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‘Corrupt’ cop jailed for tipping off pal to EncroChat dragnet 04/11/2023 at 10:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Taking selfie with ‘official sensitive’ doc wasn’t smartest idea, either A British court has sentenced a “corrupt” cop to almost four years behind bars for tipping off a friend that officers had compromised the EncroChat encrypted messaging app […]

Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile 04/11/2023 at 02:03 By Thomas Claburn Firefox Android add-ons coming soon At long last, Mozilla is planning to make browser extensions, also known as add-ons, available for Firefox on Android, at some point following the expected November 21 release of the browser’s version 120

Apple slams Android as a ‘massive tracking device’ in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle 04/11/2023 at 01:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo And brings up Eric Schmidt quote about Chrome maker going ‘right up to the creepy line but not cross it’ The US Department of Justice released a series of documents in its antitrust

We’re getting that fry-day feeling… US Army trials drone-cooking microwave rig 04/11/2023 at 00:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Look, in the sky – it’s a, oh, never mind The US Army has taken delivery of its first drone-cooking weapon designed to knock unmanned aerial systems (UAS) out of the air using high-powered microwave beams.… This article

81K people’s sensitive info feared stolen from Hilb after email inboxes ransacked 03/11/2023 at 23:34 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Credit card numbers, security codes, SSNs, passwords, PINs? Yikes! Hilb Group has warned more than 81,000 people that around the start of 2023 criminals broke into the work email accounts of its employees and may have

Ex-GCHQ software dev jailed for stabbing NSA staffer 03/11/2023 at 22:05 By Connor Jones Terrorist ideology suspected to be the motivation A former software developer for Britain’s cyberspy agency is facing years in the slammer after being sentenced for stabbing a National Security Agency (NSA) official multiple times.… This article is an excerpt from The

Researchers discover malicious WhatsApp modification 03/11/2023 at 21:27 By A malicious WhatsApp spy modification has been uncovered by Kaspersky researchers that clandestinely harvests personal information from its victims. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Musk’s broadband satellite kingdom Starlink now cash flow positive – or so he claims 03/11/2023 at 21:06 By Dan Robinson Meanwhile, Boeing’s constellation dreams crash back down to Earth SpaceX’s satellite broadband service Starlink has achieved “breakeven cash flow,” according to CEO Elon Musk, sparking speculation that a public offering for the company might now

Almost 70% of children & adolescents have been exposed to cyber risks 03/11/2023 at 20:21 By According to a recent report by the DQ Institute, nearly 70% of children and adolescents worldwide have been exposed to cyber risks in 2023.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

We’re feeling pretty anti about these social networks 03/11/2023 at 20:07 By Iain Thomson Meta faces personal info processing ban, needs to Thread the trademark needle in the UK, while Musk loses out Kettle  Social networks, once thought to have all-encompassing power to change our mood or voting strategy, have been hitting wall after wall

Microsoft pins hopes on AI once again – this time to patch up Swiss cheese security 03/11/2023 at 19:17 By Connor Jones Secure Future Initiative needed in wake of tech evolution and unrelenting ransomware criminality Microsoft has made fresh commitments to harden the security of its software and cloud services after a year in which

OpenELA flips Red Hat the bird with public release of Enterprise Linux source 03/11/2023 at 18:17 By Richard Speed Technical Steering Committee also formed The OpenELA team this week trumpeted public release of the Enterprise Linux source code and formation of a technical steering committee.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Microsoft 365 Copilot ‘generally available’ – if you can afford 300 seats 03/11/2023 at 17:18 By Richard Speed Small businesses need not apply Microsoft has made Microsoft 365 Copilot generally available for enterprises worldwide. But you’ll need to buy at least 300 seats for the privilege and customers are not feeling festive.… This article is

FTX claims climb to 57% as Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all counts 03/11/2023 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph By Prashant Jha The recent surge in FTX claims is attributed to its early investment in AI companies, which have jumped in valuation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Kinsing Actors Exploiting Recent Linux Flaw to Breach Cloud Environments 03/11/2023 at 16:46 By The threat actors linked to Kinsing have been observed attempting to exploit the recently disclosed Linux privilege escalation flaw called Looney Tunables as part of a “new experimental campaign” designed to breach cloud environments. “Intriguingly, the attacker is also broadening the horizons of

CanesSpy Spyware Discovered in Modified WhatsApp Versions 03/11/2023 at 16:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a number of WhatsApp mods for Android that come fitted with a spyware module dubbed CanesSpy. These modified versions of the instant messaging app have been observed propagated via sketchy websites advertising such software as well as Telegram channels used primarily

Predictive AI in Cybersecurity: Outcomes Demonstrate All AI is Not Created Equally 03/11/2023 at 16:46 By Here is what matters most when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity: Outcomes.  As the threat landscape evolves and generative AI is added to the toolsets available to defenders and attackers alike, evaluating the relative effectiveness of various AI-based security offerings

NodeStealer Malware Hijacking Facebook Business Accounts for Malicious Ads 03/11/2023 at 16:46 By Compromised Facebook business accounts are being used to run bogus ads that employ “revealing photos of young women” as lures to trick victims into downloading an updated version of a malware called NodeStealer. “Clicking on ads immediately downloads an archive containing a malicious

48 Malicious npm Packages Found Deploying Reverse Shells on Developer Systems 03/11/2023 at 16:46 By A new set of 48 malicious npm packages have been discovered in the npm repository with capabilities to deploy a reverse shell on compromised systems. “These packages, deceptively named to appear legitimate, contained obfuscated JavaScript designed to initiate a reverse

Fighting the dark side of generative AI 03/11/2023 at 16:31 By Policymakers and government leaders have rightfully grown alarmed by the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source