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Unifying Security Tech Beyond the Stack: Integrating SecOps with Managed Risk and Strategy 2024-01-08 at 14:16 By Cybersecurity is an infinite journey in a digital landscape that never ceases to change. According to Ponemon Institute1, “only 59% of organizations say their cybersecurity strategy has changed over the past two years.” This stagnation in strategy adaptation […]

Open source’s new mission: To boldly go where no software has gone before 2024-01-08 at 13:01 By Rupert Goodwins FOSS’s license to exist depends on helping users. It has to learn to think that way Opinion  Bruce Perens is unhappy. He sees the spirit and potency of FOSS decaying into obsolescence as the big guns

Gaia-X project doesn’t have a future, claims Nextcloud boss 2024-01-08 at 12:16 By Richard Speed How the hyperscalers derailed Europe’s cloud infrastructure train Interview  Nextcloud CEO Frank Karlitschek is blunt about the future of Europe’s Gaia-X project: it doesn’t have one. At least, not in the way many of its founders hoped.… This article is

Need to plug in an EV? BT Group kicks off cabinet update pilot 2024-01-08 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Old BT green boxes to be repurposed The BT Group has made good on its promise to repurpose street cabinets into EV charge points by kicking off a pilot to demonstrate the concept actually works.… This

Webinar – Leverage Zero Trust Security to Minimize Your Attack Surface 2024-01-08 at 11:31 By Digital expansion inevitably increases the external attack surface, making you susceptible to cyberthreats. Threat actors increasingly exploit the vulnerabilities stemming from software and infrastructure exposed to the internet; this ironically includes security tools, particularly firewalls and VPNs, which give attackers

NIST Warns of Security and Privacy Risks from Rapid AI System Deployment 2024-01-08 at 11:31 By The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling attention to the privacy and security challenges that arise as a result of increased deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in recent years. “These security and privacy challenges include the

DoJ Charges 19 Worldwide in $68 Million xDedic Dark Web Marketplace Fraud 2024-01-08 at 08:46 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it charged 19 individuals worldwide in connection with the now-defunct xDedic Marketplace, which is estimated to have facilitated more than $68 million in fraud. In wrapping up its investigation into the dark web portal,

North Korea’s Cyber Heist: DPRK Hackers Stole $600 Million in Cryptocurrency in 2023 2024-01-08 at 07:16 By Threat actors affiliated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) have plundered at least $600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023. The DPRK “was responsible for almost a third of all funds stolen in

Road to Removal: A blueprint for yanking billions of tons of CO2 out of our atmosphere 2024-01-07 at 16:46 By Rik Myslewski It’ll also cost billions, but perhaps a price worth paying? Let’s say that you and your political leaders are committed to reducing the effects of the “greenhouse gasses” such as carbon dioxide (CO2)

Ransomware payment ban: Wrong idea at the wrong time 2024-01-06 at 15:31 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Won’t stop the chaos, may lead to attacks with more dire consequences Opinion  A general ban on ransomware payments, as was floated by some this week, sounds like a good idea. Eliminate extortion as a source of criminal income,

Swarms of laser-flown bots visiting a planet light years away – and more NASA-funded projects revealed 2024-01-06 at 12:32 By Katyanna Quach An electric airplane on Mars, micrograv hibernation, and plenty others NASA is funding 13 ambitious projects that could potentially lead to space missions one day, ranging from scanning for signs of life on

Sea Turtle Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Dutch IT and Telecom Companies 2024-01-06 at 10:32 By Telecommunication, media, internet service providers (ISPs), information technology (IT)-service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands have been targeted as part of a new cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Türkiye-nexus threat actor known as Sea Turtle. “The infrastructure of the

Pro-Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Albania with No-Justice Wiper Malware 2024-01-06 at 09:32 By The recent wave of cyber attacks targeting Albanian organizations involved the use of a wiper called No-Justice. The findings come from cybersecurity company ClearSky, which said the Windows-based malware “crashes the operating system in a way that it cannot be rebooted.” The intrusions have been attributed to

After crippling cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients 2024-01-06 at 00:00 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Remember the good old days when ransomware crooks vowed not to infect medical centers? Extortionists are now threatening to swat hospital patients — calling in bomb threats or other bogus reports to the police so heavily armed

NIST: If someone’s trying to sell you some secure AI, it’s snake oil 2024-01-05 at 23:03 By Thomas Claburn You really think someone would do that? Go on the internet and tell lies? Predictive and generative AI systems remain vulnerable to a variety of attacks and anyone who says otherwise isn’t being entirely honest, according

66% of consumers would not trust a company following a data breach 2024-01-05 at 23:02 By A recent report found that 75% of consumers expressing their readiness to sever ties with a brand in the aftermath of any cybersecurity issue. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Teardown finds Huawei’s 5nm notebook SoC was made in Taiwan, not China 2024-01-05 at 22:02 By Tobias Mann Stockpiled TSMC silicon from 2020 shock! Did Huawei’s domestic fab partners somehow develop the means to mass produce a 5nm laptop chip in spite of US sanctions designed to prevent just that? No, they most certainly did

Uncle Sam will pay for your big ideas to end AI voice-cloning fraud 2024-01-05 at 21:31 By Connor Jones The advent of generative AI has made the attack far more pervasive The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is promising a $25,000 reward for the best solution to combat the growing threat of AI voice cloning.… This

Tesla’s latest Autopilot safety patch hits 1.6M Chinese vehicles 2024-01-05 at 20:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Perfect timing – now BYD can rub that in Tesla’s face along with stealing the global EV sales crown A hot new Tesla import has arrived in China in the form of a pair of forced software updates for nearly

FTC proposes new restrictions on the use of children’s data 2024-01-05 at 20:31 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), including ed tech. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source