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How’s this for X-ray specs? Wi-Fi can read through walls… if the letters are solid objects 13/09/2023 at 15:33 By Dan Robinson No, miscreants won’t be able to use it to read secret printed docs Researchers in California have found that Wi-Fi signals can be used to image objects on the far side of a […]

Used cars? Try used car accounts: 15,000 up for grabs online at just $2 a pop 13/09/2023 at 15:20 By Richard Speed Cut and shut is so last century, now it’s copy and clone Researchers have found almost 15,000 automotive accounts for sale online and pointed at a credential-stuffing attack that targeted car makers.… This

Generative AI in the enterprise: 4 steps to prepare organizations 13/09/2023 at 15:20 By As organizations address data privacy & security issues on the expertise needed to use genAI, IT professionals can take steps to prepare for future implementations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK government hurt by delays in legacy tech upgrades, skills shortages 13/09/2023 at 14:32 By Lindsay Clark Plus: Spending watchdog slams ‘counter-productive staffing cuts’ in technology Tech skills shortages and reliance on legacy systems are holding back the UK government’s efforts to improve efficiency at a time when public finances are under severe pressure.… This

How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals) 13/09/2023 at 13:47 By Thomas Claburn Fun technique – but how practical is it? Some smart cookies at institutions in China and Singapore have devised a technique for reading keystrokes and pilfering passwords or passcodes from Wi-Fi-connected mobile devices on public

How Cyberattacks Are Transforming Warfare 13/09/2023 at 13:31 By There is a new battlefield. It is global and challenging to defend. What began with a high-profile incident back in 2007, when Estonia was hit by hackers targeting its government and commercial sector, has evolved into cyber warfare that is being waged constantly worldwide. Today, cyberattacks

Rust-Written 3AM Ransomware: A Sneak Peek into a New Malware Family 13/09/2023 at 13:31 By A new ransomware family called 3AM has emerged in the wild after it was detected in a single incident in which an unidentified affiliate deployed the strain following an unsuccessful attempt to deploy LockBit (aka Bitwise Spider or Syrphid) in the target network. “3AM is

Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up 13/09/2023 at 13:17 By Paul Kunert Pensioners, employees and medical pros among those aiming to be compensated for data exposure The number of claimants signing up to a Class Action against Capita over the infamous March cyber security break-in and subsequent data exposure keeps

Microsoft Warns of New Phishing Campaign Targeting Corporations via Teams Messages 13/09/2023 at 12:46 By Microsoft is warning of a new phishing campaign undertaken by an initial access broker that involves using Teams messages as lures to infiltrate corporate networks. The tech giant’s Threat Intelligence team is tracking the cluster under the name Storm-0324, which is

UK government awards chunk of mega-billions tech framework 13/09/2023 at 12:32 By Lindsay Clark Deal for tax collector’s legacy application services goes to troupe of suppliers including Accenture, Capgemini and IBM Exclusive  UK government has named the winning suppliers on the first tranche of a tech deal which could be worth a total of £4.2

Dutch consumer groups sue Google over its entire business model 13/09/2023 at 11:32 By Richard Speed If the Chocolate Factory can’t track you to sell ads, what does it have left? A group of Dutch consumer orgs sued Google today for what it alleges are “large-scale privacy violations.”… This article is an excerpt from The

Portable Large Language Models – not the iPhone 15 – are the future of the smartphone 13/09/2023 at 10:47 By Mark Pesce Personal AI can redefine the handheld experience and perhaps preserve privacy too Column  Smartphone innovation has plateaued. The iPhone 15, launched overnight, has some nice additions. But my iPhone 13 will meet my

Scientists trace tiny moonquakes to Apollo 17 lander – left over from 1972 13/09/2023 at 09:32 By Katyanna Quach Humans just can’t leave anything alone, huh The leftover lunar descent module, which carried the Apollo 17 crew to the surface of the Moon in 1972, triggers tiny artificial moonquakes that rumble through Earth’s natural satellite

Microsoft Releases Patch for Two New Actively Exploited Zero-Days Flaws 13/09/2023 at 09:02 By Microsoft has released software fixes to remediate 59 bugs spanning its product portfolio, including two zero-day flaws that have been actively exploited by malicious cyber actors. Of the 59 vulnerabilities, five are rated Critical, 55 are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate

Guess what? Ask clouds to behave like old-school vendors, they will – and you lose 13/09/2023 at 08:17 By Simon Sharwood Same salespeople and same lock-in, which may actually help this time Analyst firm Gartner has observed its clients asking hyperscale cloud vendors to behave more like legacy tech vendors – and feels that might

Ransomware attack hits Sri Lanka government, causing data loss 13/09/2023 at 07:04 By Laura Dobberstein Running unsupported and unpatched versions of Exchange Server will do that to a country Sri Lanka’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is currently investigating a ransomware attack on the government’s cloud infrastructure that affected around 5,000 email accounts, it revealed

The 3 pillars of access control 13/09/2023 at 07:03 By Access control can look different for each organization, and security leaders should consider individual needs when picking out access control solutions. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The security career impact of personal reputation and ethics 13/09/2023 at 07:03 By Security leaders are not immune to public scrutiny, and should consider how actions will reflect back on their professional reputation. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to Patch Actively Exploited Vulnerability 13/09/2023 at 06:01 By Adobe’s Patch Tuesday update for September 2023 comes with a patch for a critical actively exploited security flaw in Acrobat and Reader that could permit an attacker to execute malicious code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-26369, is rated 7.8 for

South Korea’s moon orbiter snaps India’s lander 13/09/2023 at 05:17 By Laura Dobberstein As Japan’s space agency preps a rover to land on Martian moon Phobos South Korea’s science ministry has released a photo taken by the nations Danuri Moon orbiter depicting the landing site of India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission.… This article is an excerpt