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Microsoft warns deepfake election subversion is disturbingly easy 2024-04-02 at 18:17 By Jessica Lyons Simple stuff like slapping on a logo fools more folks and travels further As hundreds of millions of voters around the globe prepare to elect their leaders this year, there’s no question that trolls will try to sway the outcomes using […]

French lawmakers take a swing at cloud monopolies 2024-04-02 at 17:32 By Richard Speed Action gathers steam in the EU, US and UK as anti-trust teams collate market feedback The Cloud Infrastructure Providers In Europe (CISPE) lobby group has welcomed an agreement among French lawmakers that it claims “will enshrine fair software licensing for cloud

Rubrik files to go public following alliance with Microsoft 2024-04-02 at 16:47 By Lindsay Clark Cloud cyber resilience model could raise $700M despite $278M losses Cloud security provider Rubrik has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange following a flurry of similar flotations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Malicious Code in XZ Utils for Linux Systems Enables Remote Code Execution 2024-04-02 at 16:46 By The malicious code inserted into the open-source library XZ Utils, a widely used package present in major Linux distributions, is also capable of facilitating remote code execution, a new analysis has revealed. The audacious supply chain compromise, tracked as CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS

FTC denies new COPPA application 2024-04-02 at 16:16 By The FTC denied an application for approval of a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Starlink clashes with Telecom Italia over frequency data sharing 2024-04-02 at 16:01 By Dan Robinson Refusal to play ball may result in satellite operator moving investment elsewhere Starlink is reportedly facing obstructions to its expansion in the Mediterranean from Telecom Italia, which it claims is refusing to share data that would help to avoid interference

Polish officials may face criminal charges in Pegasus spyware probe 2024-04-02 at 15:17 By Jessica Lyons Victims of the powerful surveillance tool will soon find out the truth Former Polish government officials may face criminal charges following an investigation into their use of the notorious spyware Pegasus to surveil political opponents and others.… This article

Government agencies collaborate on a guide to address DDoS attacks 2024-04-02 at 15:16 By The CISA and the FBI have partnered with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) to release a guideline for organizations to defend against DDoS attacks.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

INC Ransom claims to be behind ‘cyber incident’ at UK city council 2024-04-02 at 14:31 By Connor Jones This follows attack on NHS services in Scotland last week The cyber skids at INC Ransom are claiming responsbility for the ongoing cybersecurity incident at Leicester City Council, according to a post caught by eagle-eyed infosec watchers.…

Harnessing the Power of CTEM for Cloud Security 2024-04-02 at 14:31 By Cloud solutions are more mainstream – and therefore more exposed – than ever before. In 2023 alone, a staggering 82% of data breaches were against public, private, or hybrid cloud environments. What’s more, nearly 40% of breaches spanned multiple cloud environments. The average

Microsoft Teams decouples from Office 365 suite globally 2024-04-02 at 13:32 By Iain Thomson Licenses everywhere can omit collaboration app thanks to EU regulators For those not keen on Microsoft Teams, help is in hand – European Union requirements to unbundle the software from Office 365 will be implemented globally.… This article is an excerpt

Happy 20th birthday Gmail, you’re mostly grown up – now fix the spam 2024-04-02 at 12:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Senders of more than 5K messages a day are in the crosshairs It was 20 years ago on Monday that Google unleashed Gmail on the world, and the chocolate factory is celebrating with new rules that

Intel courts devs with open arms and exotic hardware 2024-04-02 at 11:47 By Richard Speed Is Developer Cloud enough to steal Nvidia’s thunder? Interview  Intel is attempting to woo developers to its cloud with early access to unreleased hardware and a born-again attitude to open source in a bid to differentiate itself from competitors.… This

Apple’s GoFetch silicon security fail was down to an obsession with speed 2024-04-02 at 10:32 By Rupert Goodwins Ye cannae change the laws of physics, but you can change your mind Opinion  Apple is good at security. It’s good at processors. Thus GoFetch, a major security flaw in its processor architecture, is a double whammy.…

Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in ‘Incognito Mode’ Privacy Lawsuit Settlement 2024-04-02 at 10:32 By Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users’ browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser. The class action, filed

VMware by Broadcom plots pair of Cloud Foundation releases that will show off its strategy 2024-04-02 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood But unhappy European buyers have called for regulators to step in Exclusive  VMware by Broadcom will deliver a significant update to its flagship Cloud Foundation bundle in the middle of this year and follow

Huawei’s cloud unit is its current growth vehicle 2024-04-02 at 09:16 By Laura Dobberstein Big in China – and a presence elsewhere, but not at a scale to worry global hyperscalers On Friday, China’s Huawei Technologies released its annual report in which it revealed its cloud computing business was its fastest growing established segment.… This

Massive Phishing Campaign Strikes Latin America: Venom RAT Targeting Multiple Sectors 2024-04-02 at 08:47 By The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a new massive phishing campaign that targets a wide range of sectors in Latin America with the goal of deploying Venom RAT. The attacks primarily singled out hotel, travel, trading, financial, manufacturing,

Japan’s moon lander sparks joy by making it through a second lunar night 2024-04-02 at 07:01 By Simon Sharwood Brief awakening brought mixed news and familiar scenery Japan’s Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) late last week revealed that its Moon lander had – somewhat unexpectedly – mostly survived a second lunar night and was briefly well