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REvil ransomware scum sentenced to almost 14 years inside, ordered to pay $16 million 2024-05-02 at 09:47 By Jessica Lyons After extorting $700 million from thousands of victims A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to almost 14 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $16 million in restitution for his role in infecting […]

New Cuttlefish Malware Hijacks Router Connections, Sniffs for Cloud Credentials 2024-05-02 at 08:16 By A new malware called Cuttlefish is targeting small office and home office (SOHO) routers with the goal of stealthily monitoring all traffic through the devices and gather authentication data from HTTP GET and POST requests. “This malware is modular, designed primarily to steal authentication material found in

A million Australian pubgoers wake up to find personal info listed on leak site 2024-05-02 at 07:16 By Simon Sharwood Allegations fly regarding unpaid contractors and iffy infosec Over a million records describing Australians who visited local pubs and clubs have apparently been posted online.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

The power of partnerships 2024-05-02 at 07:16 By Security leaders discuss how collaborative partnerships enhance security and business operations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Japan will use AI to find out what bears do in the woods 2024-05-02 at 05:32 By Laura Dobberstein Because nobody wants a big surprise Japan’s Toyama Prefecture is launching an AI bear monitoring system, following a recent string of encounters with the wildlife.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Dropbox dropped the ball on security, haemorrhaging customer and third-party info 2024-05-02 at 04:04 By Simon Sharwood Only from its digital doc-signing service, which is isolated from its cloudy storage Dropbox has revealed a major attack on its systems that saw customers’ personal information accessed by unknown and unauthorized entities.… This article is an excerpt

Block accused of mass compliance failures that saw digi-dollars reach terrorists 2024-05-02 at 03:45 By Iain Thomson Developer of Square and Cash App reportedly has big back-end problems it was slow to fix Fintech biz Block is reportedly under investigation by US prosecutors over claims by a former employee that lax compliance checks mean its

Anthropic goes after iPhone fans with Claude 3 app 2024-05-01 at 23:31 By Thomas Claburn Also adds a Teams plan that’s still under development Anthropic, flush with funds from Amazon and Google, has made its Claude chatbot service available in an iOS app and introduced a business-oriented Teams plan.… This article is an excerpt from

GPU cloud upstart CoreWeave gets $1.1B injection as AI hype train chugs on 2024-05-01 at 23:01 By Matthew Connatser A $19B valuation sounds like a lot, but then you look at OpenAI AI cloud firm CoreWeave scored $1.1 billion in a recent investment round, bringing its valuation up to $19 billion.… This article is an

Infosec biz boss accused of BS’ing the world about his career, anti-crime product, customers 2024-05-01 at 22:02 By Jessica Lyons Intrusion investors went through Blount farce trauma, says SEC Jack Blount, the now-ex CEO of Intrusion, has settled with the SEC over allegations he made false and misleading statements about his infosec firm’s product as

BMC’s $1.6B victory over IBM is TKO on appeal 2024-05-01 at 21:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Always read the terms and conditions carefully IBM has managed to overturn a $1.6 billion judgment against it after an appeals court decided the IT giant was well within its rights to replace software on a customer mainframe belonging to

Miss your morning iPhone alarm? It’s not just you, and Apple is looking into it 2024-05-01 at 21:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Dear _____, please excuse _____’s tardiness. Their alarm didn’t go off for (see below). Sincerely, The Register iPhone failing to get you up on time lately? You’re not alone – reports have been spreading

Google pulls RISC-V support from generic Android kernel 2024-05-01 at 20:46 By Matthew Connatser Not a great omen if you were hoping to own a future RV smartphone – tho web giant says it hasn’t totally given up Support for RISC-V was dropped from Android’s Generic Kernel Image (GKI) thanks to a patch successfully merged

US charges 16 over ‘depraved’ grandparent scams 2024-05-01 at 20:02 By Connor Jones Vulnerable elderly people tricked into paying tens of thousands over fake car accidents Sixteen people are facing charges from US prosecutors for allegedly preying on the elderly and scamming them out of millions of dollars.… This article is an excerpt from The

AWS customer faces staggering charges over S3 bucket misfire 2024-05-01 at 19:46 By Dan Robinson Open source tool fingered for 100 million PUT requests and $1,300 in a day AWS looks set to intervene after a customer highlighted a flaw that allows S3 bucket owners to be stung with potentially massive charges for attempted accesses

Tesla maps out new territory in China with Baidu deal 2024-05-01 at 19:17 By Matthew Connatser U-turn necessary to comply with Chinese law Despite Elon Musk’s insistence that high-definition maps aren’t necessary for self-driving cars, Tesla’s vehicles in China will technically rely on them now through a partnership with Baidu.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft’s FOMO after seeing Google AI drove investment in OpenAI 2024-05-01 at 18:34 By Richard Speed Historical email in antitrust case shows execs ‘very, very worried’ about capability gaps A fascinating insight into Microsoft’s inner workings has been thrown up in some redacted document dumps related to the ongoing Google antitrust trial.… This article is

Qantas app glitch sees boarding passes fly to other accounts 2024-05-01 at 18:16 By Connor Jones Issue now resolved and isn’t thought to be the work of criminals Aussie airline Qantas says its app is now stable following a data breach that saw boarding passes take off from passengers’ accounts.… This article is an excerpt

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds 2024-05-01 at 18:01 By A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market.

Microsoft confesses April Windows update breaks some VPN connections 2024-05-01 at 17:02 By Richard Speed Connection failures reported following installation Microsoft admits that April’s Windows update can potentially cause VPN connection failures in both Windows 10 and 11.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source