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Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability 05/12/2023 at 11:06 By Microsoft on Monday said it detected Kremlin-backed nation-state activity exploiting a critical security flaw in its Outlook email service to gain unauthorized access to victims’ accounts within Exchange servers. The tech giant attributed the intrusions to a threat actor it called Forest Blizzard (formerly Strontium), which […]

New Threat Actor ‘AeroBlade’ Emerges in Espionage Attack on U.S. Aerospace 05/12/2023 at 11:06 By A previously undocumented threat actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting an aerospace organization in the U.S. as part of what’s suspected to be a cyber espionage mission. The BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team is tracking the

Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data 05/12/2023 at 10:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo €550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for ‘systemic and massive’ disregard for privacy laws A group representing some of Spain’s largest media outlets have sued Meta, demanding €550 million ($596 million) in recompense for Zuckercorp’s “systemic and massive” disregard for

UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim 05/12/2023 at 09:33 By Simon Sharwood Report suggests Sellafield compromised since 2015, response seems worryingly ignorant of Stuxnet The government of the United Kingdom has issued a strongly worded denial of a report that the Sellafield nuclear complex has been compromised by malware for years.… This article

China gamifies censorship and surveillance with national internet law quiz 05/12/2023 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein I’m not a regular government, I’m a cool government China has introduced a program designed to make propaganda fun – an online knowledge competition designed with questions on the rules of socialist internet and cyber matters.… This article is

Korean peninsula space race sees South and North launch tit for tat spy sats 05/12/2023 at 06:48 By Laura Dobberstein North claims it took photos of stuff. South points to success of homegrown booster A little more than a week after North Korea claimed to have launched its first indigenous military reconnaissance satellite, South Korea

Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam 05/12/2023 at 05:20 By Thomas Claburn Judge finds plaintiff’s claim – that Amazon knew about illicit usage – credible enough for case to proceed Two years ago, a Brazilian minor came to the US as an exchange student in the US

IBM takes a crack at ‘utility scale’ quantum processing with Heron processor 05/12/2023 at 04:17 By Tobias Mann Big Blue’s roadmap prioritizes circuit size over qubit quantity IBM has unveiled the Heron – a quantum processor it claims has achieved “utility scale” – and a so-called modular System Two architecture that will employ it in

US warns Iranian terrorist crew broke into ‘multiple’ US water facilities 05/12/2023 at 02:49 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle There’s a war on and critical infrastructure operators are still using default passwords Iran-linked cyber thugs have exploited Israeli-made programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used in “multiple” water systems and other operational technology environments at facilities across the

AstraZeneca bets $247m AI can create a cancer-fighting antibody 05/12/2023 at 01:47 By Katyanna Quach Startup Absci will turn to its generative AI algorithms to design synthetic protein Pharma giant AstraZeneca has signed a $247 million deal with Ai drug creation company Absci to develop an antibody designed to fight cancer.… This article is an

Researcher claims Harvard nixed social media research after getting Zuck bucks 05/12/2023 at 00:49 By Thomas Claburn University says ties to Meta execs and a $500 million donation played no role A former Harvard misformation scholar has filed a whistleblower complaint against the Ivy League university, alleging that its Kennedy School canceled her research into

New York airport adds credential authentication scanners 05/12/2023 at 00:17 By TSA announced that Albany and Syracuse Hancock International Airports are adding credential authentication technology to security checkpoints. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel scores a reprieve in $2.18B VLSI patent case after court orders retrial 05/12/2023 at 00:02 By Tobias Mann The never-ending IP story goes on Intel has delayed paying $2.18 billion in damages for its alleged misuse of patents on Monday after a US appeals court threw out the case against the chip giant brought

Suspected digital shopping fraud up 12% during Cyber Five holiday 05/12/2023 at 00:01 By A new report highlights global e-commerce fraud that occurred during the start of the 2023 holiday shopping season. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Mobile payment fraud increased in 2023 04/12/2023 at 23:34 By According to a recent report from BioCatch, mobile banking rates increased to 73% in 2023. This rise has also led to a surge in mobile fraud. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian 04/12/2023 at 23:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has threatened driverless taxi outfit Cruise with fines and sanctions unless it can prove it didn’t withhold information and make misleading statements

Hershey phishes! – Crooks snarf chocolate lovers’ creds 04/12/2023 at 22:19 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Stealing Kit Kat maker’s data?! Give me a break There’s no sugarcoating this news: The Hershey Company has disclosed cyber crooks gobbled up 2,214 people’s financial information following a phishing campaign that netted the chocolate maker’s data.… This article is

Remember when the Hubble Space Telescope was more punchline than science powerhouse? 04/12/2023 at 21:33 By Richard Speed 30 years ago astronauts embarked on ambitious mission to fix Hubble … and NASA’s reputation Today is the thirtieth anniversary since NASA launched the first servicing mission for the stricken Hubble observatory, a record that lands just

17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle 04/12/2023 at 20:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas Spotify has announced its third and largest round of layoffs this year, cutting 17 percent of employees despite recently posting its first profitable quarter in

How to prepare for the next crypto bull market: 5 simple steps 04/12/2023 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli The latest Cointelegraph Report explains how to prepare for the next crypto bull run in five simple steps. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source