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FTC blocks data broker from selling information 2024-01-12 at 18:31 By The FTC has prohibited X-Mode Social and Outlogic from selling or sharing sensitive data to settle allegations regarding precise location data. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Going green Hertz: Rental giant axes third of EV fleet over lack of demand 2024-01-12 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Company expects $245 million hit due to depreciation Rental giant Hertz is backing away from electric vehicles (EVs) and plans to sell off a third of its global fleet of battery-powered cars.… This article is

Media experts cry foul over AI’s free lunch of copyrighted content 2024-01-12 at 17:02 By Katyanna Quach US senators want to know how chatbots represent an existential crisis to journalism and democracy Tech companies should compensate news publishers for training AI models on their copyrighted content, media experts told senators in a hearing this week.…

Nation-State Actors Weaponize Ivanti VPN Zero-Days, Deploying 5 Malware Families 2024-01-12 at 16:17 By As many as five different malware families were deployed by suspected nation-state actors as part of post-exploitation activities leveraging two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN appliances since early December 2023. “These families allow the threat actors to circumvent authentication and

Medusa Ransomware on the Rise: From Data Leaks to Multi-Extortion 2024-01-12 at 16:17 By The threat actors associated with the Medusa ransomware have ramped up their activities following the debut of a dedicated data leak site on the dark web in February 2023 to publish sensitive data of victims who are unwilling to agree to their demands.

Microsoft suggests command line fiddling to get faulty Windows 10 update installed 2024-01-12 at 16:03 By Richard Speed Unhelpful error codes, complex fixes … When did Windows turn into Linux? Microsoft sent yet another problematic patch into the wild this week in the form of KB5034441. However, rather than deal with a BitLocker vulnerability, the

Disparate systems: The importance of closing the gap 2024-01-12 at 16:03 By Are you getting the most out of your security system? This is a question that many security leaders should be asking themselves and their employees. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

So, are we going to talk about how GitHub is an absolute boon for malware, or nah? 2024-01-12 at 15:17 By Thomas Claburn Microsoft says it’s doing its best to crack down on crims The popularity of Github has made it too big to block, which is a boon to dissidents ducking government censors but

It’s uncertain where personal technology is heading, but judging from CES, it smells 2024-01-12 at 14:32 By Mark Pesce Our vulture spent a week in Las Vegas for CES 2024 – here are his key takeaways Column  Every January in Las Vegas a few hundred thousand folks gather to learn about the latest innovations from

Applying the Tyson Principle to Cybersecurity: Why Attack Simulation is Key to Avoiding a KO 2024-01-12 at 14:31 By Picture a cybersecurity landscape where defenses are impenetrable, and threats are nothing more than mere disturbances deflected by a strong shield. Sadly, this image of fortitude remains a pipe dream despite its comforting nature. In the

Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams 2024-01-12 at 13:31 By Paul Kunert Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people Food delivery company HelloFresh is nursing a £140,000 ($178k) fine by Britain’s data privacy watchdog after a probe found it had dispatched upwards of a staggering 79 million spam email and

Cryptominers Targeting Misconfigured Apache Hadoop and Flink with Rootkit in New Attacks 2024-01-12 at 10:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners within targeted environments. “This attack is particularly intriguing due to the attacker’s use of packers and rootkits to conceal the

Drivers: We’ll take that plain dumb car over a flashy data-spilling internet one, thanks 2024-01-12 at 09:31 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Now that’s a smart move CES  Despite all the buzz around internet-connected smart cars at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, most folks don’t want vehicle manufacturers sharing their personal data with third parties

Act Now: CISA Flags Active Exploitation of Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability 2024-01-12 at 09:16 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical security vulnerability impacting Microsoft SharePoint Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-29357 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation flaw that could

Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next 2024-01-12 at 08:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Heads up, this isn’t about Elon When the World Economic Forum meets in Davos next week, global leaders are set to discuss how to prevent a future unknown “Disease X” the World Health Organization

Security leadership philosophy and LinkedIn communication style 2024-01-12 at 07:02 By Networking online plays an important role in the security profession today. In this column, we investigate three distinct communication styles on LinkedIn. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The 3 C’s of a successful security investigation 2024-01-12 at 07:02 By Security professionals conducting investigations are charged with gathering credible evidence to determine if, when, where, why and how an incident occurred. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Nvidia can’t sell its best chips to China, but India is more than happy to take them 2024-01-12 at 05:31 By Tobias Mann Datacenter biz plans to deploy 32,000 Nvidia H100 and H200s next year Nvidia may not be able to sell its top-specced GPUs in China, but across the border in India, datacenter operators

Daughter of George Carlin horrified someone cloned her dad with AI for hour special 2024-01-12 at 03:46 By Katyanna Quach Seven words you can’t say – This won’t backfire and ruin art forever The makers of an hour-long AI-generated comedy special mimicking the late and great American comedian and actor George Carlin have been criticized

What to make of Google backing Right-to-Repair in Oregon? ‘It gives me hope’ 2024-01-12 at 02:46 By Thomas Claburn Anything to slow down the tech trash treadmill welcome at this point Google on Thursday voiced support for pending Right to Repair legislation in the US state of Oregon, calling it “a compelling model for other