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Report uncovers critical cyber threats facing financial industry 13/10/2023 at 15:31 By A new report sheds light on the distinctive cybersecurity risks facing financial services organizations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Researchers Unveil ToddyCat’s New Set of Tools for Data Exfiltration 13/10/2023 at 15:31 By The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as ToddyCat has been linked to a new set of malicious tools that are designed for data exfiltration, offering a deeper insight into the hacking crew’s tactics and capabilities. The findings come from Kaspersky, which first shed light on the

UK silicon startups to share £1.3M chump change as part of chip strategy 13/10/2023 at 15:17 By Dan Robinson Crumbs compared to the billions thrown about in US and Europe The UK government has announced the ChipStart program as part of its National Semiconductor Strategy, which will see a dozen silicon startups share £1.3 million

Ransomware attacks doubled year on year. Are organizations equipped to handle the evolution of Ransomware in 2023? 13/10/2023 at 14:47 By Ransomware attacks have only increased in sophistication and capabilities over the past year. From new evasion and anti-analysis techniques to stealthier variants coded in new languages, ransomware groups have adapted their tactics to bypass

CMA criticizes Microsoft as it clears $69B Activision Blizzard buy 13/10/2023 at 14:02 By Paul Kunert ‘Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage’ with us, says UK regulator Britain’s competition regulator finally waved through Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of games developer Activision Blizzard today, ending a 15-month saga that turned more than a

FBI, CISA Warn of Rising AvosLocker Ransomware Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure 13/10/2023 at 14:01 By The AvosLocker ransomware gang has been linked to attacks against critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S., with some of them detected as recently as May 2023. That’s according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory released by the U.S. Cybersecurity and

DarkGate Malware Spreading via Messaging Services Posing as PDF Files 13/10/2023 at 14:01 By A piece of malware known as DarkGate has been observed being spread via instant messaging platforms such as Skype and Microsoft Teams. In these attacks, the messaging apps are used to deliver a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) loader script that masquerades as

UK government embarks on bargain bin hunt for AI policy wonk 13/10/2023 at 12:32 By Paul Kunert Con: You won’t get a Menlo Park salary. Pro: You won’t have to meet Zuck UK government is trying to hire a “Deputy Director for AI International,” a policy leadership role for someone willing to work for a

Gas supplier blames ‘rogue’ code for Channel Island outage 13/10/2023 at 11:32 By Lindsay Clark CEO claims bug had millions-to-one chance of disrupting supply – but it did The small island of Jersey’s natural gas supply is still switched off five days after a software problem caused its main facility to failover to a safety

NASA reschedules Boeing’s first crewed Starliner flight for mid-April 2024 13/10/2023 at 09:48 By Katyanna Quach Given they’re still trying to fix the capsule’s parachute the astronauts better say their prayers NASA announced on Thursday that the first-ever crewed test flight of Boeing’s much-delayed Starliner spacecraft will launch no earlier than mid-April, 2024.… This article

Chinese citizens feel their government is doing a fine job with surveillance 13/10/2023 at 09:17 By Laura Dobberstein They know they’re being watched and don’t mind – maybe because Beijing says it improves safety Chinese residents are generally comfortable with widespread use of surveillance technology, according to a year-long project conducted by the Australian Strategic

Nutanix, Cisco, say buyers will get the best of them both 13/10/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood There’s enough overlap that the deal works already. Next: cloud networks and maybe a storage push Cisco is now Nutanix’s closest hardware partner, meaning integration of the hyperconverged upstart’s stack and Cisco’s UCS servers will be stronger, sooner,

Security leadership across sectors 13/10/2023 at 07:16 By Discover insights from security executives for proving value & developing partnerships across your organization excerpted from our Solutions by Sector webinars. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security needs to make its voice heard in AI implementations 13/10/2023 at 07:16 By Balancing the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) is critical to enterprise cybersecurity success going forward. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Atlassian buys ‘asynchronous video’ outfit Loom for almost $1 billion 13/10/2023 at 06:03 By Simon Sharwood Imagine a Jira bug report with an embedded video explaining the situation Atlassian has announced the acquisition of asynchronous video outfit Loom, for $975m.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Qualcomm to shed over 1,000 staff in California, plus some Brits, starting in December 13/10/2023 at 05:32 By Simon Sharwood Vice-presidents, engineers among those scheduled to have a rotten Christmas Chip designer Qualcomm has revealed it intends to shed over 1,000 California-based employees, delivering on previously foreshadowed plans to address its economic woes.… This article

Samsung nabs contract to produce 3nm server chips for mystery US biz 13/10/2023 at 04:47 By Tobias Mann Parts reportedly geared toward high-performance compute and leverage advanced packaging A mystery US company has tapped Samsung to fabricate datacenter chips using its 3nm manufacturing process.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Squid games: 35 security holes still unpatched in proxy after 2 years, now public 13/10/2023 at 03:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle We’d like to say don’t panic … but maybe? 35 vulnerabilities in the Squid caching proxy remain unfixed more than two years after being found and disclosed to the open source project’s maintainers, according

US venture capitalist spending continues to slide, hits six year low in Q3 13/10/2023 at 02:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo Looking for a bright spot? Well, it’s easier to beg the Feds for cash now, say researchers Hopes that the venture capital market would recover in the latter half of 2023 can be considered well and

Google offers some copyright indemnity to users of its generative AI services 13/10/2023 at 01:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘If you are challenged, we will assume responsibility’ Google has joined the ranks of AI services providers willing to offer its customers limited indemnity against copyright infringement claims.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View