Uncategorized

The EU-US Trade and Tech Council sounds fancy but, really, what’s the point? 2024-01-25 at 21:34 By Dan Robinson Nothing like an informal talking shop dressed up as formal transatlantic cooperation The next meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) will take place in Washington DC next week to discuss mutual approaches to […]

Top cybersecurity conferences in 2024 2024-01-25 at 21:33 By Cybersecurity conferences provide security leaders around the world with an opportunity to connect with one another, from students to executives. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Missed expectations, zero guidance: Tesla’s ‘great year’ was anything but 2024-01-25 at 20:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘This was a 101 how not to do a conference call,’ says Wall St expert When Elon Musk says Tesla had a “great year,” it’s best to read between the lines – especially after such a disastrous quarterly earnings

AI-driven booze bouncers can ID you with face scan 2024-01-25 at 20:01 By Richard Currie Cheerio to cheeky Chardonnay chancers Good news for older boozehounds – the UK government plans to inject age estimation AI into supermarket alcohol sales.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

US suffered cyberattacks from 168 threat actors in 2023 2024-01-25 at 20:01 By Critical infrastructure attacks were analyzed in a recent report. The report found more than 420 million attacks between January and December 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

ServiceNow banks double digit sales gains amid push into enterprise workflow 2024-01-25 at 19:03 By Lindsay Clark Beats analyst estimates, talks up genAI and yet share price wobbles briefly ServiceNow booked a 20 percent leap in subscriptions for the final three months of 2023, causing it to hike financial forecasts for this year – but

Tiny asteroid’s earthly fireworks predicted with pinpoint accuracy by NASA 2024-01-25 at 18:32 By Richard Speed Last year it was over France. This year it was over Germany. Where will the rocks strike next? A NASA system has accurately predicted where and when an asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere.… This article is an excerpt from

Microsoft hits $3 trillion as investors drink AI Kool-Aid 2024-01-25 at 17:47 By Richard Speed That’s not to say Redmond hasn’t had significant Windows of misfortune Microsoft has crossed the $3 trillion valuation threshold thanks in no small part to investors buying into the company’s AI vision.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

SystemBC Malware’s C2 Server Analysis Exposes Payload Delivery Tricks 2024-01-25 at 17:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the command-and-control (C2) server of a known malware family called SystemBC. “SystemBC can be purchased on underground marketplaces and is supplied in an archive containing the implant, a command-and-control (C2) server, and a web administration portal written

Telco giants show it’s tough selling 5G kit right now 2024-01-25 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Ericsson straps in for rough year, while Nokia bets on recovery in second half Telecom giants Nokia and Ericsson both saw sales drop for the final quarter of 2023, blaming tough economic conditions for weak network operator spending. While

EquiLend drags systems offline after admitting attacker broke in 2024-01-25 at 16:01 By Connor Jones Securities lender processes trillions of dollars worth of Wall Street transactions every day US securities lender EquiLend has pulled a number of its systems offline after a security “incident” in which an attacker gained “unauthorized access”.… This article is an

IBM talks up cost savings, including ‘workforce rebalancing’ 2024-01-25 at 15:31 By Paul Kunert Real estate consolidation, ‘productivity initiatives’ mean Big Blue is upping annual savings target to $3B IBM is recasting its ambitions for annual run rate cost savings by upping the target by another $1 billion, and will pull multiple levers to get

Trustwave SpiderLabs Detects Spike in Greatness Phishing Kit Attacks on Microsoft 365 Users 2024-01-25 at 15:01 By Trustwave SpiderLabs is tracking a spike in usage of the Greatness phishing kit to attack Microsoft 365 users to distribute malicious HTML attachments that steal login credentials. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

Top-tier IT talent doesn’t stick around in ‘mid-market’ organizations 2024-01-25 at 14:33 By Richard Speed Though that might be the least of their worries, according to this report Despite the specter of IT layoffs, top talent has no difficulty switching employers, according to new research by integrator Advania.… This article is an excerpt from The

LODEINFO Fileless Malware Evolves with Anti-Analysis and Remote Code Tricks 2024-01-25 at 14:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an updated version of a backdoor called LODEINFO that’s distributed via spear-phishing attacks. The findings come from Japanese company ITOCHU Cyber & Intelligence, which said the malware “has been updated with new features, as well as changes to the anti-analysis (analysis

Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks – Patch ASAP! 2024-01-25 at 14:32 By The maintainers of the open-source continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) automation software Jenkins have resolved nine security flaws, including a critical bug that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE). The issue, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-23897,

UK Civil Aviation Authority ponders vertiports for flying taxis 2024-01-25 at 14:02 By Richard Speed eVTOL to use existing aerodrome infrastructure The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is looking at design proposals for vertiports at existing aerodromes as the UK begins deliberation over the potential arrival of air taxis.… This article is an excerpt from

Cyber Threat Landscape: 7 Key Findings and Upcoming Trends for 2024 2024-01-25 at 13:32 By The 2023/2024 Axur Threat Landscape Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest cyber threats. The information combines data from the platform’s surveillance of the Surface, Deep, and Dark Web with insights derived from the in-depth research and investigations conducted

Psst … wanna jailbreak ChatGPT? Thousands of malicious prompts for sale 2024-01-25 at 13:16 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Turns out it’s pretty easy to make the model jump its own guardrails Criminals are getting increasingly adept at crafting malicious AI prompts to get data out of ChatGPT, according to Kaspersky, which spotted 249 of these

Apple’s Vision Pro costs big bucks to buy and repair … just don’t mention the box design 2024-01-25 at 12:32 By Paul Kunert Still, up to 180,000 units sold under pre-order and China gray market prepping locals The old joke among less experienced tech product reviewers is that writing the review starts with opening the