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UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms 29/11/2023 at 14:17 By Connor Jones Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives The UK government plans to introduce new legislation to ban SIM farms, which it views as a widely abused means for carrying […]

Adobe’s buy of Figma is ‘likely’ bad for developers, rules UK regulator 29/11/2023 at 13:33 By Paul Kunert Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types Adobe’s $20 billion buy of web-first design collaboration start-up Figma will harm software developers if it goes ahead as proposed, according to a

Discover Why Proactive Web Security Outsmarts Traditional Antivirus Solutions 29/11/2023 at 13:33 By In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s crucial to reevaluate how we secure web environments. Traditional antivirus-approach solutions have their merits, but they’re reactive. A new report delves into the reasons for embracing proactive web security solutions, ensuring you stay ahead of

200+ Malicious Apps on Iranian Android Store Installed by Millions of Banking Users 29/11/2023 at 13:33 By An Android malware campaign targeting Iranian banks has expanded its capabilities and incorporated additional evasion tactics to fly under the radar. That’s according to a new report from Zimperium, which discovered more than 200 malicious apps associated with

Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS 29/11/2023 at 12:32 By Connor Jones Planning portal back online with a more secure connection Reading Borough Council has securely restored its planning portal after facing criticism for recommending questionable tech security practices to users.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

AI won’t take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons 29/11/2023 at 11:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot Concern over AI coming for our jobs appears to be unfounded, though it’s not clear what effect this newest wave of

No link between internet use and poor mental health, according to Oxford boffins 29/11/2023 at 10:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘We looked very hard for a smoking gun linking technology and well-being and we didn’t find it’ Increased use of the internet has not had a notably negative effect on mental health, according to a study

Japan’s space agency suffers cyber attack, points finger at Active Directory 29/11/2023 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood JAXA is having a tough time in cyberspace and outer space, the latter thanks to an electrical glitch Japan’s Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a cyber incident.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Okta Discloses Broader Impact Linked to October 2023 Support System Breach 29/11/2023 at 10:01 By Identity services provider Okta has disclosed that it detected “additional threat actor activity” in connection with the October 2023 breach of its support case management system. “The threat actor downloaded the names and email addresses of all Okta customer support system users,”

Good luck finding competent Copilot help, warns Microsoft MVP 29/11/2023 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Almost nobody has used it, or knows it well, so beware of consultants bearing cred If you want to implement Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistants, don’t expect the software giant’s channel to be much help – they’ve scarcely had a chance

DJVU Ransomware’s Latest Variant ‘Xaro’ Disguised as Cracked Software 29/11/2023 at 09:16 By A variant of a ransomware strain known as DJVU has been observed to be distributed in the form of cracked software. “While this attack pattern is not new, incidents involving a DJVU variant that appends the .xaro extension to affected files and

Two sats, one customer: Japan’s mega-carrier NTT signs for Amazon’s space internet 29/11/2023 at 08:33 By Laura Dobberstein Take that, Elon Amazon has won a big and noteworthy client for its Project Kuiper space internet project, with Japanese telecom company NTT signing up for the service.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Zero-Day Alert: Google Chrome Under Active Attack, Exploiting New Vulnerability 29/11/2023 at 08:16 By Google has rolled out security updates to fix seven security issues in its Chrome browser, including a zero-day that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-6345, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as an integer overflow bug in

GoTitan Botnet Spotted Exploiting Recent Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability 29/11/2023 at 08:16 By The recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache ActiveMQ is being actively exploited by threat actors to distribute a new Go-based botnet called GoTitan as well as a .NET program known as PrCtrl Rat that’s capable of remotely commandeering the infected hosts. The attacks involve the exploitation

VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint 29/11/2023 at 07:02 By Simon Sharwood Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a ‘strategic review’ of end-user compute and Carbon Black products VMware president Sumit Dhawan has left the newly-acquired org to join security software vendor Proofpoint as its

Japan’s digital minister flamed and shamed for using his smartphone in Parliament 29/11/2023 at 05:47 By Laura Dobberstein His job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed Japan’s digital minister, Taro Kono, faced a backlash on Monday after he attempted to use his smartphone to look up

Zuckerberg accused of OK’ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids 29/11/2023 at 05:02 By Thomas Claburn ‘Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children … it is now there in black and white’ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of vetoing a proposed ban of Instagram and Facebook

Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement 29/11/2023 at 04:18 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Back to plan A, then, eh? Some US lawmakers have tabled alternative legislation to reauthorize the Feds’ favorite snooping tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, before it

Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal 29/11/2023 at 03:17 By Thomas Claburn Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Google Search ads paid for by US and EU government agencies and legislators, and by major companies, have been spotted in

Now AWS gets a ChatGPT-style Copilot: Amazon Q to be your cloud chat assistant 29/11/2023 at 01:47 By Tim Anderson Anthropic CEO also rocks up on stage for reasons Re:Invent  AWS CEO Adam Selipsky previewed Amazon Q to 50,000 re:Invent attendees in Las Vegas on Tuesday, touting it as a chat-based generative AI assistant whose