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How Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks Exploit QRs, CAPTCHAs, and Steganography 21/11/2023 at 14:33 By Phishing attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated, with cybercriminals investing in new ways of deceiving victims into revealing sensitive information or installing malicious software. One of the latest trends in phishing is the use of QR codes, CAPTCHAs, and steganography. See how […]

Remembering the time Windows accidentally sent Poland to the bottom of the sea 21/11/2023 at 14:17 By Richard Speed Geopolitics and operating systems are hard Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen took to YouTube over the weekend to remind us of the time the Windows vendor accidentally sank Poland.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? Absolutely not 21/11/2023 at 13:18 By Liam Proven It’s doomed to sink… but the how and why is interesting Analysis  No sooner than Intel IA64 support is removed from the Linux kernel, complaining about it begins… but the discussions are fascinating.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits 21/11/2023 at 13:17 By The Kinsing threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers to infect Linux systems with cryptocurrency miners and rootkits. “Once Kinsing infects a system, it deploys a cryptocurrency mining script that exploits the host’s resources to mine

Capita scores £239M contract to manage mega public sector pension scheme 21/11/2023 at 12:32 By Paul Kunert Cabinet Office clearly over Capita’s breach in March that saw pension data exposed to criminals Capita has scooped up a ten-year £239 million ($298 million) contract to oversee the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) on behalf of Britain’s

Top Ukrainian cyber officials fired after allegedly pocketing kickbacks from govt IT deals 21/11/2023 at 11:35 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Duo probed over alleged $2M embezzlement plot Ukraine has terminated its two top cybersecurity officials as the government probes embezzlement allegations against the two men.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Malicious Apps Disguised as Banks and Government Agencies Targeting Indian Android Users 21/11/2023 at 11:19 By Android smartphone users in India are the target of a new malware campaign that employs social engineering lures to install fraudulent apps that are capable of harvesting sensitive data. “Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers are

CompSci teachers panic as Replit pulls the plug on educational IDE 21/11/2023 at 10:48 By Tobias Mann It ‘was losing a ton of money for the business,’ CEO complains Computer science teachers around the globe have been left scrambling to find an alternative IDE for their students, after Replit announced it was shuttering its Teams

Mustang Panda Hackers Targets Philippines Government Amid South China Sea Tensions 21/11/2023 at 10:01 By The China-linked Mustang Panda actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a Philippines government entity amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 attributed the adversarial collective to three campaigns

Microsoft adds FPGA-powered network accelerator to Azure 21/11/2023 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood ‘Azure Boost’ vastly speeds cloudy server IOPS and is coming to all new instance types Microsoft has announced a mysterious cloud hardware upgrade called “Azure Boost” that it claims will improve the performance of all future instance types in its big blue

North Korea readies third attempt at ‘spy satellite’ launch 21/11/2023 at 08:52 By Laura Dobberstein What a coincidence! The South is just about to lauch one, too. And it probably won’t be junk like the hermit kingdom’s recent efforts North Korea has notified Japan that its third attempt to launch a satellite will take place

Telco CEO quits after admitting she needs to carry rivals’ SIM cards to stay in touch 21/11/2023 at 08:04 By Simon Sharwood That, plus an outage, and cyber-mess, do for Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin The CEO of Australian telco Optus, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, has resigned after deciding it was in the best interests of

OpenAI meltdown: How could Microsoft have let this happen after betting so many billions? 21/11/2023 at 07:47 By Katyanna Quach A quick summary of the past three days of chaos. And Redmond has questions to answer Comment  Microsoft is stuck in a hard place. It needs OpenAI co-founder and fired CEO Sam Altman back at

Why Microsoft is so keen to get Sam Altman inside – or back at the OpenAI helm 21/11/2023 at 06:47 By Katyanna Quach A quick summary of the past three days of chaos Comment  Microsoft may emerge as the real winner from all the shenanigans at OpenAI if the Azure titan can bag the lab’s

Boffins claim invention of rechargable, biodegradable, supercapacitor drug pump 21/11/2023 at 03:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Lab rats absorb widget after getting their dose Scientists say they’ve developed an implantable drug-delivery widget that harmlessly dissolves over time in the body, can be wirelessly charged, and has proven its efficacy in lab rats.… This article is an

With all eyes on OpenAI, Meta drags its Responsible AI team to the recycle bin 21/11/2023 at 00:47 By Katyanna Quach Ethics staff shifted to generative ML and infrastructure units Meta has disbanded its Responsible AI team and moved staff into other areas of Mark Zuckerberg’s empire to focus on generative AI.… This article is

MOVEit victim count latest: 2.6K+ orgs hit, 77M+ people’s data stolen 20/11/2023 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Real-life impact of buggy software laid bare – plus: Avast tries to profit from being caught up in attacks Quick show of hands: whose data hasn’t been stolen in the mass exploitation of Progress Software’s vulnerable MOVEit

Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender 20/11/2023 at 22:32 By Richard Speed All your national security are belong to us! Microsoft is pushing the AUKUS trio – Australia, the US, and the US – to update cross-border info collaboration, and – of course – it has just the thing: the classified Azure Government

IBM-led advertising X-odus gains steam as more flee Musk’s platform 20/11/2023 at 21:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ad execs have reportedly urged CEO Yaccarino to step down in protest to save her reputation IBM may have led the latest advertising X-odus from Elon Musk’s social media platform, but several other companies reportedly joined Big Blue over

Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business 20/11/2023 at 20:35 By Connor Jones Admits to taking phones used for ‘code blue’ emergencies offline and more An Atlanta tech company’s former COO has pleaded guilty to a 2018 incident in which he deliberately launched online attacks on two hospitals, later citing