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Four more months of Section 702 snooping slipped into $890B US defense budget bill 15/12/2023 at 02:34 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Congress renews warrantless spying tool scribbled on back of huge check for the Pentagon US lawmakers today approved an $886 billion defense policy bill that includes a four-month extension to Section 702, the controversial […]

Microsoft seizes websites used to sell phony email accounts to Scattered Spider and other crims 15/12/2023 at 01:01 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle That should solve the global cybercrime problem, right? Microsoft has taken down US-based infrastructure and websites used by a cybercrime group to sell fraudulent online accounts to other crooks including Scattered Spider, the

Google pencils in limited third-party cookie purge for January 15/12/2023 at 00:16 By Thomas Claburn One percent of Chrome users will experience the web as if using Firefox or Safari Starting January 4, 2024, Google says it will begin blocking third-party cookies by default in Chrome for one percent of users, only three or four

FCC updates data breach notification rules 14/12/2023 at 23:47 By The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially adopted changes to data breach notification rules for communication companies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Not even LinkedIn is that keen on Microsoft’s cloud: Shift to Azure abandoned 14/12/2023 at 23:08 By Tobias Mann Software cons reportedly outweighed public-cloud pros LinkedIn has abandoned its efforts to migrate its datacenter infrastructure to Microsoft Azure four years after announcing the planned move.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update 14/12/2023 at 22:13 By Liam Proven The rapture of the black T-shirt brigade was very short indeed The kernel 6.6.6 version number delighted many a black-clad open source fan, but not for long. It’s already been replaced with a more neighborly 6.6.7.… This article

66% of employees prioritize daily tasks over cybersecurity 14/12/2023 at 21:47 By Cybersecurity in the workplace was analyzed in a report, where 66% of respondents flagged completing daily tasks as more crucial than cybersecurity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Privacy crusaders accuse X of ad-targeting that flouts EU rules 14/12/2023 at 21:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Campaign to promote ‘chat control’ legislation allegedly sorted users by political views, religious beliefs An EU privacy rights group has filed a complaint against Elon Musk’s X, alleging the platform unlawfully targeted advertisements from the bloc’s Home Affairs directorate

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin with Linux-powered Windows AI Studio 14/12/2023 at 20:20 By Richard Speed Visual Studio Code extension preview has a bunch of limitations for now A preview of Microsoft’s Windows AI Studio has landed – a set of tools and models from catalogs, including Azure AI Studio and Hugging Face – however

NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish 14/12/2023 at 19:21 By Richard Speed Science and telemetry data hit by latest issue NASA’s veteran Voyager 1 spacecraft has stopped transmitting engineering and science data back to Earth.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

116 Malware Packages Found on PyPI Repository Infecting Windows and Linux Systems 14/12/2023 at 19:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 116 malicious packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to infect Windows and Linux systems with a custom backdoor. “In some cases, the final payload is a variant

Intel wants to run AI on CPUs and says its 5th-gen Xeons are ones to do it 14/12/2023 at 18:05 By Tobias Mann Oh and its got more cores, a bigger cache, and a simpler chiplet architecture to boot Intel launched its 5th-generation Xeon Scalable processors with more cores, cache, and machine learning grunt during

New Pierogi++ Malware by Gaza Cyber Gang Targeting Palestinian Entities 14/12/2023 at 18:02 By A pro-Hamas threat actor known as Gaza Cyber Gang is targeting Palestinian entities using an updated version of a backdoor dubbed Pierogi. The findings come from SentinelOne, which has given the malware the name Pierogi++ owing to the fact that it’s implemented in

Climate change leads to an increase in health alerts 14/12/2023 at 17:35 By The global risk map by International SOS shows how climate change has changed risk levels and risk management, including medical emergencies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Report: 29 malware families targeted 1800 banking apps in 61 countries 14/12/2023 at 17:35 By Threat landscape shows continued investment by threat actors financially motivated to “follow the money” as banking via a mobile app becomes increasingly ubiquitous. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Russia joins North Korea in sending state-sponsored cyber troops to pick on TeamCity users 14/12/2023 at 17:18 By Connor Jones National security and infosec authorities band together to help victims sniff out stealthy Russian baddies hiding in networks The offensive cyber unit linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is exploiting the critical vulnerability affecting

Suffering from tab overload? Vivaldi unveils Session Panels 14/12/2023 at 16:18 By Richard Speed Browser history also deposited under the Christmas Tree in new release Vivaldi – the browser for users who just can’t get enough settings – has launched version 6.5 of its software on desktop and mobile.… This article is an excerpt from

Honeypot Recon: MySQL Malware Infection via User-Defined Functions (UDF) 14/12/2023 at 16:05 By Radek Zdonczyk In the vast world of cybersecurity, as technologies evolve, so do the methods attackers employ to compromise systems. One such intriguing method that recently surfaced is MySQL servers, leveraging SQL commands to stealthily infiltrate, deploy, and activate malicious payloads. Let’s

Security leaders discuss new SEC disclosure rule as deadline nears 14/12/2023 at 16:04 By With the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cybersecurity disclosure rule deadlines fast approaching, security leaders are sharing thoughts on the ruling and its effect on the industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Iranian State-Sponsored OilRig Group Deploys 3 New Malware Downloaders 14/12/2023 at 16:04 By The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as OilRig deployed three different downloader malware throughout 2022 to maintain persistent access to victim organizations located in Israel. The three new downloaders have been named ODAgent, OilCheck, and OilBooster by Slovak cybersecurity company ESET. The attacks also