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Can a Xilinx FPGA recreate a 1990s Quake-capable 3D card? Yup! Meet the FuryGpu 2024-03-30 at 17:17 By Matthew Connatser The ‘most painful’ part? Coding the Windows drivers If you’ve ever wondered whether a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA can be configured as a homegrown gaming 3D GPU capable of accelerating Quake and other faves from […]

Sega grabs tech layoff baton and dumps couple hundred Euro staff 2024-03-30 at 11:01 By Matthew Connatser Gaming industry clings to ‘Survive 2024’ Sega this week announced it was laying off 240 of its European workforce.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Hackers Target macOS Users with Malicious Ads Spreading Stealer Malware 2024-03-30 at 09:48 By Malicious ads and bogus websites are acting as a conduit to deliver two different stealer malware, including Atomic Stealer, targeting Apple macOS users. The ongoing infostealer attacks targeting macOS users may have adopted different methods to compromise victims’ Macs, but operate

Urgent: Secret Backdoor Found in XZ Utils Library, Impacts Major Linux Distros 2024-03-30 at 07:46 By RedHat on Friday released an “urgent security alert” warning that two versions of a popular data compression library called XZ Utils (previously LZMA Utils) have been backdoored with malicious code designed to allow unauthorized remote access. The software supply chain compromise,

Malicious backdoor sneaks into xz, Linux world’s data compression library and tool 2024-03-30 at 00:01 By Thomas Claburn Red Hat in all caps says STOP USAGE OF ANY FEDORA RAWHIDE INSTANCES Red Hat on Friday warned that a malicious backdoor found in the widely used data compression library called xz may be present in Fedora

Easy-to-use make-me-root exploit lands for recent Linux kernels. Get patching 2024-03-29 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons CVE-2024-1086 turns the page tables on system admins A Linux privilege-escalation proof-of-concept exploit has been published that, according to the bug hunter who developed it, typically works effortlessly on kernel versions between at least 5.14 and 6.6.14. … This article

Overclocking muddies waters for Nvidia’s redesigned RTX 4090 and U.S. sanctions 2024-03-29 at 18:17 By Matthew Connatser Cut-down chips get a big boost US sanctions on China that banned Nvidia’s fastest gaming GPU might be irrelevant thanks to overclocking its slightly slower replacement back to original levels of performance.… This article is an excerpt from

Dormakaba Locks Used in Millions of Hotel Rooms Could Be Cracked in Seconds 2024-03-29 at 17:01 By Security vulnerabilities discovered in Dormakaba’s Saflok electronic RFID locks used in hotels could be weaponized by threat actors to forge keycards and stealthily slip into locked rooms. The shortcomings have been collectively named Unsaflok by researchers Lennert Wouters, Ian Carroll,

How collaborative technology creates secure urban spaces 2024-03-29 at 15:16 By Developing partnerships within the community is a proven tactic to help police improve efficiency and effectiveness and enhance neighborhood safety. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

TheMoon Botnet Resurfaces, Exploiting EoL Devices to Power Criminal Proxy 2024-03-29 at 15:16 By A botnet previously considered to be rendered inert has been observed enslaving end-of-life (EoL) small home/small office (SOHO) routers and IoT devices to fuel a criminal proxy service called Faceless. “TheMoon, which emerged in 2014, has been operating quietly while growing to over 40,000

Farewell .NET 7, support ends in May – we hardly knew you 2024-03-29 at 14:32 By Richard Speed Standard Term Support means only 18 months before retirement Support for Microsoft’s .NET 7 software framework ends in May, a mere 18 months after its 2022 release – a reminder that the days of enterprise-pleasing long-term updates

New, sophisticated phishing-as-a-service platform discovered 2024-03-29 at 14:02 By A new phishing-as-a-service platform has been discovered, and researchers are discussing how it works.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Golden Age of Automated Penetration Testing is Here 2024-03-29 at 14:02 By Network penetration testing plays a vital role in detecting vulnerabilities that can be exploited. The current method of performing pen testing is pricey, leading many companies to undertake it only when necessary, usually once a year for their compliance requirements. This manual

New Linux Bug Could Lead to User Password Leaks and Clipboard Hijacking 2024-03-29 at 13:17 By Details have emerged about a vulnerability impacting the “wall” command of the util-linux package that could be potentially exploited by a bad actor to leak a user’s password or alter the clipboard on certain Linux distributions. The bug, tracked

Amazon fined in Europe for screwing shoppers with underhand dark patterns 2024-03-29 at 12:46 By Thomas Claburn E-commerce titan to appeal sanction amounting to three hours of annual profit Poland’s competition and consumer protection watchdog has fined Amazon’s European subsidiary around $8 million (31.9 million Zlotys) for “dark patterns” that messed around internet shoppers.… This

PyPI Halts Sign-Ups Amid Surge of Malicious Package Uploads Targeting Developers 2024-03-29 at 08:16 By The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository briefly suspended new user sign-ups following an influx of malicious projects uploaded as part of a typosquatting campaign. It said “new project creation and new user registration” was temporarily halted to mitigate what

5 crucial cybersecurity resolutions to embrace this World Backup Day 2024-03-29 at 06:16 By World Backup Day could be the day to institute some resolutions to help plug the gaps and prepare for a world of rising cybercrime and inevitable errors.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Microsoft rolls out safety tools for Azure AI. Hint: More models 2024-03-29 at 04:02 By Thomas Claburn Defenses against prompt injection, hallucination arrive as Feds eye ML risks Microsoft has introduced a set of tools allegedly to help make AI models safer to use in Azure.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Hillary Clinton: 2024 will be ‘ground zero’ for AI election manipulation 2024-03-29 at 02:46 By Jessica Lyons 2016 meddling was ‘primitive’ compared to what’s ahead When it comes to AI possibly influencing elections, 2024 will be “ground zero,” according to Hillary Clinton. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Cloud server host Vultr rips user data ownership clause from ToS after web outrage 2024-03-28 at 23:32 By Tobias Mann We know the average customer doesn’t have a law degree, CEO tells us Cloud server provider Vultr has rapidly revised its terms-of-service after netizens raised the alarm over broad clauses that demanded the “perpetual, irrevocable,