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Amazon’s game-streamer Twitch to quit South Korea, citing savage network costs 08/12/2023 at 06:02 By Simon Sharwood The idea that Big Content should pay network operators is in trouble Amazon’s game-streaming business Twitch has announced it will quit South Korea, citing network access costs ten times higher than those it pays in any other nation.… […]

Five Eyes nations warn Moscow’s mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets 08/12/2023 at 04:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle The Russians are coming! Err, they’ve already infiltrated UK, US inboxes Russia-backed attackers have named new targets for their ongoing phishing campaigns, with defense-industrial firms and energy facilities now in their sights, according

Meta trials Purple Llama project for AI developers to test safety risks in models 08/12/2023 at 02:48 By Katyanna Quach Security boosted and inappropriate content blocked in large language models Meta has launched Purple Llama – a project aimed at building open source tools to help developers assess and improve trust and safety in their

Broadcom to ‘divest’ VMware’s end-user computing and Carbon Black units 08/12/2023 at 02:02 By Simon Sharwood Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla’s costs Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has announced his intention to divest VMware’s end-user computing and Carbon Black units.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records and steal secrets 08/12/2023 at 01:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Akamai says it reported the flaws to Microsoft. Redmond shrugged A series of attacks against Microsoft Active Directory domains could allow miscreants to spoof DNS records, compromise Active Directory and steal all the secrets it stores, according

Chinese boffins pitch quadcopter for Mars sample return mission 07/12/2023 at 23:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo In the race for the Red Planet, NASA is falling behind Inspired by the success of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, Chinese boffins are proposing a more capable extraterrestrial flier for a planned Mars sample return mission. … This article is an

Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability 07/12/2023 at 22:47 By Richard Speed Middling performance, but check out the longevity Fairphone has retained top marks for repairability, with the Dutch manufacturer’s fifth iteration scoring high for software longevity, even if some components are starting to get a little more “conventional.”… This article

Italian police department updates video surveillance system 07/12/2023 at 21:46 By The Gardone Val Trompia Police Department in Lombardy, Italy, has updated security measures by implementing video surveillance systems in Mella Park. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

US and EU infosec authorities pen intel-sharing pact 07/12/2023 at 21:32 By Connor Jones As Cyber Solidarity Act edges closer to full adoption in Europe The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has signed a working arrangement with its EU counterparts to increase cross-border information sharing and more to tackle criminals.… This article is

John Denning joins FS-ISAC as Chief Information Security Officer 07/12/2023 at 21:16 By FS-ISAC has announced the appointment of John Denning as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) effective as of January 1, 2024. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Raspberry Pi OS goes goth 07/12/2023 at 20:47 By Richard Speed First post-Pi 5 update brings dark mode among numerous bug fixes As many users wait for their Raspberry Pi 5 units to arrive, a fresh version of the Raspberry Pi OS has just landed, complete with fixes and that most essential of operating system

Google releases fix for missing Drive for desktop files 07/12/2023 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Just install the latest client and follow the instructions, but don’t ask questions Google has released an updated version of the Google Drive app for Windows and macOS that, along with some simple manual work, should resolve missing file issues.…

47% of organizations monitored supply chain risks monthly or more 07/12/2023 at 18:46 By According to a report, there was a 26% increase in supply chain breaches in 2022 and 9% of organizations are working with suppliers to fix them. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger 07/12/2023 at 18:32 By Richard Speed Surfing the cryptographic wave Meta is pressing ahead with default end-to-end encryption on chats and calls in Messenger, with the rollout beginning today.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Microsoft Warns of COLDRIVER’s Evolving Evading and Credential-Stealing Tactics 07/12/2023 at 18:16 By The threat actor known as COLDRIVER has continued to engage in credential theft activities against entities that are of strategic interests to Russia while simultaneously improving its detection evasion capabilities. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team is tracking under the cluster as Star Blizzard (formerly

HP TV ads claim its printers are ‘made to be less hated’ 07/12/2023 at 17:32 By Richard Currie Apparently they’re being serious What’s this? A tacit admission from Hewlett Packard that customers hate printer products?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers’ cloud freedoms 07/12/2023 at 16:47 By Paul Kunert World’s biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ’s rival in its sights AWS has publicly called out Microsoft’s software licensing terms, claiming they “restrict choice” and make it “financially unviable” for customers to choose

Report shows rise in threat actors exploiting remote access software 07/12/2023 at 16:17 By A new report shows increasing instances of remote access software abuse and the rise of cyber adversaries using password-stealers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients 07/12/2023 at 15:47 By Connor Jones NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years More than 22,000 patients of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were hit by data leaks that took place between 2020 and

New Bluetooth Flaw Let Hackers Take Over Android, Linux, macOS, and iOS Devices 07/12/2023 at 15:01 By A critical Bluetooth security flaw could be exploited by threat actors to take control of Android, Linux, macOS and iOS devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-45866, the issue relates to a case of authentication bypass that enables attackers to connect to