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Unraveling Real-Life Attack Paths – Key Lessons Learned 18/10/2023 at 15:18 By In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, attackers are always searching for vulnerabilities and exploits within organizational environments. They don’t just target single weaknesses; they’re on the hunt for combinations of exposures and attack methods that can lead them to their desired objective. Despite […]

Eric Vélez-Villar to deliver afternoon keynote at SECURITY 500 Conference 18/10/2023 at 15:05 By Eric Vélez-Villar, Former Assistant Director at FBI Office of Private Sector will deliver the afternoon keynote at the 16th annual SECURITY 500 Conference on November 13 in Washington, D.C. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed

US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon’s attempt to get charges tossed 18/10/2023 at 14:36 By Richard Speed Allege that ‘greed and hubris’ led Mike Lynch and co to ‘pretend Autonomy thrived’ The lengthy legal story of Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch took another turn this weekend as prosecutors snapped back at attempts to have criminal charges thrown

Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech 18/10/2023 at 14:02 By Laura Dobberstein Singapore summit hears how private sector’s constant security sins create risk for sovereigns Senior politicians gathered at Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) this week to discuss the current state of cybersecurity have articulated their discomfort with finding themselves dependent on Big Tech.…

Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China’s IP theft program now at ‘unprecedented’ levels 18/10/2023 at 13:06 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag Intelligence chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance today warned that Chinese government spies stealing IP and other sensitive data from private companies pose an

TetrisPhantom: Cyber Espionage via Secure USBs Targets APAC Governments 18/10/2023 at 12:32 By Government entities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are the target of a long-running cyber espionage campaign dubbed TetrisPhantom. “The attacker covertly spied on and harvested sensitive data from APAC government entities by exploiting a particular type of secure USB drive, protected by hardware

Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren’t bad enough 18/10/2023 at 12:18 By Connor Jones Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues An uptick in cybercriminals masking malicious downloads as fake browser updates is being spotted by security researchers.… This article is an excerpt

Buyer’s remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases 18/10/2023 at 11:33 By Paul Kunert They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations Three in every five software purchases are regretted by IT departments for a variety of reasons, including unforeseen costs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Ampere leads a pack of AI startups to challenge Nvidia’s ‘unsustainable’ GPUs 18/10/2023 at 10:34 By Tobias Mann AI Platform Alliance probably has Jensen Huang in tears…of laughter History is full of examples of smaller players coming together to take on larger competitors. With the launch of the AI Platform Alliance this week, Arm CPU

New Admin Takeover Vulnerability Exposed in Synology’s DiskStation Manager 18/10/2023 at 10:33 By A medium-severity flaw has been discovered in Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) that could be exploited to decipher an administrator’s password and remotely hijack the account. “Under some rare conditions, an attacker could leak enough information to restore the seed of the pseudorandom

Atlassian users complain of cloud migration dead ends, especially in UK 18/10/2023 at 09:49 By Simon Sharwood Lack of local clouds and inflexible offers see users depart. Maybe the new ‘Compass’ developer experience tool will be more to their liking The Register’s Monday story about Atlassian’s looming end-of-support deadline for its on-prem server products has

Sony, Honda, tease EV that aims to be a loungeroom on wheels 18/10/2023 at 08:47 By Laura Dobberstein ‘Afeela’ packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem Video  Sony and Honda have unveiled Afeela – a software-defined vehicle the two present as a Qualcomm-powered entertainment system on wheels. Or you

Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil 18/10/2023 at 07:34 By Simon Sharwood It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle Apple has found another reason to embrace USB-C – it’s allowed the iCompany to make a cheaper digital pencil.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

D-Link Confirms Data Breach: Employee Falls Victim to Phishing Attack 18/10/2023 at 07:16 By Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has confirmed a data breach that led to the exposure of what it said is “low-sensitivity and semi-public information.” “The data was confirmed not from the cloud but likely originated from an old D-View 6 system,

X tries charging new users $1 to deter bots 18/10/2023 at 06:18 By Simon Sharwood Won’t make a profit, might stop spammers, will require registration of phone number X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has started a trial of a $1 fee for new users to cut down on bots that Elon Musk

Google and Qualcomm decide RISC-V’s no risk on wrists in next-gen wearables 18/10/2023 at 05:09 By Simon Sharwood Effort to get developers ready for Arm-snapper are under way, but delivery deadlines are eerily absent Qualcomm has announced it will develop a platform to power devices running Google’s Wear OS, based on the permissibly licensed RISC-V

America extends China chip export bans and acts to cut off backdoor exports 18/10/2023 at 03:18 By Iain Thomson Chips cunningly designed to be less powerful and evade sanctions look to be in trouble The US Department of Commerce has extended sanctions against China – and now other countries – in its bid to block

TSMC abandons plans for 2nm chip plant after Taiwanese locals protest 18/10/2023 at 01:48 By Tobias Mann Foundry giant now searching for new home for high-end fab site Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will abandon plans to build an advanced chip fab in northern Taiwan after residents opposed the project.… This article is an excerpt

US launches official probe into Cruise after pair of pedestrian accidents 17/10/2023 at 23:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Hey, we’re still safer than human drivers, says GM outfit The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation of General Motors’ Cruise driverless robo-taxis after a pair of recent pedestrian injuries. … This article is

Bezos’ engineers dream of Blue Ring space platform in orbit by 2025 17/10/2023 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo A little optimistic, given Blue Origin can’t even deliver it themselves yet Bezos-backed space firm Blue Origin has unveiled plans to construct a multi-mission, multi-orbit “space mobility platform,” and claims it only needs until 2025 to get