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Canva acquires Affinity, further wounding a regulator-bruised Adobe 2024-03-26 at 19:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Yet another reason to reconsider that overpriced Creative Cloud subscription Canva is stepping up its competition with Adobe for creative software dominance with the acquisition of popular creative software suite Affinity.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original […]

Malicious NuGet Package Linked to Industrial Espionage Targets Developers 2024-03-26 at 19:31 By Threat hunters have identified a suspicious package in the NuGet package manager that’s likely designed to target developers working with tools made by a Chinese firm that specializes in industrial- and digital equipment manufacturing. The package in question is SqzrFramework480, which ReversingLabs said was first

Uncle Sam’s had it up to here with ‘unforgivable’ SQL injection flaws 2024-03-26 at 18:46 By Connor Jones Software slackers urged to up their game The US has clearly had enough of software vendors shipping products with “unforgivable” vulnerabilities, and is now urging them to launch formal code reviews to stamp out SQL injection flaws.…

Nvidia software exec Kari Briski on NIM, CUDA, and dogfooding AI 2024-03-26 at 18:17 By Thomas Claburn A RAGs to riches story Interview  Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference concluded last week, bringing word of the company’s Blackwell chips and the much-ballyhooed wonders of AI, with all the dearly purchased GPU hardware that implies.… This article is

SK hynix said to be building $4B memory packaging plant in Indiana 2024-03-26 at 18:17 By Matthew Connatser Up and running in 2028, making crucial HBM, among other tech, reportedly High-bandwidth memory (HBM) leader SK hynix is set to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, which is estimated to cost $4 billion and come

67% of businesses sync on-premises passwords to cloud environments 2024-03-26 at 18:16 By New research provides key insights and classifications regarding the threats that identity security teams face.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SAP ordered to pay $26.4M in South Africa energy firm dispute 2024-03-26 at 17:47 By Lindsay Clark SA Special Investigating Unit orders payment within 7 days following alleged breach of public finance laws A Special Tribunal in South Africa has ordered the German software giant SAP to pay a R500 million ($26.4 million, £20.9 million)

Microsoft gets new Windows boss as Start Menu man Parakhin ‘to explore new roles’ 2024-03-26 at 17:02 By Richard Speed More MS moves just a week after new AI unit and other changes announced Microsoft just put Pavan Davuluri in charge of the company’s Windows and Surface teams, while Windows exec Mikhail Parakhin is “to

UXL Foundation readying alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA for this year 2024-03-26 at 16:31 By Dan Robinson An open standard challenger appears The UXL Foundation is readying its open standard accelerator programming model, touted by some as an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA platform, for “a spec release in Q4.”… This article is an excerpt from The

Sun Microsystems co-founder charged with insider trading 2024-03-26 at 16:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Andreas Bechtolsheim is paying out less than $1M to SEC amid allegations he illegally bought options A Silicon Valley heavyweight has been charged with insider trading by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals, but DEF CON hackers have a plan 2024-03-26 at 15:32 By Jessica Lyons ARPA-H joins the challenge, adds $20M to cash rewards Interview  As ransomware gangs target critical infrastructure – especially hospitals and other healthcare organizations – DARPA has added another government agency partner to its Artificial

Agent Tesla’s New Ride: The Rise of a Novel Loader 2024-03-26 at 15:02 By Bernard Bautista Malware loaders, critical for deploying malware, enable threat actors to deliver and execute malicious payloads, facilitating criminal activities like data theft and ransomware. Utilizing advanced evasion techniques, loaders bypass security measures and exploit various distribution channels for extensive impact,

Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon 2024-03-26 at 14:46 By Richard Speed Looking for feedback before pressing the production button European cloud provider Scaleway showed off its new RISC-V servers at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF’s) Kubecon Europe 2024 event.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

U.S. Charges 7 Chinese Nationals in Major 14-Year Cyber Espionage Operation 2024-03-26 at 14:16 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday unsealed indictments against seven Chinese nationals for their involvement in a hacking group that targeted U.S. and foreign critics, journalists, businesses, and political officials for about 14 years. The defendants include Ni

Crafting Shields: Defending Minecraft Servers Against DDoS Attacks 2024-03-26 at 14:16 By Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, threatening server functionality, player experience, and the game’s reputation. Despite the prevalence of DDoS attacks on the game, the majority of incidents go

Cybercriminals can leverage March Madness as bait for attacks 2024-03-26 at 14:01 By March Madness, like any other major public event, may provide a platform for malicious actors to work.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Good news: HMRC offers a Linux version of Basic PAYE Tools. Bad news: It broke 2024-03-26 at 13:47 By Liam Proven Python 2 has been dead for four years Did you know that His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offers free Linux tools? Sadly, though, they recently stopped working.… This article is an excerpt from

Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme 2024-03-26 at 13:17 By Lindsay Clark Selection comes despite Japanese supplier’s role in Post Office scandal A UK government-endorsed ID card scheme is set to appoint Fujitsu as a business outsourcing supplier despite the Japanese company’s earlier promise to refrain from participating in UK

FreeBSD Foundation hands out Beacon gongs for safer software 2024-03-26 at 12:31 By Liam Proven Multiple CHERI-related projects win money for important research that prizes safety over speed The inaugural Beacon Awards has handed three prizes to projects working on safer software for CHERI-enabled hardware running on the CheriBSD operating system.… This article is an

UK elections are unaffected by China’s cyber-interference, says deputy PM 2024-03-26 at 11:32 By Connor Jones Sanctions galore for APT31, which has been blamed for two major attacks on democracy The UK’s deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, says China has been unsuccessful in its attempts to undermine UK elections.… This article is an excerpt from