Snowflake hacks to 3 A US Army soldier has been arrested in Texas after being indicted on two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information. … This article is an

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Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine 2025-01-01 at 10:33 By Richard Speed Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk’s finest Ukraine mobile operator Kyivstar will roll out direct-to-cell satellite connectivity via Starlink.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Second Jeju Air 737-800 experiences mechanical issues following deadly crash 2024-12-31 at 20:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note The disastrous crash of a Boeing 737-800 in South Korea over the weekend, which killed 179 of the 181 people onboard, was followed by a second incident involving Jeju Air.

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‘Godfather of artificial intelligence’ Geoffrey Hinton backs Elon Musk’s OpenAI legal battle 2024-12-31 at 19:34 By Taylor Herzlich Geoffrey Hinton is known for his work developing artificial neural networks, the foundation for AI, and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics in October.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews

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US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak 2024-12-31 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations The US Department of the Treasury has admitted that miscreants were in its systems, accessing documents in what has been called a “major incident.”… This article is an excerpt from The

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This sneaky iOS 18 setting shares your photos with Apple — here’s how to turn it off 2024-12-31 at 16:19 By Brooke Kato “It ought to be up to the individual user to decide their own tolerance for the risk of privacy violations,” developer Jeff Johnson argued. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

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Report claims FAA ignores most whistleblower complaints 2024-12-31 at 16:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Officials beg to differ, claiming the author misinterpreted Congressional reports analysis  Concerned about the state of aviation safety? You might be onto something, as the Federal Aviation Administration allegedly dismisses or closes most whistleblower reports without finding violations.… This article is an

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China’s cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024 2024-12-31 at 14:34 By Jessica Lyons From targeted espionage to pre-positioning – not that they are mutually exclusive The Chinese government’s intrusions into America’s telecommunications and other critical infrastructure networks this year appears to signal a shift from cyberspying as usual to prepping for destructive attacks.…

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New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy 2024-12-31 at 13:52 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau),

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UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition 2024-12-31 at 09:33 By Richard Speed To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a merger inquiry into IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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