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Introducing the tech that keeps the lights on 13/11/2023 at 13:17 By Rupert Goodwins Genuinely new ideas are rare in IT – this superhero is ready to make a real difference Opinion  Cybersecurity has many supremely annoying aspects. It soaks up talent, time, and money like the English men’s football squad, and like that benighted […]

Kubernetes’ Tim Hockin on a decade of dominance and the future of AI in open source 13/11/2023 at 12:33 By Richard Speed Going back to a time before autocomplete Interview  Tim Hockin has been working on Kubernetes since before it was announced. As the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) takes a sudden lurch into the

48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax 13/11/2023 at 11:33 By Simon Sharwood Blockheaded cheats given four years to find new schemes Cryptocurrency has proven a disappointing alternative to fiat currency, a poor alternative to conventional securities, and a lousy store of value. But it has helped plenty of people

Royal Mail cyber security still a mess, say infosec researchers 13/11/2023 at 09:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo ALSO: most Mainers are MOVEit victims, NY radiology firm fined for not updating kit, and some critical vulnerabilities Infosec in brief  After spending almost a year cleaning up after various security snafus, the UK’s Royal Mail has left an

Chinese Hackers Launch Covert Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations 13/11/2023 at 09:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is malicious cyber activity orchestrated by two prominent Chinese nation-state hacking groups targeting 24 Cambodian government organizations. “This activity is believed to be part of a long-term espionage campaign,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42

Major Phishing-as-a-Service Syndicate ‘BulletProofLink’ Dismantled by Malaysian Authorities 13/11/2023 at 09:19 By Malaysian law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called BulletProofLink. The Royal Malaysian Police said the effort, which was carried out with assistance from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on November 6, 2023,

Stubborn workforce challenges call for new approaches in building security teams 13/11/2023 at 08:15 By How can we concretely address the workforce challenges facing the cybersecurity industry? In this column, Pam Nigro focuses on DEI, career development and AI. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New BiBi-Windows Wiper Targets Windows Systems in Pro-Hamas Attacks 13/11/2023 at 08:15 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a Windows version of a wiper malware that was previously observed targeting Linux systems in cyber attacks aimed at Israel. Dubbed BiBi-Windows Wiper by BlackBerry, the wiper is the Windows counterpart of BiBi-Linux Wiper, which has been put to use

Foxconn launches its first satellites on a SpaceX rideshare, to advance Microsoft space plan 13/11/2023 at 07:33 By Simon Sharwood Musky launch outfit teases possible Friday fling for its colossal Starship Taiwan’s contract manufacturer to the stars, Foxconn, has flown its first pair of satellites.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

China’s annual e-tail frenzy broke records – trust us, say government, Alibaba and JD.com 13/11/2023 at 05:22 By Simon Sharwood 5.26 billion packages shipped, 639 million on Saturday alone. But nobody’s puffing up the cash pile Alibaba and JD.com have forged a new holiday tradition by discussing anything but the revenue generated by the nation’s

Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all 11/11/2023 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination Apple managed to escape a whopping €13 billion ($13.9 billion) tax bill in the European Union a few years ago, though now the advocate

Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers 11/11/2023 at 16:46 By A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a “shift in

Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome’s upcoming IP address cloaking 11/11/2023 at 13:02 By Thomas Claburn Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc Exclusive  Google’s plan to prevent marketers from tracking Chrome users across different websites by anonymizing IP addresses is being challenged by, surprise

Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland 11/11/2023 at 11:17 By Thomas Claburn Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims Exclusive  Facebook-owner Meta and Google’s YouTube now face criminal complaints in Ireland for alleged unlawful surveillance of EU citizens via tracking scripts.… This article is an excerpt from The

Google, Amazon among big names in tech axing jobs this week 11/11/2023 at 03:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Hiring boom followed by firing bust? More tech jobs are on the chopping block this week, with Amazon, Google, Snap and Zillow all cutting staff.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

US Air Force wants to see some atomic motors for future spacecraft 11/11/2023 at 02:33 By Katyanna Quach Take this $34M, Lockheed Martin, and give us an uranium fission engine for electricity, heat, propulsion Lockheed Martin has been awarded $33.7 million by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop nuclear-powered electric propulsion systems for

Impatient LockBit says it’s leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land 10/11/2023 at 23:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit The LockBit crew is claiming to have leaked all of the data it stole from Boeing late last month, after the passenger

Tipsy tongues tell all: How your sloshed speech could snitch to Siri 10/11/2023 at 22:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Alexa, am I wasted? Wondering if that wee tipple was a bit too much? Someday soon your sloshed speech may spill your secrets to your resident digital assistant as easily as you stumble through a tongue-twister.… This

72% of security leaders are concerned about the adverse effects of AI 10/11/2023 at 22:16 By According to a report, 74% of IT and security decision makers said their organization’s IT or security budget increased compared to the year prior. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

6% of companies have not had a digital risk cyberattack since 2020 10/11/2023 at 22:16 By A recent BrandShield survey of chief information security officers (CISOs) found that CISOs reported an average loss of $2.1M USD per cyberattack. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source