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Slug slimes aerospace biz AerCap with ransomware, brags about 1TB theft 2024-01-22 at 22:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Loanbase admits massive loss of customer data to thieves, too AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, has reported a ransomware infection that occurred earlier this month, but claims it hasn’t yet suffered any financial losses yet […]

Cyberattack attempts increased 104% in 2023 2024-01-22 at 22:32 By According to a recent cybersecurity report by Armis, geopolitical issues are affecting the cybersecurity landscape, including increased cyberattacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal 2024-01-22 at 22:16 By Tobias Mann Or, you could just rent an expensive Windows VM in the cloud — just a thought, says Redmond You can now officially run Windows 11 on an M-series Mac. Well, at least as a virtual

Travelers take Kayak’s filter function to the max 2024-01-22 at 21:01 By Thomas Claburn Handy feature as FAA expands door inspections to Boeing 737-900ER aircraft On Sunday, the US Federal Aviation Administration recommended that air carriers operating Boeing 737-900ER aircraft conduct a visual inspection of mid-exit door plugs to be certain that doors on the

OpenAI bans long-shot presidential candidate bot for breaking T&Cs 2024-01-22 at 20:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Biden’s challenger model shot down despite super PAC support A ChatGPT-powered bot trained to mimic Congressman Dean Phillips (D-MN) – the long-shot challenger to Joe Biden – is dead before it had a chance to woo voters after OpenAI banned

Tech bros are playing God, Catholic Church’s AI priest complains 2024-01-22 at 19:32 By Paul Kunert Effective altruism blamed for Silicon Valley’s desire to heal humanity’s woes Billionaire tech bros have a “tendency to play God,” according to one of the Almighty’s representatives on Earth.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Sierra Space bursts full-scale inflatable space habitat module 2024-01-22 at 19:17 By Richard Speed Pop goes the test article. As planned Sierra Space has inflated a full-sized test article of its Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) habitat beyond bursting point to demonstrate how the module might behave in the harsh environment of space.… This article

MavenGate Attack Could Let Hackers Hijack Java and Android via Abandoned Libraries 2024-01-22 at 19:01 By Several public and popular libraries abandoned but still used in Java and Android applications have been found susceptible to a new software supply chain attack method called MavenGate. “Access to projects can be hijacked through domain name purchases and

North Korean Hackers Weaponize Fake Research to Deliver RokRAT Backdoor 2024-01-22 at 19:01 By Media organizations and high-profile experts in North Korean affairs have been at the receiving end of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as ScarCruft in December 2023. “ScarCruft has been experimenting with new infection chains, including the use of a

EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who’s checking on them 2024-01-22 at 18:32 By Iain Thomson ‘The federal government has almost entirely abdicated its responsibility’ For a country that prides itself on being free, America does seem to have an awful lot of spying going on, as the new Street Surveillance Hub

Florida man touts central bank digital currency conspiracy theory in re-election bid 2024-01-22 at 18:02 By Laura Dobberstein Talking points echo those of Ramaswamy and DeSantis as they drop out of the race A Florida man has chosen the next cultural wars flashpoint he will rally behind in an effort to mobilize the 2024 US

Burnout epidemic proves there’s too much Rust on the gears of open source 2024-01-22 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge Open source burnout has reared its head once again, this time in relation to the Rust project. However, the issue is not new, nor are the solutions.…

Ivanti and Juniper Networks accused of bending the rules with CVE assignments 2024-01-22 at 17:16 By Connor Jones Critics claim now-fixed vulnerabilities weren’t disclosed, flag up grouping of multiple flaws under one CVE Critics are accusing major tech companies of not sticking to the rules when it comes to registering vulnerabilities with the appropriate authorities.…

Top security conferences in 2024 2024-01-22 at 17:01 By Security magazine brings you a list of the top physical security conferences to attend globally in 2024, including government and private events. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

White goods giant fires legal threats to unplug open source plugin 2024-01-22 at 16:32 By Richard Speed ‘Substantial increase in AWS calls’ triggers takedown notice A plugin and library to permit the control of Haier, Candy, and Hoover appliances recently received takedown requests from Haier Europe’s Security and Governance department.… This article is an excerpt

Subway’s data torpedoed by LockBit, ransomware gang claims 2024-01-22 at 16:02 By Connor Jones Fast food chain could face a footlong recovery process if allegations are true The LockBit ransomware gang is claiming an attack on submarine sandwich slinger Subway, alleging it has made off with a platter of data.… This article is an excerpt

Politicos demand full list of Fujitsu’s public sector contract wins in wake of Post Office scandal 2024-01-22 at 15:33 By Lindsay Clark Committee wants to know which were awarded without competition and more British MPs have written to the country’s Treasury to demand details of all public sector contracts with Fujitsu as the Japanese tech

Tesco techies and Azure jockeys hit the floor during weekend of outages 2024-01-22 at 14:32 By Richard Speed Every little helps. Especially testing and talking to customers It was a tricky weekend for techies – not only did Microsoft’s Azure Resource Manager fall over across the globe on January 21, 2024, local UK retailing giant

52% of Serious Vulnerabilities We Find are Related to Windows 10 2024-01-22 at 14:16 By We analyzed 2,5 million vulnerabilities we discovered in our customer’s assets. This is what we found. Digging into the data The dataset we analyze here is representative of a subset of clients that subscribe to our vulnerability scanning services. Assets

NS-STEALER Uses Discord Bots to Exfiltrate Your Secrets from Popular Browsers 2024-01-22 at 14:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Java-based “sophisticated” information stealer that uses a Discord bot to exfiltrate sensitive data from compromised hosts. The malware, named NS-STEALER, is propagated via ZIP archives masquerading as cracked software, Trellix security researcher Gurumoorthi Ramanathan said in an