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US slaps sanctions on accused fave go-to money launderer of Russia’s rich 06/11/2023 at 19:19 By Connor Jones And that includes ransomware crims, claims US of alleged sanctions-buster A Russian woman the US accuses of being a career money launderer is the latest to be sanctioned by the country for her alleged role in moving […]

New orientation assistant to help prevent astronauts getting lost in space 06/11/2023 at 18:36 By Lindsay Clark Which way is up? Just feel the vibrations, man Spatial disorientation among pilots led to 101 deaths, 65 lost aircraft and $2.32 billion of damages in the US Airforce between 1993 and 2013, according to research. The problem

SecuriDropper: New Android Dropper-as-a-Service Bypasses Google’s Defenses 06/11/2023 at 18:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new dropper-as-a-service (DaaS) for Android called SecuriDropper that bypasses new security restrictions imposed by Google and delivers the malware. Dropper malware on Android is designed to function as a conduit to install a payload on a compromised device, making

Microsoft scratches Surface device policy – some get extensions of up to 6 years 06/11/2023 at 18:02 By Dan Robinson See? It’s not just Chromebooks. Now how about some flexibility around Win 10? Microsoft will offer driver and firmware updates for its Surface devices for an additional two years, claiming the decision is in response

November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience month 06/11/2023 at 17:47 By The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced the kickoff of Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Trustwave Measures the Pros and Cons of President Biden’s Executive Order to Regulate AI Development 06/11/2023 at 17:06 By President Joe Biden, on October 30, signed the first-ever Executive Order designed to regulate and formulate the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence within the United States. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

Open source license challenges part 461: Element plots move to AGPLv3 06/11/2023 at 16:34 By Richard Speed Getting contributions out of freeloaders Exclusive  Element has become the latest company to change its open source license, but rather than going down a source-available path, it has opted to move from Apache 2.0 to AGPLv3.… This article

Rogue AI risks and how to mitigate them 06/11/2023 at 16:33 By Make no mistake: AI represents the possibility of a security threat that is powerful, broad-reaching and hard to stop. As AI advances, the possibility it could be misused or lead to consequences not intended by its creators or users also grows. This article

From Apollo to Space Shuttle, Thomas K Mattingly’s stellar journey ends at 87 06/11/2023 at 14:48 By Richard Speed Dodged Apollo 13 disaster because of rubella, but helped to rescue the crew Obit  Thomas K Mattingly II, command module pilot of Apollo 16 and commander of two Space Shuttle missions, has died aged 87.… This

Home of the world’s longest pleasure pier joins public sector leak club 06/11/2023 at 14:17 By Connor Jones Southend-on-Sea Council unwittingly exposed sensitive records of more than 2,000 staff for five months Southend-on-Sea City Council has reported a data breach, joining a growing list of UK public sector organizations to have accidentally and illegally exposed

Iranian Hackers Launches Destructive Cyberattacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors 06/11/2023 at 14:02 By Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware. The intrusions, which took place as recently as

UK throws millions at scheme to heat homes with waste energy from datacenters 06/11/2023 at 13:19 By Dan Robinson A load of hot air? The UK government is stumping up £36 million ($41.4 million) to help support a green energy project that aims to use waste heat from a datacenter to keep nearby homes warm.…

YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues 06/11/2023 at 12:32 By Rupert Goodwins Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness Opinion  YouTube wants its pound of flesh. Disable your ad blocker or pay for Premium, warns a new message being shown to an unsuspecting test audience, with

Google Warns How Hackers Could Abuse Calendar Service as a Covert C2 Channel 06/11/2023 at 12:02 By Google is warning of multiple threat actors sharing a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that leverages its Calendar service to host command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The tool, called Google Calendar RAT (GCR), employs Google Calendar Events for C2 using a

U.S. Treasury Targets Russian Money Launderer in Cybercrime Crackdown 06/11/2023 at 09:16 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions against a Russian woman for taking part in the laundering of virtual currency for the country’s elites and cybercriminal crews, including the Ryuk ransomware group. Ekaterina Zhdanova, per the department, is said to have

IP vs. analog surveillance systems: Is there a right choice? 06/11/2023 at 08:16 By When selecting a video surveillance solution, security leaders should consider what works best for their organization’s needs and budget. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Beijing signals it may let Micron out of the penalty box in the Middle Kingdom 06/11/2023 at 00:51 By Tobias Mann Commerce minister would love if US chipmaker took root in Chinese market Micron’s fortunes in China appear to be on the mend after the Middle Kingdom’s commerce minister invited the US chipmaker to expand

Developing AI models or giant GPU clusters? Uncle Sam would like a word 05/11/2023 at 21:32 By Tobias Mann But the astronomical performance thresholds mean few ML operators will be required to report at this rate Comment  The White House wants to know who is deploying AI compute clusters and training large language models —

What is metadata in blockchain transactions? 04/11/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Jagjit Singh Metadata in blockchain refers to additional information or data that can be associated with transactions or other elements on a blockchain network. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Android VPNs to get audit badges in Google Play Store if they aren’t comically crap 04/11/2023 at 21:02 By Thomas Claburn No promises it’s actually secure, just that it doesn’t do anything obviously dumb Google wants to help Android users find more trustworthy VPN apps through better badging alerting to independent audits.… This article is