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Alert: Microsoft Releases Patch Updates for 5 New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities 15/11/2023 at 09:16 By Microsoft has released fixes to address 63 security bugs in its software for the month of November 2023, including three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Of the 63 flaws, three are rated Critical, 56 are rated Important, and […]

Urgent: VMware Warns of Unpatched Critical Cloud Director Vulnerability 15/11/2023 at 07:34 By VMware is warning of a critical and unpatched security flaw in Cloud Director that could be exploited by a malicious actor to get around authentication protections. Tracked as CVE-2023-34060 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability impacts instances that have been upgraded to version 10.5 from

Fujitsu-backed FDK claims nickel zinc batteries ready for use in UPSes 15/11/2023 at 05:33 By Laura Dobberstein Might be great for the datacenter, but not likely to be in EVs anytime soon Japanese battery maker FDK reckons a major improvement in its Ni-Zn battery has proven its durability enough to deem it practical for use

UnitedHealthcare’s broken AI denied seniors’ healthcare, lawsuit claims 15/11/2023 at 04:03 By Thomas Claburn Post-acute care algorithm allegedly comes up short 90 percent of the time UnitedHealthcare has been sued in Minnesota for allegedly denying healthcare claims based on a faulty AI model.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Another month, another bunch of fixes for Microsoft security bugs exploited in the wild 15/11/2023 at 03:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Plus: VMware closes critical hole, Adobe fixes a whopping 76 flaws Patch Tuesday  Heads up: Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday includes fixes for about 60 vulnerabilities – including three that have already been found and

Russian national pleads guilty to building now-dismantled IPStorm proxy botnet 15/11/2023 at 02:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo 23K nodes earned operator more than $500K – and now perhaps jail time The FBI says it has dismantled another botnet and collared its operator, who admitted hijacking tens of thousands of machines around the world to create his

YouTubers kindly asked to mark their deepfake vids as Fake Fakey McFake Fakes 15/11/2023 at 01:47 By Katyanna Quach Fess up before Google’s robo-cops possibly finger your synthetic drivel YouTube is slapping a bunch of rules on AI-generated videos in the hope of curbing: the spread of faked footage masqueraded as legit; deepfakes that make

Google Chrome coders ready themselves for third-party tracking cookie confiscation 15/11/2023 at 00:32 By Thomas Claburn Cull begins next year, ready or not Google on Monday began the formalities of phasing out third-party cookies from Chrome during the first quarter of 2024, signaling the beginning of the end for legacy online advertising.… This article is

X fails to remove hate speech over Israel-Gaza conflict 14/11/2023 at 23:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo 98% of posts reported stay up, and Musk’s response is to sue the messenger Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, continues to have problems policing hate speech, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has reported, with 98 percent of inflammatory

From yellow cabs to sky cabs: Air taxis take a Big Apple test flight 14/11/2023 at 23:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Mayor wants to electrify downtown heliport, but the FAA has yet to certify eVTOL for passenger flights Two electric air taxi makers have demoed their craft in New York City as part of Mayor Eric

Ransomware reported as a top concern for 64% of consumers 14/11/2023 at 23:01 By According to a recent ThreatX report, 97% of consumers are concerned that cyberattacks will continue to grow in volume over the next year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

CacheWarp Attack: New Vulnerability in AMD SEV Exposes Encrypted VMs 14/11/2023 at 22:32 By A group of academics has disclosed a new “software fault attack” on AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology that could be potentially exploited by threat actors to infiltrate encrypted virtual machines (VMs) and even perform privilege escalation. The attack has been

Corduroy is coming to the metaverse with touchy-feely robotic sensors 14/11/2023 at 22:19 By Lindsay Clark Just what virtual reality needs – an update that brings a bit of texture torture Scientists have developed a robotic sensing system they say can distinguish between multiple types of fabric, including corduroy, in work they hope may bring

AMD SEV OMG: Trusted execution undone by cache meddling 14/11/2023 at 21:47 By Thomas Claburn Let’s do the CacheWarp again Boffins based in Germany and Austria have found a flaw in AMD’s SEV trusted execution environment that makes it less than trustworthy.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

61% of organizations store sensitive data in multiple locations 14/11/2023 at 21:46 By According to a recent zero trust and data protection report, one of six organizations experienced multiple losses of data in the past 12 months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Intel out-of-band patch addresses privilege escalation flaw 14/11/2023 at 21:02 By Thomas Claburn Sapphire Rapids, Alder Lake, and Raptor Lake chip families treated for ‘Redundant Prefix’ Intel on Tuesday issued an out-of-band security update to address a privilege escalation vulnerability in recent server and personal computer chips.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Washington plans overhaul of wireless spectrum allocation 14/11/2023 at 20:17 By Dan Robinson One person’s garbage band is another person’s treasure, right Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service? The US government has drafted a blueprint to change the way wireless spectrum is managed in a bid to maximize available resources. This includes identifying wireless frequencies that may

75% of security leaders say security automation is important 14/11/2023 at 20:01 By According to a recent ThreatQuotient survey, 75% of security professionals say cybersecurity automation is important, up from 68% last year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI chemist creates catalysts to make oxygen using Martian meteorites 14/11/2023 at 19:33 By Lindsay Clark Robotic process hunts down local extraterrestrial materials to aid supply of on-site fuel and oxygen Scientists in China claim they have employed artificial intelligence and physical robotics to help make oxygen from water and space rocks available on the

Motives of multi-cloud users? Compliance and dodging vendor lock-in top the list 14/11/2023 at 18:32 By Richard Speed Reasons less technical than you’d think as research respondents cite EU’s DORA rules According to research released today, fears over vendor lock-in and the need to stay compliant with regulations are topping the reasons for multi-cloud adoption.…