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Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers 2024-05-01 at 17:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion. The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS protocol to […]

AMD datacenter sales surge 80% in Q1 despite market’s lukewarm reception 2024-05-01 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Chip giant forecasts strong GPU growth amid mixed financial results AMD’s datacenter revenue grew 80 percent and it hopes to make at least $4 billion from its GPUs this year, but shares took a hit as this failed

AI boom is great news for the nuclear power dreamers 2024-05-01 at 16:16 By Tobias Mann Uranium is so hot right now, mining CEO is glowing with enthusiasm Growing demand for power hungry AI datacenters has executives at Canadian uranium mine Cameco glowing with anticipation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Lakehouse dam breaks after departure of long-time Teradata CTO 2024-05-01 at 16:01 By Lindsay Clark Data warehousing giant abandons stance against hybrid analytics Data warehouse stalwart Teradata has shook off its aversion to the lakehouse concept, embracing the idea of performing enterprise analytics on unstructured data – a situation it once argued against.… This article

Space insurers make record-breaking loss as orbit gets cramped 2024-05-01 at 15:16 By Richard Speed ‘Unsustainable’ losses neared $1B in 2023 The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ransomware gang RAGroup activities increased by more than 300% 2024-05-01 at 15:16 By New data analyzing ransomware group activities has found that activity from the ransomware gang RAGroup has risen by 300% since December.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel, Ampere show running LLMs on CPUs isn’t as crazy as it sounds 2024-05-01 at 14:31 By Tobias Mann If you lower you expectations, of course. Think more Llama2-7B, less GPT-4 Popular generative AI chatbots and services like ChatGPT or Gemini mostly run on GPUs or other dedicated accelerators, but as smaller models are more

ZLoader Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis Trick from Zeus Banking Trojan 2024-05-01 at 14:16 By The authors behind the resurfaced ZLoader malware have added a feature that was originally present in the Zeus banking trojan that it’s based on, indicating that it’s being actively developed. “The latest version, 2.4.1.0, introduces a feature to prevent execution on machines that differ from the original infection,” Zscaler

Everyone’s an Expert: How to Empower Your Employees for Cybersecurity Success 2024-05-01 at 14:16 By There’s a natural human desire to avoid threatening scenarios. The irony, of course, is if you hope to attain any semblance of security, you’ve got to remain prepared to confront those very same threats. As a decision-maker for your organization, you know this well. But

VMware by Broadcom blinks again – this time easing change for cloud service providers 2024-05-01 at 13:51 By Simon Sharwood As the rumor mill whispers about a breakup with AWS VMware by Broadcom has made some fresh concessions to its cloud service provider community – and the customers who rely on it.… This article is

Bill advances to exonerate hundreds in Post Office Horizon scandal 2024-05-01 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark ‘Their convictions wiped clean from the slate,’ minister promises The mass exoneration of wrongfully convicted Post Office managers caught up in the Horizon IT scandal has come a step closer in the UK after MPs passed the third stage

Tech industry sheds some light on the planet’s situation via LinkedIn 2024-05-01 at 11:32 By Paul Kunert Kyndryl exec ponders ‘fragility of the planet,’ as Intel and Amazon offer advice Comment  How did you celebrate or contribute to Earth Day? Sharing is caring so we wanted to highlight the thoughts and advice from Kyndryl, formerly

Google Search results polluted by buggy AI-written code frustrate coders 2024-05-01 at 10:48 By Thomas Claburn Pulumi claims it has culled bad infrastructure-as-code samples Analysis  Google has indexed inaccurate infrastructure-as-code samples produced by Pulumi AI – a developer that uses an AI chatbot to generate infrastructure – and the rotten recipes are already appearing at

Huawei’s woes really were just a flesh wound – profits just soared 564 percent 2024-05-01 at 10:16 By Laura Dobberstein The Chinese domestic market doesn’t care about sanctions Huawei’s latest earnings filing revealed that despite US sanctions it still managed to grow its net profits a whopping 564 percent year-on-year.… This article is an excerpt

Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia 2024-05-01 at 10:16 By A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to nearly 22 years (262 months) in prison for attempting to transfer classified documents to Russia. “This sentence should serve as a stark warning

Huawei’s woes really were just a flesh wound – profits just soared by rose 564 percent 2024-05-01 at 10:01 By Laura Dobberstein The Chinese domestic market doesn’t care about sanctions Huawei’s latest earnings filing revealed that despite US sanctions it still managed to grow its net profits a whopping 564 percent year-on-year.… This article is

Java 17 now developers’ favorite brew, with Eclipse Adoptium proving popular too 2024-05-01 at 09:31 By Thomas Claburn New Relic report also sees accelerated uptake of freshly-ground JDK releases The nearly three-year-old Java 17 has overtaken Java 11 as the most widely used long-term support (LTS) version of the programming language, according to app monitors

AWS hits $100B revenue run rate, expands margins, delivers most of Amazon’s profit 2024-05-01 at 09:16 By Simon Sharwood Growth is rather slower than cloudy rivals, but boss Andy Jassy can explain that Amazon Web Services is on track to earn $100 billion of revenue in FY2024, has improved its margins, and provides the bulk

Navigate the new European AI Act and possible global standardization 2024-05-01 at 07:02 By In the realm of global technology regulation, businesses are tasked with fostering innovation while navigating an increasingly intricate regulatory environment. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security’s Top 5 – March 2024 2024-05-01 at 07:02 By In this edition of Security’s Top 5 from Security magazine, we showcase the top stories and new developments from across the security industry throughout March. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source