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Trustwave SpiderLabs Uncovers Ov3r_Stealer Malware Spread via Phishing and Facebook Advertising 2024-02-06 at 16:01 By During an Advanced Continual Threat Hunt (ACTH) investigation that took place in early December 2023, Trustwave SpiderLabs discovered Ov3r_Stealer, an infostealer distributed using Facebook advertising and phishing emails. SpiderLabs’ “Facebook Advertising Spreads Novel Malware Variant,” is an in-depth dive into […]

Double trouble for Fortinet customers as pair of critical vulns found in FortiSIEM 2024-02-06 at 15:47 By Connor Jones Admins should get a move on while info is scarce and exploits aren’t yet available Fortinet’s FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two new maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution.… This article is an

Oracle partner gets multimillion top-up after Edinburgh Uni disaster 2024-02-06 at 15:02 By Lindsay Clark More changes required in wake of ERP go-live that left staff and suppliers waiting for payment Scotland’s University of Edinburgh has awarded systems integrator and support company Inoapps an additional £3.6 million ($4.5 million) contract fee for “changes in requirements

GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays 2024-02-06 at 14:17 By Richard Speed Company burned through $61.6M in investment Former cloud native darling Weaveworks has announced that it is closing its doors after failing to get acquired and suffering from a “volatile” cash position.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 2024-02-06 at 13:32 By Liam Proven ‘Noble Numbat’ users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn’t ideal The next major release of KDE Plasma is getting close, but not close enough for the next major Ubuntu release.… This article is an excerpt from The

How a $10B Enterprise Customer Drastically Increased their SaaS Security Posture with 201% ROI by Using SSPM 2024-02-06 at 13:32 By SaaS applications are the darlings of the software world. They enable work from anywhere, facilitate collaboration, and offer a cost-effective alternative to owning the software outright. At the same time, the very features that

New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Connor Jones How good are your takedowns when fresh gangs are linked to previous ops, though? At least 25 new ransomware gangs emerged in 2023, with Akira and 8Base proving the most “successful,” research reveals.… This

Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew’s

EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out 2024-02-06 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Provisional deal will mean companies cannot ‘hinder repair’ The European Parliament has reached a provisional deal on EU regulations to strengthen consumers’ right to repair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war 2024-02-06 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘We have it! Let’s use it’ proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base When high school student David Lightman inadvertently dials into a military mainframe in the 1983 movie WarGames, he invites the supercomputer to play a game called “Global Thermonuclear

Recent SSRF Flaw in Ivanti VPN Products Undergoes Mass Exploitation 2024-02-06 at 10:17 By A recently disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability impacting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure products has come under mass exploitation. The Shadowserver Foundation said it observed exploitation attempts originating from more than 170 unique IP addresses that aim to establish a reverse

CERN seeks €20B to build a bigger, faster, particle accelerator 2024-02-06 at 09:46 By Katyanna Quach The Future Circular Collider, if built, will be three times the size of the LHC CERN wants to build a next-generation particle accelerator that could cost up to €20 billion.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Microsoft brings its cloudy virtual desktops on-prem to AzureStack HCI 2024-02-06 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Just in time to cash in on VMware and Citrix uncertainty Microsoft has announced that its Azure Virtual Desktop offering is available on-prem.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance 2024-02-06 at 07:47 By The U.S. State Department said it’s implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on individuals who are linked to the illegal use of commercial spyware to surveil civil society members. “The misuse of commercial spyware threatens privacy and freedoms of expression,

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong acquitted of stock manipulation charges 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Laura Dobberstein What a surprise, said no one Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong was acquitted of stock manipulation charges related to a 2015 company merger in Seoul Central District Court on Monday.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

The Warning Shot: Two Years Later, Ukraine Is Just the Beginning 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Business leaders should prepare now for the next major geopolitical crisis that could disrupt business models, supply chains and more. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

A Spotlight on Video Surveillance Solutions 2024-02-06 at 07:16 By Security magazine highlights a number of video surveillance solutions, including cameras and video management software (VMS). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

An established AI player is in nasty trouble – in this market? What? Why? 2024-02-06 at 06:02 By Simon Sharwood Australia’s Appen boasted of clients including Amazon and Microsoft. Then work dried up, Gen AI arrived, and Google bailed AI is so hot right now, and assumed to be the future of everything. But troubles

US research body sues chip tech company Japan’s government plans to buy 2024-02-06 at 03:46 By Dan Robinson The stakes are high because the disputed items – photoresists – are essential for EUV lithography The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY RF) is suing a subsidiary of Japan’s JSR Corporation over

Singapore finally deletes its COVID-era contact tracing data 2024-02-06 at 02:17 By Laura Dobberstein Except for the data used for a controversial murder investigation. That stays. Forever Singapore’s government announced on Monday it had deleted almost all the personal data collected from its COVID tracking systems – TraceTogether (TT) and SafeEntry (SE) – as of