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AWS plays with Fire TV Cube, turns it into a thin client for cloudy desktops 27/11/2023 at 07:04 By Simon Sharwood $195 a pop, delivered, pre-provisioned ready to stream desktops or apps re:Invent  Amazon Web Services has announced the WorkSpaces Thin Client – a device dedicated to connecting to its WorkSpaces desktop-as-a service offering and […]

Beijing fosters foreign allies among influencers for propaganda 27/11/2023 at 06:33 By Simon Sharwood They get access to both China’s internet and global platforms, and cash in on both China is offering foreign influencers access to its vast market in return for content that sings its praises and helps to spreads Beijing’s desired narratives more

Foxconn founder Terry Gou quits Taiwan presidential race 27/11/2023 at 03:32 By Laura Dobberstein PLUS: Japan, UK, Italy, collab on new fighter jet; Korea’s CBDC trial; Toshiba to delist Asia In Brief  Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of contract manufacturer Foxconn, has ended his campaign to be elected as president of Taiwan.… This article is

USB Cart of Death: The wheeled scourge that drove Windows devs to despair 25/11/2023 at 14:47 By Richard Speed Stout heart a requisite for software engineers in days of yore Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has recalled a time when Windows developers encountered the trundling terror of the USB Cart of Death following an unfortunate mistake

Surface Duo crashes the party as Doctor Who celebrates 60th birthday 25/11/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Hey Cortana: Why is David Tennant back as the BBC’s longest lived space alien? The BBC is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its long-running science fiction series, Doctor Who, by popping a Surface Duo into the hands of

New ‘HrServ.dll’ Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government 25/11/2023 at 08:16 By An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called HrServ in what’s suspected to be an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library (DLL) named “hrserv.dll,” exhibits “sophisticated features such as custom

Warning: 3 Critical Vulnerabilities Expose ownCloud Users to Data Breaches 25/11/2023 at 07:36 By The maintainers of the open-source file-sharing software ownCloud have warned of three critical security flaws that could be exploited to disclose sensitive information and modify files. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is as follows – Disclosure of sensitive credentials and

Crypto documentary ‘Bull Run’ takes on Bitcoin, tokenization and trading addiction 24/11/2023 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph By Jonathan DeYoung “Bull Run” explores one director’s obsession with trading cryptocurrencies during the bull market and how it led her to create a tokenized crypto documentary. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

FFmpeg 6.1 drops a Heaviside dose of codec magic 24/11/2023 at 20:32 By Liam Proven You may never have heard of it, but you almost certainly use it, possibly many times a day New versions of this amazingly versatile tool, used in most streaming video services and devices, don’t come along very often.… This article

Crypto Biz: Binance’s CZ falls, Grayscale and BlackRock meet with SEC, and more 24/11/2023 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph By Ana Paula Pereira This week’s rollercoaster reveals one thing about the crypto industry: it is undergoing a period of change. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tata Consultancy Services ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial 24/11/2023 at 19:47 By Richard Speed Naughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$ A jury has sided with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) over the theft of source code and documentation. A total of $210 million was

Cybercriminals Using Telekopye Telegram Bot to Craft Phishing Scams on a Grand Scale 24/11/2023 at 19:16 By More details have emerged about a malicious Telegram bot called Telekopye that’s used by threat actors to pull off large-scale phishing scams. “Telekopye can craft phishing websites, emails, SMS messages, and more,” ESET security researcher Radek Jizba said in a new analysis.

OpenCart owner turns air blue after researcher discloses serious vuln 24/11/2023 at 18:48 By Connor Jones Web storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer The owner of the e-commerce store management system OpenCart has responded with hostility to a security researcher disclosing a vulnerability in the product.… This article is an excerpt

Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch 24/11/2023 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph By Francisco Rodrigues The EU’s Data Act could introduce “kill switch” requirements for smart contracts, raising questions about how decentralized projects would handle such a scenario. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

China lobs tech demo into orbit for People’s Republic version of Starlink 24/11/2023 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Another mega-constellation incoming China has launched an Internet Technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan Province.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

FTC announces plans to mitigate AI voice fraud 24/11/2023 at 17:17 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans to better protect consumers from artificial intelligence (AI) voice cloning and fraud. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Taxing times: UK missed out on £1.75B because of digitization delays 24/11/2023 at 17:02 By Lindsay Clark Public Accounts Committee slams progress and questions plans Delays to a central plank of the UK tax collector’s efforts to provide an end-to-end digital service “mean the Exchequer will likely miss out on additional tax revenue of £1.75

Black Friday? More like Blackout Friday for HSBC’s online and mobile banking 24/11/2023 at 16:47 By Paul Kunert Think of all the crap discounted things you won’t need to buy now HSBC’s online and mobile banking systems crashed spectacularly this morning on the busiest shopping day of the year, potentially disappointing early risers looking for

William Wetherill named new DefenseStorm CISO 24/11/2023 at 16:16 By  After nine years, Robert Thibodeaux, DefenseStorm’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), will retire and William Wetherill will step in as the new CISO. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Tell Me Your Secrets Without Telling Me Your Secrets 24/11/2023 at 14:16 By The title of this article probably sounds like the caption to a meme. Instead, this is an actual problem GitGuardian’s engineers had to solve in implementing the mechanisms for their new HasMySecretLeaked service. They wanted to help developers find out if their secrets