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Second Jeju Air 737-800 experiences mechanical issues following deadly crash 2024-12-31 at 20:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Boeing ends abysmal year on an even lower note The disastrous crash of a Boeing 737-800 in South Korea over the weekend, which killed 179 of the 181 people onboard, was followed by a second incident involving Jeju Air. […]

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‘Godfather of artificial intelligence’ Geoffrey Hinton backs Elon Musk’s OpenAI legal battle 2024-12-31 at 19:34 By Taylor Herzlich Geoffrey Hinton is known for his work developing artificial neural networks, the foundation for AI, and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics in October.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews

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US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak 2024-12-31 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations The US Department of the Treasury has admitted that miscreants were in its systems, accessing documents in what has been called a “major incident.”… This article is an excerpt from The

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This sneaky iOS 18 setting shares your photos with Apple — here’s how to turn it off 2024-12-31 at 16:19 By Brooke Kato “It ought to be up to the individual user to decide their own tolerance for the risk of privacy violations,” developer Jeff Johnson argued. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

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Report claims FAA ignores most whistleblower complaints 2024-12-31 at 16:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Officials beg to differ, claiming the author misinterpreted Congressional reports analysis  Concerned about the state of aviation safety? You might be onto something, as the Federal Aviation Administration allegedly dismisses or closes most whistleblower reports without finding violations.… This article is an

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China’s cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024 2024-12-31 at 14:34 By Jessica Lyons From targeted espionage to pre-positioning – not that they are mutually exclusive The Chinese government’s intrusions into America’s telecommunications and other critical infrastructure networks this year appears to signal a shift from cyberspying as usual to prepping for destructive attacks.…

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New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy 2024-12-31 at 13:52 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a final rule carrying out Executive Order (EO) 14117, which prevents mass transfer of citizens’ personal data to countries of concern such as China (including Hong Kong and Macau),

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UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM’s HashiCorp acquisition 2024-12-31 at 09:33 By Richard Speed To the surprise of no one, a multi-billion dollar deal comes under CMA scrutiny The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a merger inquiry into IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Chinese APT Exploits BeyondTrust API Key to Access U.S. Treasury Systems and Documents 2024-12-31 at 08:48 By The United States Treasury Department said it suffered a “major cybersecurity incident” that allowed suspected Chinese threat actors to remotely access some computers and unclassified documents.  “On December 8, 2024, Treasury was notified by a third-party software service

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Misconfigured Kubernetes RBAC in Azure Airflow Could Expose Entire Cluster to Exploitation 2024-12-31 at 07:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft’s Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker to gain the ability to conduct various covert actions, including data exfiltration and malware deployment.

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More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in 2024-12-31 at 01:34 By Jessica Lyons The intrusions allowed Beijing to ‘geolocate millions of individuals’ AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies confirmed that Chinese government-backed snoops accessed portions of their systems earlier this year, while the White House added another, yet-unnamed telecommunications company to the

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Jimmy Carter set the solar, space, and environmental pace 2024-12-30 at 23:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo The former president, passed at 100 this week, was also an early email adopter obituary  American flags throughout the United States are flying at half-mast to honor the life of Jimmy Carter, the 39th and longest-lived US president, who died

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Blue Origin inches closer to the first New Glenn flight 2024-12-30 at 18:49 By Richard Speed Final big tests done and engines fired up for a few seconds. Next stop … space? Blue Origin has successfully performed a hotfire of its New Glenn rocket, paving the way for the vehicle’s first launch in the coming

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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips 2024-12-30 at 15:03 By Every week, the digital world faces new challenges and changes. Hackers are always finding new ways to breach systems, while defenders work hard to keep our data safe. Whether it’s a hidden flaw in popular software or a clever new attack

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New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits 2024-12-30 at 15:03 By The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard patients’ data against potential cyber attacks. The proposal, which seeks to modify

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When Good Extensions Go Bad: Takeaways from the Campaign Targeting Browser Extensions 2024-12-30 at 13:51 By News has been making headlines over the weekend of the extensive attack campaign targeting browser extensions and injecting them with malicious code to steal user credentials. Currently, over 25 extensions, with an install base of over two million users,

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Minimizing CISO personal liability through end of year budgeting 2024-12-30 at 07:20 By To minimize the potential risks to their organizations and their own personal well-being, there are a number of steps CISOs should consider taking as they work to prepare for fiscal year 2025. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s

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It’s only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks 2024-12-29 at 20:36 By Jessica Lyons ‘The greatest concern is with spear phishing and social engineering’ Interview  Now that criminals have realized there’s no need to train their own LLMs for any nefarious purposes – it’s much cheaper and easier to steal credentials

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16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft 2024-12-29 at 20:16 By A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 16 extensions being compromised and exposing over 600,000 users to data exposure and credential theft. The attack targeted publishers of browser extensions on the Chrome Web

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How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub’s meteoric rise 2024-12-28 at 14:51 By Jessica Lyons Cut off one head, two more grow back in its place RansomHub, the ransomware collective that emerged earlier this year, quickly gained momentum, outpacing its criminal colleagues and hitting its victims especially hard. The group named and shamed

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