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The evolving threat of mail security 11/12/2023 at 08:04 By According to a recent report, nine out of 10 mail-related incidents utilized small mail items (50% letters and 41% parcels). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Raspberry Pi sizes up HAT+ spec for future hardware add-ons 11/12/2023 at 07:18 By Simon Sharwood First to wear it will be an M.2 connector that draws power from PCIe The Raspberry Pi project has released the first revision to its Hardware Attached on Top (HAT) spec, along with an update to the RPi 5’s

Microsoft hikes prices across Asia 11/12/2023 at 03:20 By Laura Dobberstein PLUS: Japan Moon landing scheduled; Mastercard’s APAC pay-by-face trial; Scammers feast on restaurant QR code Microsoft last week announced price hikes for its software and services, with the biggest rises to be felt across Asia.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Japan’s Rohm, Toshiba grab $900M in subsidies to boost power semi production 10/12/2023 at 16:03 By Tobias Mann Silicon carbide production for EVs among key targets Silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors are getting a lot of attention of late and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry doesn’t want to be left out.… This article

NASA pushes back timing of ISS deorbit vehicle contract 10/12/2023 at 13:04 By Richard Speed Proposals now due in 2024 for a launch 5 years later NASA has tweaked the contract and shuffled the dates for its procurement notice covering a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS.)… This article is an excerpt from

SLAM Attack: New Spectre-based Vulnerability Impacts Intel, AMD, and Arm CPUs 09/12/2023 at 15:16 By Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have disclosed a new side-channel attack called SLAM that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from kernel memory on current and upcoming CPUs from Intel, AMD, and Arm. The attack is an end-to-end exploit for

Hollywood plays unwitting Cameo in Kremlin plot to discredit Zelensky 09/12/2023 at 14:32 By Connor Jones Microsoft spots surge in pro-Russia exploits of video platform to spread propaganda An unknown pro-Russia influence group spent time recruiting unwitting Hollywood actors to assist in smear campaigns against Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelensky.… This article is an

To be, or not to be, in the office. Has returning to work stalled? 09/12/2023 at 12:02 By Iain Thomson Register journos brew up on the future of hybrid in our latest Kettle Kettle  Readers have been up in arms this week about a study by Stanford boffins suggesting that the return to the office

Researchers Unveal GuLoader Malware’s Latest Anti-Analysis Techniques 09/12/2023 at 10:31 By Threat hunters have unmasked the latest tricks adopted by a malware strain called GuLoader in an effort to make analysis more challenging. “While GuLoader’s core functionality hasn’t changed drastically over the past few years, these constant updates in their obfuscation techniques make analyzing GuLoader a time-consuming

Google’s Project Ellman: Merging photo and search data to create digital twin chatbot 09/12/2023 at 02:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘This is a brainstorming concept a team is at the early stages of exploring’ Google is reportedly toying with the idea of using its latest Gemini AI models to analyze and, like images from Google Photos

Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor 09/12/2023 at 01:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance Two competing bills to reauthorize America’s FISA Section 702 spying powers advanced in the House of Representatives committees this week, setting up Congress for a battle over warrantless surveillance before

Musk takes SEC ‘Twitter sitter’ consent decree appeal to US Supreme Court 09/12/2023 at 00:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Same old argument about free speech – let’s see if it sticks this time Elon Musk’s lawyers are again trying to get the world’s richest man out of his “Twitter sitter” consent decree with the US Securities

Microsoft to intro dedicated mode for Cloud PCs 08/12/2023 at 23:48 By Richard Speed Latest Insider Build brings new features for Windows 365 Boot Microsoft has begun rolling out fresh Windows 365 Boot features, starting with its Windows Insider program.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

AMD thinks it can solve the power/heat problem with chiplets and code 08/12/2023 at 22:47 By Tobias Mann CTO Mark Papermaster lays out the plan for the next two years Interview  Semiconductors have been getting progressively hotter over the past few years as Moore’s Law has slowed and more power is required to push higher

Employee burnout is on the rise 08/12/2023 at 22:02 By According to a recent report, 80% of surveyed global risk leaders believe burnout will have a significant impact on businesses in the next year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Open source forkers stick an OpenBao in the oven 08/12/2023 at 21:32 By Thomas Claburn HashiCorp software faces challenge after licensing change The rebellion against HashiCorp for adopting a competition-limiting license for its Terraform software expanded this week, with word that The Linux Foundation aims to help hatch an open source alternative to Vault, the

New 5G Modems Flaws Affect iOS Devices and Android Models from Major Brands 08/12/2023 at 21:01 By A collection of security flaws in the firmware implementation of 5G mobile network modems from major chipset vendors such as MediaTek and Qualcomm impact USB and IoT modems as well as hundreds of smartphone models running Android and

Uncle Sam plows $42M into nurturing fusion breakthrough 08/12/2023 at 20:32 By Lindsay Clark Experimerntal milestone needs work before it can be considered a candidate for power generation The US Department of Energy has released $42 million in seed funding to help research the nuclear fusion techniques successfully demonstrated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory last

Datacenters feeling the heat to turn hot air into cool solutions 08/12/2023 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson It’s tricky to pull off, but new rules may make reuse more common Datacenters generate lots of heat and myraid providers are trying to put this resource to use, but there are geographic and various practical limitations on

That call center tech scammer could be a human trafficking victim 08/12/2023 at 18:33 By Connor Jones Interpol increasingly concerned as abject abuse of victims scales far beyond Asia origins Human trafficking for the purposes of populating cyber scam call centers is expanding beyond southeast Asia, where the crime was previously isolated.… This article is