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Data breaches increased throughout 2023 2024-05-08 at 07:16 By Companies experience a rise in data breaches. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UnitedHealth’s ‘egregious negligence’ led to Change Healthcare infection 2024-05-08 at 06:01 By Jessica Lyons ‘I’m blown away by the fact that they weren’t using MFA’ Interview  The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate “egregious negligence” on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according to Tom Kellermann, SVP of

MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam’s agencies 2024-05-08 at 05:01 By Tobias Mann No child process left behind Later this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a mini-supercomputer and planning to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies.… This article is an excerpt from

Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push 2024-05-08 at 03:31 By Thomas Claburn Sources slam aggressive ‘back to school’ grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes Exclusive  Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work

America’s War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss 2024-05-08 at 03:01 By Jessica Lyons Or at least it might well be if these trial programs work out, with some civil lib oversight etc etc etc RSAC  AI is a double-edged sword in that the government can see ways in

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections 2024-05-08 at 01:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision A newly discovered vulnerability undermines countless VPN clients in that their traffic can be quietly routed away from their encrypted tunnels and intercepted by snoops on the network.… This article is an excerpt

IBM says these back-office, network edge Power 10 servers would be sweet for – yes, you guessed it – AI 2024-05-07 at 23:46 By Tobias Mann Short on cores, big on threads and matrix math Not to be left out of the AI infrastructure game, on Tuesday IBM unveiled a pair of tiny Power 10

CISA’s early-warning system helped critical orgs close 852 ransomware holes 2024-05-07 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons In the first year alone, that’s saved us all a lot of money and woe RSAC  As ransomware gangs step up their attacks against healthcare, schools, and other US critical infrastructure, CISA is ramping up a program to help

Apple unveils M4 chip with neural engine capable of 38 TOPS, and some other kit 2024-05-07 at 22:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Oh, right – there’s new iPad Pro and Air models, a pencil and some other stuff Apple held its anticipated iPad event today, and the most attention-grabbing news wasn’t the new device models or

TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law 2024-05-07 at 22:16 By Thomas Claburn Nothing like folks in Beijing lecturing us on the Constitution TikTok and its China-based parent ByteDance sued the US government today to prevent the forced sale or shutdown of the video-sharing giant.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Windows Insiders to fly solo while Copilot rollout frozen 2024-05-07 at 21:46 By Richard Speed Perhaps just make sure the stuff that is already there works properly? Microsoft will temporarily halt the rollout of Copilot features based on feedback from Windows Insiders.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdown 2024-05-07 at 21:01 By Paul Kunert Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps Infineon, maker of chips for the automotive and industrial sectors, told investors that it is embarking on a cost purge after lowering revenue estimates for the full

Lightweight Dillo browser springs back to life, still doesn’t care about JavaScript 2024-05-07 at 20:06 By Liam Proven First new version in almost a decade now boasts TLS The Dillo web browser has returned with a new release, version 3.1. It’s nearly nine years after version 3.05 appeared on the last day of June 2015.…

US State Department launches cyber and digital policy strategy 2024-05-07 at 19:31 By Laura Dobberstein Part of the race with Beijing to set standards and advance norms RSAC  The US State Department’s latest cybersecurity strategy will not be wildly different from current stances, but offers an alternative path to those presented by the country’s adversaries.…

Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator 2024-05-07 at 19:01 By The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD), the

Tesla layoff circus runs into fourth week with another round of cuts 2024-05-07 at 18:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Musk continues quest to make Tesla leaner, meaner, more profitable Another week, another round of layoffs at Tesla to report, and this time engineers are caught up in the mix. … This article is an excerpt from The

Investigators finally unmask LockBit kingpin after two-month tease 2024-05-07 at 18:16 By Connor Jones Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev’s $10M question is answered at last The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware operation has finally been named by law enforcement as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins 2024-05-07 at 17:47 By Dan Robinson Customers brace for bumpy ride Broadcom has ended the right of Amazon Web Services to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, meaning customers will now have a direct relationship only with VMware by Broadcom, casting doubt over the long-term

Valve vexation: Boeing’s Starliner grounded again 2024-05-07 at 17:16 By Richard Speed Problems with Centaur rocket keeps first crewed flight on terra firma Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner crewed launch, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed yet again, this time due to a valve problem on the Centaur upper stage. Managers pushed back the next

APT42 Hackers Pose as Journalists to Harvest Credentials and Access Cloud Data 2024-05-07 at 17:01 By The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments. Targets of the attack include Western and Middle Eastern NGOs, media organizations, academia, legal services and activists, Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant said in