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Billions lost to fraud and error during UK’s pandemic spending spree 2024-02-09 at 11:31 By Lindsay Clark Watchdog orders a rethink in time for the next emergency UK government must figure out how to share spending data across departments after up to £59 billion ($74.4 billion) in expenditure was lost to fraud and error early […]

Wazuh in the Cloud Era: Navigating the Challenges of Cybersecurity 2024-02-09 at 10:01 By Cloud computing has innovated how organizations operate and manage IT operations, such as data storage, application deployment, networking, and overall resource management. The cloud offers scalability, adaptability, and accessibility, enabling businesses to achieve sustainable growth. However, adopting cloud technologies into your

NASA finally launches PACE Earth science satellite 2024-02-09 at 09:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘New era of ocean science’ hoped to follow debut of billion-dollar plankton-spotter NASA has successfully launched PACE, its latest near-billion-dollar climate-monitoring satellite that will study how microscopic plankton and aerosol particles are impacted by global warming.… This article is an excerpt from

Stealthy Zardoor Backdoor Targets Saudi Islamic Charity Organizations 2024-02-09 at 09:03 By An unnamed Islamic non-profit organization in Saudi Arabia has been targeted as part of a stealthy cyber espionage campaign designed to drop a previously undocumented backdoor called Zardoor. Cisco Talos, which discovered the activity in May 2023, said the campaign has likely persisted since

Cloudflare joins the ‘we found ways to run our kit for longer’ club 2024-02-09 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood Finds modest savings, but isn’t modest about ability to land big customers or sell AI Cloudflare has joined the ranks of hyperscalers that have delayed replacement of their hardware, telling investors it’s found a way to

Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiOS SSL VPN Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation 2024-02-09 at 07:46 By Fortinet has disclosed a new critical security flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN that it said is likely being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21762 (CVSS score: 9.6), allows for the execution of arbitrary code and commands. “A out-of-bounds write vulnerability [CWE-787]

India to make its digital currency programmable 2024-02-09 at 07:32 By Laura Dobberstein Reserve Bank also wants a national 2FA framework The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on Thursday it would make its digital currency programmable, and ensure it can be exchanged when citizens are offline.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

The voices of security 2024-02-09 at 07:16 By From leadership advice to explorations of emerging security threats, guests on The Security Podcasts share career stories for the good of the industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Learning to say “no” in your security career 2024-02-09 at 07:16 By Security leaders all want to prove their value, pull their weight, support the team. But saying no appropriately and strategically goes to the heart of leadership. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crime gang targeted jobseekers across Asia, looted two million email addresses 2024-02-09 at 06:17 By Laura Dobberstein That listing for a gig that looked too good to be true may have been carrying SQL injection code Singapore-based infosec firm Group-IB has detected a group that spent the last two months of 2023 stealing personal info

Warning: New Ivanti Auth Bypass Flaw Affects Connect Secure and ZTA Gateways 2024-02-09 at 06:02 By Ivanti has alerted customers of yet another high-severity security flaw in its Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA gateway devices that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-22024, is rated 8.3 out of 10 on the

How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists 2024-02-09 at 05:32 By Tobias Mann Capitalism made communism stronger The US has gone to great lengths to stifle China’s fledgling semiconductor industry and deprive it of the tools to develop AI models. Yet a newly published congressional report

Uncle Sam sweetens the pot with $15M bounty on Hive ransomware gang members 2024-02-09 at 05:02 By Jessica Lyons Honor among thieves about to be put to the test The US government has placed an extra $5 million bounty on Hive ransomware gang members – its second such reward in a year. And it also

Mitchell Baker logs off for good as CEO of Firefox maker Mozilla 2024-02-09 at 04:16 By Thomas Claburn HTTP 301 Moved Permanently Mitchell Baker announced on Thursday she’s stepping down as CEO of Firefox maker Mozilla Corporation to resume her role as executive chair of the not-for-profit software house.… This article is an excerpt from

Google silences Bard, restrings it as Gemini with optional $20-a-month upgrade 2024-02-09 at 03:33 By Katyanna Quach Say Gemini again, I dare you. I double dare you. Say Gemini one more goddamn time Google on Thursday said it is bringing Gemini Ultra – its most powerful large language model yet – to the world in

FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins 2024-02-09 at 02:31 By Jessica Lyons Never mind the court orders obtained to thwart Volt Typhoon botnet Analysis  The FBI’s latest PR salvo, as it fights to preserve its warrantless snooping powers on Americans via FISA Section 702, is more big talk of

Fake LastPass lookalike made it into Apple App Store 2024-02-09 at 00:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo No walled garden can keep out every weed, we suppose LastPass says a rogue application impersonating its popular password manager made it past Apple’s gatekeepers and was listed in the iOS App Store for unsuspecting folks to download and install.…

With $1B to burn on green tech, HSBC seeks Google’s help 2024-02-08 at 22:46 By Tobias Mann The clock’s ticking on those 2030 net zero climate goals Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, has tapped Google Cloud to make sure a proposed $1 billion in investments go to green tech startups and don’t end up in the

Sorry, scammers: The FCC says AI robocalls are definitely illegal 2024-02-08 at 20:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Existing telemarketing abuse laws apply to AI voices, too, says Commission The US Federal Communications Commission has finally formally declared AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal, and it didn’t even need a new law to get the job done.… This

Apple and Samsung tussle over whose gizmos are hardest to fix 2024-02-08 at 20:01 By Richard Speed Chromebooks earn ‘Least Likely to Survive a Screwdriver’ award The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has published a study showing that Apple has work to do to make its laptops more easily repairable. At the same time, Samsung