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AMD bagged more market share in server, desktop, mobile at end of 2023 2024-02-09 at 21:47 By Dan Robinson Plus: x86 processor shipments up for the first time in 2 years AMD is steadily accumulating CPU market share, according to new figures from Mercury Research, and Arm-based systems now account for more than 10 percent […]

Making sense of Microsoft’s ‘confusing’ Copilot functionality carnival 2024-02-09 at 21:16 By Richard Speed Designer updates, and AI assistants everywhere Like an incontinent hippo on a helter-skelter, Microsoft has flung out yet more Copilot functionality in the form of enhancements to Designer, an AI-infused image generator.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

CableMod recalls angled GPU power adapters to prevent fiery surprises 2024-02-09 at 20:02 By Dan Robinson Keep your graphics cards safe, people CableMod has issued a recall for all its angled power adapters for GPU cards following reports of them overheating and posing a safety risk.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

California proposes government cloud cluster to sift out nasty AI models 2024-02-09 at 19:32 By Lindsay Clark Big Tech’s home turf set for law to ward against ‘unsafe behavior’ The State of California is proposing legislation to regulate the use of AI, including building a computing cluster to check for their safety.… This article is

Raspberry Robin Malware Upgrades with Discord Spread and New Exploits 2024-02-09 at 19:32 By The operators of Raspberry Robin are now using two new one-day exploits to achieve local privilege escalation, even as the malware continues to be refined and improved to make it stealthier than before. This means that “Raspberry Robin has access to an exploit

Americans received 15 spam calls a month in Q4 2023 2024-02-09 at 19:16 By Fraud calls around the globe were analyzed in a recent report. According to the report, there were 7.3 billion unwanted calls globally in Q3 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Mozilla CEO quits, pushes pivot to data privacy champion… but what about Firefox? 2024-02-09 at 18:47 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Could it have more to do with browser’s ever-increasing irrelevance? Opinion  I know people who even today donate to the Mozilla Foundation and swear by the Firefox web browser. Their numbers are declining by the

250 million-plus reserved IPv4 addresses could be released – but the internet isn’t built to use them 2024-02-09 at 18:05 By Simon Sharwood A new chapter in the long saga of the 240/4 block is being written. If you want more and cheaper IPv4, maybe you should help Activists are again lobbying for more than

AI PC hype bubble swells, but software support lags marketing 2024-02-09 at 17:17 By Dan Robinson Resistance is futile, upgrades are inevitable and so is hardware margin inflation AI hype is now infecting a computer industry that just months ago was still wrestling with how best to define an AI PC. It won’t come as

Fortinet’s week to forget: Critical vulns, disclosure screw-ups, and that toothbrush DDoS attack claim 2024-02-09 at 16:47 By Connor Jones An orchestra of fails for the security vendor We’ve had to write the word “Fortinet” so often lately that we’re considering making a macro just to make our lives a little easier after what the

Cyber security threats are predominantly as-a-service attacks 2024-02-09 at 16:17 By A recent report reveals the key threats businesses have faced in the past six months.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

MoqHao Android Malware Evolves with Auto-Execution Capability 2024-02-09 at 16:17 By Threat hunters have identified a new variant of Android malware called MoqHao that automatically executes on infected devices without requiring any user interaction. “Typical MoqHao requires users to install and launch the app to get their desired purpose, but this new variant requires no execution,” McAfee

Microsoft’s Notepad goes from simple text editor to Copilot conspirator 2024-02-09 at 15:47 By Richard Speed No guarantee it’ll come to Windows proper, but testers can give it a poke Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot is on its way into Notepad, with a release of the application being rolled out to Windows Insiders in the

Ransomware threats increased by twofold in 2023 2024-02-09 at 15:47 By According to a recent report, ransomware attacks almost doubled from 2,200 to 4,200 in 2023. The United States faced the highest number of attacks.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Fort Lee employs ALPR tech for vehicle-centric investigations 2024-02-09 at 15:04 By In an effort to confront the challenges of traffic congestion and transient crime, the city of Fort Lee leveraged automatic license plate recognition technology. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Closure of Windows 10 upgrade path still catching users by surprise 2024-02-09 at 14:50 By Richard Speed That Windows 7 license is little more than a digital paperweight now Microsoft’s decision to close pathways allowing Windows 7 and 8 users to upgrade to Windows 10 is still catching people out, months after the company took

Hands-on Review: Myrror Security Code-Aware and Attack-Aware SCA 2024-02-09 at 14:17 By Introduction The modern software supply chain represents an ever-evolving threat landscape, with each package added to the manifest introducing new attack vectors. To meet industry requirements, organizations must maintain a fast-paced development process while staying up-to-date with the latest security patches. However, in

Curious tale of broken VPNs, the Year 2038, and certs that expired 100 years ago 2024-02-09 at 13:31 By Thomas Claburn It’s not NTP. There’s no way it’s NTP. It was NTP Interview  Back in late 2010, “Zimmie” was working in IT support for a vendor that made VPN devices and an associated operating system.

New Coyote Trojan Targets 61 Brazilian Banks with Nim-Powered Attack 2024-02-09 at 13:01 By Sixty-one banking institutions, all of them originating from Brazil, are the target of a new banking trojan called Coyote. “This malware utilizes the Squirrel installer for distribution, leveraging Node.js and a relatively new multi-platform programming language called Nim as a loader to

Joint European Torus experiments end on a 69 megajoules high 2024-02-09 at 12:46 By Richard Speed Meanwhile ITER’s not slated to start deuterium-tritium ops until 2035 The Joint European Torus (JET) has bowed out with a final hurrah by setting a world record in energy output.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View