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The hidden cost of the cybersecurity deficit in K-12 education 06/10/2023 at 16:17 By Why are underfunded organizations like schools targets of cyberattacks? Simply put, schools are low-hanging cyber fruit and there are a lot of them. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Study: 37% intimidated, 39% frustrated with online security 06/10/2023 at 16:02 By A new survey reveals 39% of participants express frustration and 37% feel intimidated by the process of staying secure online. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

You’ve just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription 06/10/2023 at 15:33 By Richard Speed Once upon a time there was a company called Miku who wasn’t making quite enough money… Internet of Stings  Welcome to the Internet of Stings, an occasional series in which we report on connected devices that

Chinese Hackers Target Semiconductor Firms in East Asia with Cobalt Strike 06/10/2023 at 15:17 By Threat actors have been observed targeting semiconductor companies in East Asia with lures masquerading as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) that are designed to deliver Cobalt Strike beacons. The intrusion set, per EclecticIQ, leverages a backdoor called HyperBro, which is then

Google promises Germany to creep on users less after market power probe 06/10/2023 at 15:03 By Richard Speed Regulation complements EU’s Digital Markets Act to cover more services Google has committed to being a little less creepy with user data in response to proceedings from the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt).… This article is an

ELKS and Fuzix: Linux – and Unix – writ very, very small 06/10/2023 at 14:03 By Liam Proven That is not dead which can eternal lie. Iä! Iä! IA16! Version 0.7.0 of ELKS OS, and 0.4.0 of its creator’s next baby, Fuzix, are out – if you like your ‘nix systems as tiny as can

New OS Tool Tells You Who Has Access to What Data 06/10/2023 at 13:46 By Ensuring sensitive data remains confidential, protected from unauthorized access, and compliant with data privacy regulations is paramount. Data breaches result in financial and reputational damage but also lead to legal consequences. Therefore, robust data access security measures are essential to

Online tracking is alive and well in link decoration 06/10/2023 at 13:17 By Thomas Claburn The pending death of third-party cookies won’t do much for other privacy intrusions Analysis  Link decoration, the practice of appending data to the end of web links, has become more of a privacy problem that most people realize. The data

GitHub’s Secret Scanning Feature Now Covers AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Slack 06/10/2023 at 12:31 By GitHub has announced an improvement to its secret scanning feature that extends validity checks to popular services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, and Slack. Validity checks, introduced by the Microsoft subsidiary earlier this year, alert users whether exposed tokens found by secret

In rare bout of generosity, Oracle extends free support for Database 19c 06/10/2023 at 12:02 By Lindsay Clark Big Red says it wants to give customers time to upgrade to 23c, which only exists in the cloud for now Oracle watchers are scratching their heads trying to figure out what seems like an uncharacteristic act

ESA funds space weather satellite swarm to understand and combat orbital debris 06/10/2023 at 11:17 By Katyanna Quach Prof warns El Reg solar storms may cause cascading collisions that make some orbits unusable The European Space Agency has funded a mission to launch a fleet of satellites that will help scientists study space weather and

Supermicro’s BMC Firmware Found Vulnerable to Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities 06/10/2023 at 10:01 By Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) firmware for Supermicro baseboard management controllers (BMCs) that could result in privilege escalation and execution of malicious code on affected systems. The seven flaws, tracked from CVE-2023-40284 through CVE-2023-40290,

UK and Japan space agencies team for orbital telemetry network 06/10/2023 at 09:47 By Laura Dobberstein InRange will eliminate reliance on line of sight for the H3 launcher The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have teamed to build an in-orbit telemetry relay service named InRange to assist Japan’s latest launch

China uses Alibaba’s Euro logistic hub to spy on stuff, Belgian intelligence fears 06/10/2023 at 09:18 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Cloud and e-commerce giant mussels up, says allegations are waffle Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s logistics hub at a Belgian airport poses a “possible espionage” concern, according to the European nation’s state security service, the Veiligheid

Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins 06/10/2023 at 08:04 By Simon Sharwood Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now Juniper Networks will let go of 440 staff, as part of a restructuring plan.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Lenovo to offer Android PCs, starting with an all-in-one that can pack a Core i9 06/10/2023 at 07:33 By Simon Sharwood Another route to the year of Linux on the desktop. Or the edge Lenovo has entered the Android PC business.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

GoldDigger Android trojan targets Vietnamese banking apps, code contains hints of wider targets 06/10/2023 at 04:17 By Laura Dobberstein More malware scum using acessibility features to steal personal info Singapore-based infosec outfit Group-IB on Thursday released details of a new Android trojan that exploits the operating system’s accessibility features to steal info that enables theft

Fujitsu, RIKEN open Japan’s first superconducting quantum ‘puter to eggheads 06/10/2023 at 03:02 By Tobias Mann 64-qubit system paired with 40-qubit simulator to get some sort of accuracy Development of Japan’s first superconducting quantum computer is complete, Fujitsu and the country’s scientific research institute RIKEN announced this week.… This article is an excerpt from The

Acting union calls out Hollywood studios for ‘double standard’ on AI use 06/10/2023 at 02:17 By Katyanna Quach Actors would get sued for violating their IP, why is the opposite not true? TV and film studios should obtain explicit consent from, give credit to, and compensate actors fairly for using their likeness to train generative