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It’s time to celebrate the abysmal efforts to go paperless in the NHS 05/10/2023 at 14:47 By Lindsay Clark Study reveals a billion spent to store paper records for 5 years as deadlines come and go It is five years since the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) — one of the largest health providers in […]

Analysis and Config Extraction of Lu0Bot, a Node.js Malware with Considerable Capabilities 05/10/2023 at 14:01 By Nowadays, more malware developers are using unconventional programming languages to bypass advanced detection systems. The Node.js malware Lu0Bot is a testament to this trend. By targeting a platform-agnostic runtime environment common in modern web apps and employing multi-layer obfuscation,

GoldDigger Android Trojan Targets Banking Apps in Asia Pacific Countries 05/10/2023 at 14:01 By A new Android banking trojan named GoldDigger has been found targeting several financial applications with an aim to siphon victims’ funds and backdoor infected devices. “The malware targets more than 50 Vietnamese banking, e-wallet and crypto wallet applications,” Group-IB said. “There are

Guyana Governmental Entity Hit by DinodasRAT in Cyber Espionage Attack 05/10/2023 at 14:01 By A governmental entity in Guyana has been targeted as part of a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Jacana. The activity, which was detected by ESET in February 2023, entailed a spear-phishing attack that led to the deployment of a hitherto undocumented implant written

After a clean and inclusive Ubuntu-based desktop? Elementary, dear user 05/10/2023 at 13:47 By Liam Proven iPadOS-like distro reaches 7.1 and talks to you on installation The latest release of Elementary OS, version 7.1, is out, based on Ubuntu 22.04.3. We took it for a quick spin.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Lorenz ransomware crew bungles blackmail blueprint by leaking two years of contacts 05/10/2023 at 13:16 By Connor Jones Data leakers become data leakees The Lorenz ransomware group leaked the details of every person who contacted it via its online contact form over the course of the last two years.… This article is an excerpt from

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of JetBrains and Windows Vulnerabilities 05/10/2023 at 13:01 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog due to active exploitation, while removing five bugs from the list due to lack of adequate evidence. The vulnerabilities newly added are

Intel’s Gelsinger grades his chip flip a hit, but AMD exec thinks it’s more silicon slip 05/10/2023 at 12:17 By Paul Kunert Exiting the fab business was ‘turning point’ for AMD, claims Darren Grasby Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger might be giving himself a “passing grade” in his turnaround efforts since moving into the top office

DuckDB shuns VC breadcrumbs so support isn’t all it’s quacked up to be 05/10/2023 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark Company behind popular in-process OLAP system feels weight of success DuckDB Labs is updating the support policy and flexible commercial support options for its in-process analytical database.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

NASA taking its time unboxing asteroid sample because it grabbed too much stuff 05/10/2023 at 10:32 By Katyanna Quach Dirty deed, done in deep space NASA is running late in its efforts to share 4.5-billion-year-old dust samples with researchers, blaming the delay on its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returning more material than expected. … This article is an

Canva creates $200m kitty to pay creators for stuff they feed its design-bot 05/10/2023 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Maybe this being-ethical-with-creators-and-not-just-ripping-off-their-stuff thing is gathering steam Australian SaaSy graphic design outfit Canva has promised to pay $200 million to creators who agree to have their work shoved into the maw of its newly minted AI.…

North Korea goes phishing in South’s shipyards 05/10/2023 at 08:32 By Laura Dobberstein Kim Jong-un looks at industry’s progress with green eyes, says South Korea’s spy agency South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has warned North Korea is attacking its shipbuilding sector.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

The 6 challenges of securing large perimeters 05/10/2023 at 07:16 By Overcoming perimeter security challenges demands a holistic approach that integrates technology, personnel and processes to ensure a robust and effective security strategy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Best practices for detecting and managing fraud 05/10/2023 at 07:16 By Using lessons from across physical security and cybersecurity fraud prevention can help security professionals build robust anti-fraud programs. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Atlassian Confluence Hit by Newly Actively Exploited Zero-Day – Patch Now 05/10/2023 at 07:16 By Atlassian has released fixes to contain an actively exploited critical zero-day flaw impacting publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22515, is remotely exploitable and allows external attackers to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access

Apple Rolls Out Security Patches for Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day Flaw 05/10/2023 at 07:16 By Apple on Wednesday rolled out security patches to address a new zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-42824, the kernel vulnerability could be abused by a local attacker

BlackBerry to split into two companies, foraging for tastier fare for shareholders 05/10/2023 at 07:02 By Simon Sharwood Hopes to float IoT biz and keep infosec ops, then make a second pressing Blackberry has decided to split into two companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Microsoft delays debut of IoT security offer due to ‘unexpected system challenges’ 05/10/2023 at 05:47 By Simon Sharwood Software giant tells partners not to sell it but also happy to take your cash now Microsoft has quietly delayed the delivery of a security service it hoped to add to the E5 license of its flagship

Pacific telco backed by Australia, Japan, and US bins Huawei 05/10/2023 at 04:02 By Simon Sharwood Nokia looks a more diplomatic choice at Digicel Digicel Pacific is possibly the world’s only telco considered a strategic asset by nine countries. Which makes its decision this week to replace its Huawei networks with kit from Nokia a

Microsoft rolls OpenAI’s text-to-pic DALL-E 3 into Bing 05/10/2023 at 03:02 By Katyanna Quach AI-made images invisibly watermarked – as academics warn that kind of measure is pointless Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s latest text-to-image model DALL-E 3 into its Bing Image Creator and Chat services, and will add an invisible watermark indicating the date and