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Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban 2024-02-12 at 21:17 By Jessica Lyons No photos? No, second operation Dutch health insurers are reportedly forcing breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts prior to reconstructive surgery despite a government ban on precisely that.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

10M reward offered for information on Hive ransomware members 2024-02-12 at 21:17 By The United States Department of State is offering monetary rewards for those who can aid in the location and apprehension of Hive ransomware members.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your PII is stolen 2024-02-12 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before The US Federal Communications Commission’s updated reporting requirements mean telecos will have just seven days to officially disclose that a criminal has broken into their systems.… This

LeoLabs lands $29M to dodge space junk with AI smarts 2024-02-12 at 20:17 By Richard Speed Bucks needed to keep an eye on Buck Rogers LeoLabs, a company noted for cataloging objects in low Earth orbit, has scored another $29 million in financing for its AI-powered tracking tech.… This article is an excerpt from The

Jet engine dealer to major airlines discloses ‘unauthorized activity’ 2024-02-12 at 19:32 By Connor Jones Pulls part of system offline as Black Basta docs suggest the worst Willis Lease Finance Corporation has admitted to US regulators that it fell prey to a “cybersecurity incident” after data purportedly stolen from the biz was posted to the

SAP makes last-minute change to replacement for 80-year-old co-founder 2024-02-12 at 18:46 By Lindsay Clark After lining up someone to fill Hasso Plattner’s seat, German ERP giant finds candidate has ‘difference in perspective’ Enterprise software developer SAP has made a last-minute change to the planned replacement of its 80-year-old co-founder as chairman of its supervisory

Drowning in code: The ever-growing problem of ever-growing codebases 2024-02-12 at 18:01 By Liam Proven The speedier computing cake is a lie… so we got software bloat instead FOSDEM 2024  The computer industry faces a number of serious problems, some imposed by physics, some by legacy technology, and some by inertia. There may be solutions

Uncle Sam officially opens funding gates for silicon R&D 2024-02-12 at 17:03 By Dan Robinson $5B investment part of $53B bet to reboot semiconductor industry The US government says it will inject more than $5 billion in the CHIPS R&D program, including funds to boost skills in the semiconductor sector to form the National Semiconductor

Cisco wields axe again as results season swings around 2024-02-12 at 16:32 By Paul Kunert In an industry addicted to job cuts, 34,000 staff roles vanished in first six weeks of 2024 More than 34,000 tech staff who started 2024 in gainful employment are now looking for a new job – and that’s before networking

Consumers lost over $10 billion to fraud in 2023 2024-02-12 at 16:01 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released data revealing that consumers lost over $10 billion to fraud in 2023, at 14% increase from 2022. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Elon Musk can’t wriggle out of SEC Twitter fraud inquiry 2024-02-12 at 15:47 By Richard Currie Lawyers argue requests for more info are tantamount to harassment A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ordering tech mogul Elon Musk to return for additional testimony in their investigation of his

Rhysida Ransomware Cracked, Free Decryption Tool Released 2024-02-12 at 15:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an “implementation vulnerability” that has made it possible to reconstruct encryption keys and decrypt data locked by Rhysida ransomware. The findings were published last week by a group of researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency

Report: AI cybersecurity market projected to exceed $133 billion 2024-02-12 at 15:16 By According to a recent report, the global AI cybersecurity market is expected to pass $133 billion from 2023 to 2030.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Europe’s largest caravan club admits wide array of personal data potentially accessed 2024-02-12 at 15:01 By Connor Jones Experts also put an end to social media security updates The Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC) and the experts it drafted to help clean up the mess caused by a January cyberattack still can’t figure out whether

CISA and other US agencies release advisory on PRC threat actor 2024-02-12 at 14:31 By CISA published a cybersecurity advisory alongside other agencies due to malicious activity by a PRC state-sponsored cyber actor known as Volt Typhoon. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ukraine claims Russian military is using Starlink 2024-02-12 at 14:01 By Richard Speed Musk: No terminals have been sold to Russia ‘to the best of our knowledge’ SpaceX supremo Elon Musk has waded into controversy over the alleged use of Starlink by Russian forces.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

CISA and OpenSSF Release Framework for Package Repository Security 2024-02-12 at 13:31 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it’s partnering with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) Securing Software Repositories Working Group to publish a new framework to secure package repositories. Called the Principles for Package Repository Security, the framework aims to establish

4 Ways Hackers use Social Engineering to Bypass MFA 2024-02-12 at 13:31 By When it comes to access security, one recommendation stands out above the rest: multi-factor authentication (MFA). With passwords alone being simple work for hackers, MFA provides an essential layer of protection against breaches. However, it’s important to remember that MFA isn’t foolproof.

Neural networks are reportedly helping criminals create cheap virtual fake IDs online 2024-02-12 at 13:16 By Katyanna Quach Plus: Computer scientists win $700k in AI competition to decipher ancient scrolls destroyed in Mount Vesuvius eruption, and more AI in brief  A dodgy website is claiming to use AI in creating images of fake IDs that

Why Are Compromised Identities the Nightmare to IR Speed and Efficiency? 2024-02-12 at 12:46 By Incident response (IR) is a race against time. You engage your internal or external team because there’s enough evidence that something bad is happening, but you’re still blind to the scope, the impact, and the root cause. The common set