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RustDoor macOS Backdoor Targets Cryptocurrency Firms with Fake Job Offers 2024-02-16 at 16:46 By Several companies operating in the cryptocurrency sector are the target of a newly discovered Apple macOS backdoor codenamed RustDoor. RustDoor was first documented by Bitdefender last week, describing it as a Rust-based malware capable of harvesting and uploading files, as well as gathering […]

Cambridge brainiacs propose AI apocalypse kill switches 2024-02-16 at 15:49 By Tobias Mann Better visibility and performance caps would be good for regulation too In our quest to limit the destructive potential of artificial intelligence, a new paper out of the University of Cambridge has suggested baking in remote kill switches and lockouts, like those

Use reliable intel to make informed decisions in a crisis 2024-02-16 at 15:02 By With geopolitical threats on the rise, organizations are finding the impact misinformation has had on making critical decisions in a time of crisis. I This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Forgetting the history of Unix is coding us into a corner 2024-02-16 at 14:32 By Liam Proven The lessons of yesteryear’s OS are getting lost in translation FOSDEM 2024  There are vital lessons to be learned from the history of Unix, but they’re being forgotten. This is leading to truly vast amounts of wasted effort.…

Cutting kids off from the dark web – the solution can only ever be social 2024-02-16 at 14:02 By Connor Jones Expert weighs in after Brianna Ghey murder amid worrying rates of child cybercrime The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children’s access to the dark web in the

Malicious ‘SNS Sender’ Script Abuses AWS for Bulk Smishing Attacks 2024-02-16 at 13:46 By A malicious Python script known as SNS Sender is being advertised as a way for threat actors to send bulk smishing messages by abusing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Notification Service (SNS). The SMS phishing messages are designed to propagate malicious links that

Why We Must Democratize Cybersecurity 2024-02-16 at 13:46 By With breaches making the headlines on an almost weekly basis, the cybersecurity challenges we face are becoming visible not only to large enterprises, who have built security capabilities over the years, but also to small to medium businesses and the broader public. While this is creating

Alpha Ransomware Emerges From NetWalker Ashes 2024-02-16 at 13:03 By Threat Hunter Team Emergent ransomware operation has strong links with shuttered NetWalker. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Alpha Ransomware Emerges From NetWalker Ashes 2024-02-16 at 13:03 By Threat Hunter Team Emergent ransomware operation has strong links with shuttered NetWalker. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Alpha Ransomware Emerges From NetWalker Ashes 2024-02-16 at 13:03 By Threat Hunter Team Emergent ransomware operation has strong links with shuttered NetWalker. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

NASA extinguishes experiment about setting things on fire in space 2024-02-16 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Saffire concludes after eight years of flaming good times NASA has concluded its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire) with a test onboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft after it departed from the International Space Station (ISS).… This article is

U.S. State Government Network Breached via Former Employee’s Account 2024-02-16 at 10:04 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed state government organization’s network environment was compromised via an administrator account belonging to a former employee. “This allowed the threat actor to successfully authenticate to an internal virtual private

Apple makes it official: No Home Screen web apps in Europe 2024-02-16 at 09:50 By Thomas Claburn iBiz expresses regret for the impact of its entirely avoidable decision Apple confirmed on Thursday it will not support Home Screen web apps – commonly referred to as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) – on iOS devices in Europe

U.S. Government Disrupts Russian-Linked Botnet Engaged in Cyber Espionage 2024-02-16 at 09:01 By The U.S. government on Thursday said it disrupted a botnet comprising hundreds of small office and home office (SOHO) routers in the country that was put to use by the Russia-linked APT28 actor to conceal its malicious activities. “These crimes included vast

Microsoft says it’ll throw €3.2B at AI ops in Germany 2024-02-16 at 08:32 By Katyanna Quach What’s the wurst that could happen? Microsoft has promised to splash €3.2 billion (£2.7 billion, $3.4 billion) on AI infrastructure and datacenters in Germany over the next two years.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

India seeks Artificial Wisdom and plans city-scale digital twin 2024-02-16 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Calls for collaborators willing to play buzzword bingo on project – 5G, IoT, AI, AR/VR, blockhain, Web3, and plenty more besides India’s government has created a project it hopes will result in creation of a city-scale digital twin to help

India won’t become a semiconductor superpower anytime soon, says think tank 2024-02-16 at 06:02 By Laura Dobberstein $10 billion subsidies predicted to deliver just five modest fabs by 2029 India’s drive to become a semiconductor superpower is likely to result in the creation of just five chip fabs by the year 2029, and the most

Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste 2024-02-16 at 03:32 By Jessica Lyons Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay almost $5 million to settle allegations it illegally dumped protected health information

X accused of taking money from terrorists by selling checkmarks to US enemies 2024-02-16 at 02:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Premium punters in the illustrious company of Hezbollah, Iranian militias, sanctioned Russian banks Elon Musk’s X has been accused of flouting US sanctions by providing verified accounts to individuals and entities affiliated with Hezbollah, Iran, Russia,

Apple Vision Pro units returned as folks just can’t see themselves using it 2024-02-16 at 01:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Headaches, eyestrain, lack of killer apps cited as some seek refunds The 14-day return-for-full-refund-no-questions-asked deadline for early adopters of Apple’s Vision Pro “spatial computing” headset is approaching, and some buyers are openly sharing their decision to