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QakBot Malware Resurfaces with New Tactics, Targeting the Hospitality Industry 18/12/2023 at 13:46 By A new wave of phishing messages distributing the QakBot malware has been observed, more than three months after a law enforcement effort saw its infrastructure dismantled by infiltrating its command-and-control (C2) network. Microsoft, which made the discovery, described it as a low-volume campaign […]

CLIs are simply wizard at character building. Let’s not keep them to ourselves 18/12/2023 at 12:47 By Rupert Goodwins The magic that defied the iron will of Steve Jobs has a lot more to offer Opinion  The passage of time can harsh one’s mellow in bittersweet ways. Tech anniversaries, while they do make you feel

Halley’s Comet has begun its long trek back toward Earth 18/12/2023 at 10:32 By Laura Dobberstein Mark your diary for 2061 – if you’re over the disappointment of 1986’s fuzzy blob Halley’s Comet, officially 1P/Halley, has begun its long journey back towards Earth after making it to aphelion – the point in its orbit farthest

Google Groups ditches links to Usenet, the OG social network 18/12/2023 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood The online communities that arguably fuelled the search giant’s dominance have become too nasty to bother with Google Groups has announced it will end support for Usenet – a significant change that undoes one of the early decisions that

CISA Urges Manufacturers Eliminate Default Passwords to Thwart Cyber Threats 18/12/2023 at 09:17 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging manufacturers to get rid of default passwords on internet-exposed systems altogether, citing severe risks that could be exploited by malicious actors to gain initial access to, and move laterally within, organizations. In an

Your landlord should offer on-prem cloud, suggests immersed datacenter upstart 18/12/2023 at 08:32 By Simon Sharwood Server tanks can do more than heat water – they can also build into resilient many-site clouds Building owners should consider an on-site datacenter an amenity they need to offer tenants – according to an Australian outfit that hopes

Apple, Corellium, settle iOS virtualization case 18/12/2023 at 07:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo iGiant was on the back foot after courts found virtual iPhones were fair use Apple and iOS virtualization software maker Corellium have ended their four-year-long battle with a confidential settlement.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data 17/12/2023 at 08:33 By MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it’s actively investigating a security incident that has led to unauthorized access to “certain” corporate systems, resulting in the exposure of customer account metadata and contact information. The American database software company said it first detected anomalous activity on December 13, 2023,

Shame about those wildfires. We’ll just let the fossil fuel giants off the hook, then? 16/12/2023 at 17:17 By Rik Myslewski As world heads into 2024, scientists are asked: When will Big Oil face the heat? Comment  You surely noticed much of the world was on fire this year, especially if you were in the

China’s MIIT Introduces Color-Coded Action Plan for Data Security Incidents 16/12/2023 at 10:47 By China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Friday unveiled draft proposals detailing its plans to tackle data security events in the country using a color-coded system. The effort is designed to “improve the comprehensive response capacity for data security incidents, to

Microsoft Warns of Storm-0539: The Rising Threat Behind Holiday Gift Card Frauds 16/12/2023 at 08:39 By Microsoft is warning of an uptick in malicious activity from an emerging threat cluster it’s tracking as Storm-0539 for orchestrating gift card fraud and theft via highly sophisticated email and SMS phishing attacks against retail entities during the holiday shopping season.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto stolen after Ledger code poisoned 16/12/2023 at 03:17 By Thomas Claburn NPM repo hijacked after former worker phished Cryptocurrency wallet maker Ledger says someone slipped malicious code into one of its JavaScript libraries to steal more than half a million dollars from victims.… This article is an excerpt

Ubiquiti blunder let some folks view others’ security cameras, accounts 16/12/2023 at 02:37 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Cloud misconfig blamed and now fixed Ubiquiti says it fixed a bug that allowed some of its customers to glimpse strangers’ security camera footage and access accounts and devices that didn’t belong to them.… This article is an

Google hopes to end tsunami of data dragnet warrants with Location History shakeup 16/12/2023 at 00:33 By Thomas Claburn Android giant follows Apple’s lead, will store whereabouts on device and delete info earlier by default Google has announced changes to its handling of Location History data that are expected to limit the internet giant’s ability

Kraft Heinz suggests we simmer down about those Snatch ransomware claims 15/12/2023 at 23:04 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Ah, beans The Kraft Heinz Company says its systems are all up and running as usual as it probes claims that some of its data was stolen by ransomware crooks.… This article is an excerpt from The

Missing tomatoes ketchup with ISS crew after almost a year lost in space 15/12/2023 at 22:07 By Richard Speed Sadly not saucy enough in this state for return trip to Earth There is good news and bad news regarding the two tomatoes lost aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last year. The good news is

UTSA names David Brown as next NSCC executive director 15/12/2023 at 21:08 By The University of Texas at San Antonio has announced David Brown as the new executive director of its National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC) and professor of practice. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google Pixel gets privacy mode to keep your selfies safe from prying repair techs 15/12/2023 at 20:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo You’d better have 2GB free on that handset and be running Android 14 Google Pixel owners who need to take their devices in for repair now have an option to protect their data from snooping

HashiCorp loses its Hashi, keeps the Corp as co-founder waves goodbye 15/12/2023 at 19:53 By Richard Speed Mitchell Hashimoto departs, apparently unconnected to controversial licensing change HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto is leaving the building.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

OSHA and FCC update communication tower safety 15/12/2023 at 19:30 By OSHA and the FCC have partnered to eliminate fatalities and reduce injuries and illnesses among workers in the communications tower erection industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source