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Nokia brainwave turns cell towers into cash cows with backup batteries 2024-02-22 at 20:30 By Dan Robinson Lower operator energy costs or sell power back to grid for $$$ Nokia is tempting mobile network operators with a tool that it thinks will help them monetize the backup battery storage at their cell base station sites.… […]

Web archive user’s $14k BigQuery bill shock after running queries on ‘free’ dataset 2024-02-22 at 19:38 By Lindsay Clark Researcher makes case for default limits after arriving via Python library A user left with a surprise bill for thousands of dollars after running queries on Google’s BigQuery data warehouse has sparked a debate about how

Japanese Yakuza boss charged with nuclear trafficking by the US 2024-02-22 at 18:47 By Richard Speed No, this isn’t a pitch for a Godzilla sequel A Japanese Yakuza leader is being charged with trafficking nuclear materials by US prosecutors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Apple Unveils PQ3 Protocol – Post-Quantum Encryption for iMessage 2024-02-22 at 18:47 By Apple has announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol called PQ3 that it said will be integrated into iMessage to secure the messaging platform against future attacks arising from the threat of a practical quantum computer. “With compromise-resilient encryption and extensive defenses against even highly

Employees saved Musk from himself over Twitter Files 2024-02-22 at 18:17 By Richard Speed Unfettered access to non-public info would have violated FTC order Longtime Twitter staffers saved Elon Musk from himself, according to a letter from the US Federal Trade Commission chair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Ukrainian police arrest father and son in suspected LockBit affiliate double act 2024-02-22 at 17:48 By Connor Jones If they did it, it gives new meaning to quality family time. Meanwhile, key LockBit leaders remain at large Today’s edition of the week-long LockBit leaks reveals a father-son duo was apprehended in Ukraine as part of

Amazon seeks to avoid labor problems by abolishing national regulators 2024-02-22 at 17:17 By Thomas Claburn Big Tech takes aim at Big Government Amazon, currently fighting a legal battle with the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over its treatment of workers, is arguing that the labor agency is unconstitutional. And it’s not the only

Report finds blocklists are still effective in mitigating attacks 2024-02-22 at 17:16 By Web application attacks were analyzed in a recent report by Edgio. The report found that the most prevalent attack mitigated was path traversal.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI is going to need a global investment, just maybe not $7T, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 2024-02-22 at 16:47 By Tobias Mann Maker of sometimes less than accurate AI chatbot reminds everyone not to believe everything you read on the net FDC  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has driven a lot of hype around generative

Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear 2024-02-22 at 16:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Most reports center on AT&T, which has admitted trouble; T-Mobile, Verizon deny issues Residents of the United States woke this morning to find widespread outages in cellular service, with AT&T bearing the brunt of a seemingly nationwide issue.… This article is

Trustwave SpiderLabs: Insights and Solutions to Defend Educational Institutions Against Cyber Threats 2024-02-22 at 16:03 By Security teams responsible for defending educational institutions at higher education and primary school levels often find themselves facing harsh lessons from threat actors who exploit the numerous vulnerabilities inherent in the sector, especially in regard to ransomware. This article

EU wants to make undersea internet cables more resilient 2024-02-22 at 15:55 By Dan Robinson Threat to data means submarine infrastructures should get status of ‘highest possible national significance’ The European Commission has issued recommendations to up the security and resilience of submarine data cables, but says private finance should fund projects to expand capacity,

Microsoft extends Copilot in Windows for Insiders 2024-02-22 at 15:27 By Richard Speed Don’t want to learn how Windows works? Copilot can help you with that Windows Insiders are set to receive more Copilot in Windows features, following an update for the Canary and Dev Channels to add extra functions for users unwilling to click

Boss at one of Microsoft’s largest resellers quits, admits secret share deals 2024-02-22 at 14:32 By Paul Kunert London Stock Exchange listed Bytes Technology Group ‘working to clarify details’ after Neil Murphy resigns Neil Murphy, the boss of Bytes Technology Group – one of Microsoft’s largest cloud and software licensing resellers – has quit with

Safeguarding municipalities against rising cyber threats 2024-02-22 at 14:17 By In an era marked by the escalating frequency of cyberattacks across industries, the public sector emerges as a particularly enticing target for cybercriminals due to its historical vulnerabilities.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Trust in biometric data is declining among consumers 2024-02-22 at 14:17 By Confidence in biometric technology and the security of organizations that store biometric data is declining, according to a new report.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

City council megaproject mulls ditching Oracle after budget balloons to £131M 2024-02-22 at 14:02 By Lindsay Clark As bankrupt local authority slashes services and hikes taxes, consultants enjoy £1k-a-day while system still can’t offer auditable accounts Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, is considering ditching Oracle as its main ERP and HR

Prompt engineering is a task best left to AI models 2024-02-22 at 12:47 By Thomas Claburn Machine-learning boffins find open source neural nets can optimize their own queries Large language models have given rise to the dark art of prompt engineering – a process for composing system instructions that elicit better chatbot responses.… This article

Russian Government Software Backdoored to Deploy Konni RAT Malware 2024-02-22 at 12:46 By An installer for a tool likely used by the Russian Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) has been backdoored to deliver a remote access trojan called Konni RAT (aka UpDog). The findings come from German cybersecurity company DCSO, which linked the activity

A New Age of Hacktivism 2024-02-22 at 12:46 By In the past 2 years, we have observed a significant surge in hacktivism activity due to ongoing wars and geopolitical conflicts in various regions. Since the war against Ukraine began, we have witnessed a notable mobilization of non-state and state-backed actors alike, forming new groups or