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Ransomware royale: US confirms Royal, BlackSuit are linked 14/11/2023 at 17:47 By Connor Jones Royal alone scored $275M in past year as FBI, other agencies hot on merging trail The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released fresh guidance on the Royal ransomware operation, saying that evidence […]

Backblaze starts tracking hot drives as world preps for rising global temperatures 14/11/2023 at 17:17 By Dan Robinson Quarterly stats to show when units exceed manufacturer max temp Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze has released its latest drive statistics report, introducing tracking of temperature data for drives and failure rates for each datacenter.… This

If blockchain projects sold cars: Facts vs. feelings in Web3 marketing 14/11/2023 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph By German Ramirez But the masses — your main audience — don’t care about how it works. They care about how it meets their needs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

SpaceX’s Starship gets all clear for Texas takeoff 14/11/2023 at 16:33 By Richard Speed FAA grants license to fly, though not fry local wildlife The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX clearance to try launching the monster Starship / Super Heavy combo from the company’s Boca Chica facility.… This article is an excerpt

As the Top500 celebrates its 30th year, with a $5 VM you too can get into the top 10 … of 1993 14/11/2023 at 15:32 By Tobias Mann But if you really care about performance, there are better options out there, natch SC23  This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Top500 ranking of the

Alert: OracleIV DDoS Botnet Targets Public Docker Engine APIs to Hijack Containers 14/11/2023 at 15:31 By Publicly-accessible Docker Engine API instances are being targeted by threat actors as part of a campaign designed to co-opt the machines into a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet dubbed OracleIV. “Attackers are exploiting this misconfiguration to deliver a malicious Docker container,

The Importance of Continuous Security Monitoring for a Robust Cybersecurity Strategy 14/11/2023 at 15:31 By In 2023, the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million. Beyond the immediate financial loss, there are long-term consequences like diminished customer trust, weakened brand value, and derailed business operations. In a world where the frequency and cost

CI/CD Risks: Protecting Your Software Development Pipelines 14/11/2023 at 15:01 By Have you heard about Dependabot? If not, just ask any developer around you, and they’ll likely rave about how it has revolutionized the tedious task of checking and updating outdated dependencies in software projects.  Dependabot not only takes care of the checks for you,

Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean AI’s not after you 14/11/2023 at 14:47 By Paul Kunert Brit telco BT’s digital boss asks people ‘how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn’t complain or go on strike’ BT’s chief digital innovation officer wants the world to stop moaning about how cuddly AI is going

Novel backdoor persists even after critical Confluence vulnerability is patched 14/11/2023 at 14:03 By Connor Jones Got a Confluence server? Listen up. Malware said to have wide-ranging capabilities A new backdoor was this week found implanted in the environments of organizations to exploit the recently disclosed critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence.… This article is an

New Campaign Targets Middle East Governments with IronWind Malware 14/11/2023 at 13:31 By Government entities in the Middle East are the target of new phishing campaigns that are designed to deliver a new initial access downloader dubbed IronWind. The activity, detected between July and October 2023, has been attributed by Proofpoint to a threat actor it tracks

UK telcos didn’t collude to put Phones 4u out of business – judge 14/11/2023 at 13:17 By Richard Speed OK gr8. CU down the pub A lengthy lawsuit is nearing an end after a judge dismissed a claim from defunct British phone retailer Phones 4u that local telco operators conspired to put it out of

SUSE CTO talks about OpenELA and keeping customer trust 14/11/2023 at 12:32 By Richard Speed Head in the sand about the end of CentOS? Have a few more years of support… for a fee Interview  SUSE is serious about Linux in the enterprise, so much so that the veteran penguin-botherer is willing to risk the

Tool bag lost in space now tracked by garbage watchers 14/11/2023 at 11:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s equipment drifting away A tool bag is orbiting Earth. No, this isn’t an elaborate Elon Musk joke.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Vietnamese Hackers Using New Delphi-Powered Malware to Target Indian Marketers 14/11/2023 at 11:31 By The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early October 2023, targeting marketing professionals in India with an aim to hijack Facebook business accounts. “An important feature that

Bug hunters on your marks: TETRA radio encryption algorithms to enter public domain 14/11/2023 at 11:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Emergency comms standard had five nasty flaws but will be opened to academic research A set of encryption algorithms used to secure emergency radio communications will enter the public domain after an about-face by the

NCSC says cyber-readiness of UK’s critical infrastructure isn’t up to scratch 14/11/2023 at 10:17 By Connor Jones And the world’s getting more and more dangerous The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has once again sounded its concern over the rising threat level to the nation’s critical national infrastructure (CNI).… This article is an excerpt

CISA Sets a Deadline – Patch Juniper Junos OS Flaws Before November 17 14/11/2023 at 09:31 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given a November 17, 2023, deadline for federal agencies and organizations to apply mitigations to secure against a number of security flaws in Juniper Junos OS that came to

Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province 14/11/2023 at 09:02 By Laura Dobberstein University managment app also tracked library activity, holidays, and much more US-based research group IPVM has accused Chinese video surveillance equipment company Hikvision of engaging with a contract to develop technology that can identify Muslim students that are