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Critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP under active exploitation 01/11/2023 at 19:17 By Connor Jones Full extent of attacks unknown but telecoms thought to be especially exposed Vulnerabilities in F5’s BIG-IP suite are already being exploited after proof of concept (PoC) code began circulating online.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

FAA is done with Starship’s safety review, now it’s over to the birds and turtles 01/11/2023 at 18:48 By Richard Speed No launch license until environmental investigation is complete SpaceX has inched a little closer to being granted a license for the next Starship launch after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had

Researchers Expose Prolific Puma’s Underground Link Shortening Service 01/11/2023 at 18:47 By A threat actor known as Prolific Puma has been maintaining a low profile and operating an underground link shortening service that’s offered to other threat actors for at least over the past four years. Prolific Puma creates “domain names with an RDGA [registered domain generation algorithm] and

AMA: Executive Protection Officer — Will Arnell 01/11/2023 at 18:16 By In this AMA episode, executive protection professional Will Arnell says transparency, communication and mentorship are key to a successful EP program. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Cybercrooks amp up attacks via macro-enabled XLL files 01/11/2023 at 17:47 By Connor Jones Neither Excel nor PowerPoint safe as baddies continue to find ways around protections Cybercriminals are once again abusing macro-enabled Excel add-in (XLL) files in malware attacks at a vastly increased rate, according to new research.… This article is an excerpt from

PayPal scores UK crypto license after brief local Bitcoin buy halt 01/11/2023 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph By Helen Partz Licensed by the FCA on Oct. 31, 2023, PayPal has requirements or restrictions placed on the financial services activities that it can operate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UK convinces nations to sign Bletchley Declaration in bid for AI safety 01/11/2023 at 17:02 By Lindsay Clark Tech leaders and politicos descend on Britland to thrash out regulation and governance UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today opened the global AI Safety Summit hosted in Britain, with guests including tech CEOs and heads of other

White House releases 2023 women and security plan 01/11/2023 at 16:31 By The White House has announced the 2023 Women, Peace and Security Strategy (WPS) and National Action Plan, which was adjusted to match current issues. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Windows 11 23H2 is a Teams effort but Microsoft already spoiled the best bits 01/11/2023 at 16:17 By Richard Speed Chat chopped and Copilot preview still rolling out The next major Windows 11 update has lurched into the light, containing a few new enhancements as well as other features that have trickled out of Redmond

Combatting the next wave of AI fraud 01/11/2023 at 16:01 By Generative AI can create efficiencies that will increase productivity, improve internal operations and enhance creativity. Yet, the evolution of large language models and the use of generative AI can open doors for fraudsters. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS

Europe eyes skies with aim to track space junk and boost orbital operations 01/11/2023 at 15:32 By Dan Robinson Fresh strategies unveiled to balance military and commercial interests in space A lack of situational awareness capabilities is holding back Europe’s ambitions in space, according to the chair of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking Partnership

Hands on Review: LayerX’s Enterprise Browser Security Extension 01/11/2023 at 15:16 By The browser has become the main work interface in modern enterprises. It’s where employees create and interact with data, and how they access organizational and external SaaS and web apps. As a result, the browser is extensively targeted by adversaries. They seek to

Get your very own ransomware empire on the cheap, while stocks last 01/11/2023 at 15:02 By Connor Jones RansomedVC owner takes to Telegram to flog criminal enterprise The short-lived RansomedVC ransomware operation is being shopped around by its owner, who is claiming to offer a 20 percent discount just a day after first listing it

Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Targets Financial and Government Sectors in Middle East 01/11/2023 at 14:46 By A threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been observed waging a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting financial, government, military, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East for at least a year. Israeli cybersecurity

Mozilla treats Debian devotees to the raw taste of Firefox Nightly 01/11/2023 at 14:17 By Liam Proven Handle with care, but a native package is still a good sign Mozilla has published a native Debian package of Firefox – the pre-beta-test Nightly build, rather than the current released version.… This article is an excerpt from

It’s been 25 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn’s geriatric jaunt around Earth 01/11/2023 at 13:33 By Richard Speed All in the name of science, or just a political stunt? This week marks 25 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became the oldest person to orbit

MariaDB Foundation CEO claims ‘sanity’ has returned to MariaDB plc 01/11/2023 at 12:47 By Lindsay Clark Kaj Arnö mulls cash crisis, de-listing threat, job cuts, and strategy rewrite at commercial MySQL purveyor Exclusive  “We saw the dark clouds for a long, long while,” MariaDB Foundation CEO Kaj Arnö told The Register.… This article is an

North Korean Hackers Tageting Crypto Experts with KANDYKORN macOS Malware 01/11/2023 at 12:31 By State-sponsored threat actors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been found targeting blockchain engineers of an unnamed crypto exchange platform via Discord with a novel macOS malware dubbed KANDYKORN. Elastic Security Labs said the activity, traced back to April

Where do humans feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub 01/11/2023 at 12:03 By Lindsay Clark Pints, pork scratchings and password-free wifi: the nearly perfect brew for the British pint puller It may be a place of refuge for world-weary Brits, but the humble boozer is where they most fear wi-fi attacks.… This

Don’t feel left out, chip designers. Nvidia’s made a chatbot assistant for you, too 01/11/2023 at 11:17 By Tobias Mann In the lab, anyway As AI finds its way into some chip design workflows – resulting in neural networks helping design better processors for neural networks – Nvidia has shown off what can be done