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What’s unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court 19/10/2023 at 02:03 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that police can use Google search histories to identify suspects in criminal investigations, leading digital rights orgs […]

Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways – Russia and China hitting ancient app 19/10/2023 at 01:21 By Brandon Vigliarolo Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now If you needed another reason to keep your installation of venerable decompression app WinRAR updated, Google’s Threat Analysis Group says it has spotted a vulnerability patched

Nvidia sells Foxconn on AI factories that turn raw data into profit 19/10/2023 at 00:17 By Tobias Mann Or, at least, information that can drive profits anyway Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn plans to build so-called “AI factories” with the help of Nvidia.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere 18/10/2023 at 23:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘My god, it’s full of aerosolized metals!’ A group of scientists studying the effects of rocket and satellite reentry vaporization in Earth’s atmosphere have found some startling evidence that could point to disastrous environmental effects on the horizon. … This article

Critical Citrix bug exploited by data thieves weeks before being patched 18/10/2023 at 22:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Time to close those active sessions Bad news for anyone using Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances: miscreants have been exploiting a critical information disclosure bug in these devices since late August — almost two months

Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid 18/10/2023 at 21:22 By Brandon Vigliarolo Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming Renewable energy investments continue to rise, but a key component of our planned zero-carbon future is being ignored, and could endanger

Come work at HQ… or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff 18/10/2023 at 20:32 By Paul Kunert Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. ‘Zoom fatigue is real,’ says bigwig The CEO at gaming biz Roblox Corporation has given employees two stark choices: haul their asses to the company’s HQ offices

Hyperscale datacenter capacity set to triple because of AI demand 18/10/2023 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson And it’s going to suck… up more power too Total capacity of hyperscale datacenters is set to grow almost threefold over the next six years on the back of AI demand, substantially increasing the amount of power required by

Moonstruck Modi wants Indian crew on lunar surface by 2040 18/10/2023 at 19:06 By Richard Speed A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD Flushed with robotic lunar success, India says it has plans to send a crew to the Moon by 2040.… This article is an excerpt

Take Windows 11… please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft’s latest OS 18/10/2023 at 18:32 By Richard Speed Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then? Windows 11 is consistently failing to capture hearts and devices, if recent figures are to be believed.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Roles of AI, automation and humans in security 18/10/2023 at 18:02 By Jordan Lippel, Vice President of Sales at ECAMSECURE, discusses how security professionals can stay updated regarding integration of automation and AI into their security operations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Lazarus Group Targeting Defense Experts with Fake Interviews via Trojanized VNC Apps 18/10/2023 at 18:02 By The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Hidden Cobra or TEMP.Hermit) has been observed using trojanized versions of Virtual Network Computing (VNC) apps as lures to target the defense industry and nuclear engineers as part of a long-running campaign known as Operation Dream

D-Link clears up ‘exaggerations’ around data breach 18/10/2023 at 17:53 By Connor Jones Who knew 3 million actually means 700 in cybercrime forum lingo? D-Link has confirmed suspicions that it was successfully targeted by cyber criminals, but is talking down the scale of the impact.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

6% of financial firms are confident in communications compliance 18/10/2023 at 17:52 By According to a report, 74% of respondents say it’s likely their employees are using unmonitored communications channels, up from 66% in 2022. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite 18/10/2023 at 17:18 By Dan Robinson Over a million licenses for office software to be used by corporate and frontline workers Amazon has reportedly taken out more than a million licenses for Microsoft’s 365 productivity suite.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

You snooze, you lose? It’s not quite as simple as that 18/10/2023 at 17:02 By Richard Currie Actually it might give you a brief edge on those weird morning people If on waking your first instinct is to smash that snooze button, new research may encourage you to let sleeping dogs lie.… This article is

Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Exploited to Target from Government, Tech Firms 18/10/2023 at 16:16 By Citrix is warning of exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances that could result in exposure of sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2023-4966 (CVSS score: 9.4), the vulnerability impacts the following supported versions – NetScaler ADC

CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X’s URL bug 18/10/2023 at 16:03 By Connor Jones Musk’s mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs An ethical hacker has exploited a bug in the way X truncates URLs to take over a CIA Telegram channel used to receive intelligence.… This article is an excerpt

Boris Johnson’s mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts 18/10/2023 at 15:19 By Lindsay Clark It was a gas while it lasted but ‘no public policy’ to replace natural gas for heating The UK should abandon its efforts to replace gas boilers for heating homes with hydrogen systems, an independent advisory commission says.… This article is

Qubitstrike Targets Jupyter Notebooks with Crypto Mining and Rootkit Campaign 18/10/2023 at 15:18 By A threat actor, presumably from Tunisia, has been linked to a new campaign targeting exposed Jupyter Notebooks in a two-fold attempt to illicitly mine cryptocurrency and breach cloud environments. Dubbed Qubitstrike by Cado, the intrusion set utilizes Telegram API to exfiltrate cloud service