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Arm targets AI performance with latest Neoverse Compute Subsystems 2024-02-21 at 18:32 By Dan Robinson More and more obvious what a key market AI is for the chip designer Chip designer Arm has unveiled two additional Neoverse Compute Subsystem blueprints in its portfolio, and is working with Samsung on its next high-performance Cortex-X core on […]

Oracle faces continued legal battle over alleged NetSuite software misrepresentations 2024-02-21 at 17:47 By Lindsay Clark Judge allows fraud case to continue after customer resubmits complaint A judge has allowed a fraud case against Oracle to continue after a customer resubmitted allegations that it was misled about the tasks Big Red’s NetSuite software could perform.…

C-suite execs not immune to downsizing drama at Cisco 2024-02-21 at 17:16 By Paul Kunert Maria Martinez, chief operating officer, is out after role was ‘eliminated’ It isn’t just the little people that switch and router Goliath Cisco is erasing from its ranks in the latest cost-cutting exercise – at least one person in the

Diversifying the security workforce 2024-02-21 at 17:01 By Larry Whiteside, Jr., CISO at RegScale and Co-Founder and President at Cyversity, discusses the importance of diversity within the security workforce and how critical mentorship is when it comes developing talent. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security industry mourns the loss of John L. Sullivan 2024-02-21 at 17:01 By Chief Security and Resiliency Officer, Vice President John L. Sullivan has passed away at the age of 58. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

CVEs expected to increase 25% in 2024 2024-02-21 at 17:01 By According to a recent cybersecurity report, the total number of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) is expected to increase by 25% in 2024. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

ChatGPT starts spouting nonsense in ‘unexpected responses’ shocker 2024-02-21 at 16:46 By Richard Speed Skips the ‘intelligence’ part of generative AI Sometimes generative AI systems can spout gibberish, as OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot users discovered last night.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

LockBit leaks expose nearly 200 affiliates and bespoke data-stealing malware 2024-02-21 at 16:16 By Connor Jones Operation Cronos’s ‘partners’ continue to trickle the criminal empire’s secrets The latest revelation from law enforcement authorities in relation to this week’s LockBit leaks is that the ransomware group had registered nearly 200 “affiliates” over the past two years.…

Report: Average breakout time for intrusive activity is 62 minutes 2024-02-21 at 16:16 By Cyberattackers are getting past defenses quicker than they were in previous years, leaving security leaders with a small window of time to respond.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft retires Azure IoT Central retirement announcement 2024-02-21 at 15:32 By Lindsay Clark And fails to clear up end-of-life debacle Microsoft has now admitted that its recent announcement about retiring a key plank of its Azure IoT platform was a mistake.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Rice isn’t nice for drying your iPhone, according to Apple 2024-02-21 at 15:17 By Richard Currie Old wives revise their official advice With smartphones these days moonlighting as in-flight entertainment when atop the porcelain throne, watery mishaps are bound to happen.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Mustang Panda Targets Asia with Advanced PlugX Variant DOPLUGS 2024-02-21 at 15:17 By The China-linked threat actor known as Mustang Panda has targeted various Asian countries using a variant of the PlugX (aka Korplug) backdoor dubbed DOPLUGS. “The piece of customized PlugX malware is dissimilar to the general type of the PlugX malware that contains

London’s famous BT Tower will become a hotel after £275M sale 2024-02-21 at 14:47 By Dan Robinson Hello room service? Can you call your provider? The Wi-Fi is down. Hello? BT has agreed to sell off its iconic BT Tower for £275 million ($346 million) to a company that intends to convert the central London

New ‘VietCredCare’ Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam 2024-02-21 at 14:32 By Facebook advertisers in Vietnam are the target of a previously unknown information stealer dubbed VietCredCare at least since August 2022. The malware is “notable for its ability to automatically filter out Facebook session cookies and credentials stolen from compromised devices, and assess whether these accounts

6 Ways to Simplify SaaS Identity Governance 2024-02-21 at 14:32 By With SaaS applications now making up the vast majority of technology used by employees in most organizations, tasks related to identity governance need to happen across a myriad of individual SaaS apps. This presents a huge challenge for centralized IT teams who are ultimately

Trident missile test a damp squib after rocket goes ‘plop,’ fails to ignite 2024-02-21 at 14:01 By Richard Speed UK demonstrates prowess at nuking the ocean A UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson said that a failed Trident missile test does not affect Britain’s nuclear deterrent.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

GNOME 46 beta has more tweaks than a coffee shop 2024-02-21 at 13:01 By Liam Proven The future desktop of Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40 is nearly ready GNOME 46 has entered beta testing, and is expected to be released in just over a month.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Microsoft veteran on how to blue screen your way to better testing 2024-02-21 at 12:32 By Richard Speed A crash course on making Windows crash on demand Developers seeking a way of crashing Windows on demand for testing purposes have received a reminder from Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen: NotMyFault is your friend.… This article is

Cybersecurity for Healthcare—Diagnosing the Threat Landscape and Prescribing Solutions for Recovery 2024-02-21 at 12:16 By On Thanksgiving Day 2023, while many Americans were celebrating, hospitals across the U.S. were doing quite the opposite. Systems were failing. Ambulances were diverted. Care was impaired. Hospitals in three states were hit by a ransomware attack, and in that moment,

The successor to Research Unix was Plan 9 from Bell Labs 2024-02-21 at 11:32 By Liam Proven A better UNIX than UNIX isn’t a UNIX at all FOSDEM 2024  To move forwards, you have to let go of the past. In the 1990s that meant incompatibility, but it no longer has to.… This article is