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22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it 08/09/2023 at 12:49 By Paul Kunert Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research Suffered from broadband blackouts over the past 12 months? You aren’t alone because an estimated 22 million Brits endured outages of three hours or more, and are […]

North Korean Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bug to Target Cybersecurity Researchers 08/09/2023 at 12:16 By Threat actors associated with North Korea are continuing to target the cybersecurity community using a zero-day bug in unspecified software over the past several weeks to infiltrate their machines. The findings come from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which found the adversary setting up fake

Linux on the Arm-based Thinkpad X13S: It’s getting there 08/09/2023 at 11:46 By Liam Proven Armbian 23.08 is out, and adds preliminary support for this ultralight Snapdragon laptop Review  The latest release of Armbian helps with the non-trivial problem of installing and running an arbitrary Linux distro on Arm computers.… This article is an excerpt

Microsoft, recently busted by Beijing, thinks it’s across China’s ever-changing cyber-offensive 08/09/2023 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Sometimes using AI to make hilariously wrong images that still drive social media engagement Microsoft, which earlier this week admitted not being able to detect a Chinese attack on its own infrastructure, has published a report [PDF] titled

CISA Warning: Nation-State Hackers Exploit Fortinet and Zoho Vulnerabilities 08/09/2023 at 09:17 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday warned that multiple nation-state actors are exploiting security flaws in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to gain unauthorized access and establish persistence on compromised systems. “Nation-state advanced persistent threat

SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone 08/09/2023 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker If The Register ever ran an awards program*, the choice for 2023’s Most Disruptive Smartphone would be easy: Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro has created

Organized Retail Crime in Focus 08/09/2023 at 07:16 By Fighting organized retail crime (ORC) requires a holistic and fully resourced enterprise security program. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Leadership is key in preventing workplace violence 08/09/2023 at 07:16 By Security leaders discuss the challenges of preventing workplace violence and reducing employee stress in an organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Apple Rushes to Patch Zero-Day Flaws Exploited for Pegasus Spyware on iPhones 08/09/2023 at 06:31 By Apple on Thursday released emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to address two zero-day flaws that have been exploited in the wild to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware. The issues are described as below –

India warns ecommerce ‘basket sneaks’ and ‘confirm shamers’ their days are numbered 08/09/2023 at 05:47 By Simon Sharwood Floats draft guidelines prohibiting ‘dark patterns’ developed with help from Amazon, Google, and Meta The Indian government has commenced a consultation on how to regulate – and possibly prohibit – tricky tactics called “dark patterns” designed to

Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data 08/09/2023 at 04:02 By Thomas Claburn Confidential figures for Tesla, Snap, Roku, Avnet, others swiped and used to rack up millions in ill-gotten gains Vladislav Klyushin, the Russian owner of security penetration testing firm M-13, was jailed for nine years in the

Bombshell biography claim: Fearing nuclear war, Musk switched off Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia 08/09/2023 at 03:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Exploding drone subs ‘lost connectivity, washed ashore harmlessly’ Elon Musk personally ordered SpaceX’s Starlink to stop its satellite broadband service in Ukraine, scuttling a major offensive operation by the nation against Russia,

US, UK sanction more Russians linked to Trickbot 08/09/2023 at 01:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Top admin, HR managers, devs go on transatlantic deny-list The US and UK governments named and sanctioned 11 Russians said to be connected to the notorious Trickbot cybercrime crew this week.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly to serve ads 08/09/2023 at 00:17 By Thomas Claburn In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we’ve picked up targeting APIs Google’s Privacy Sandbox is now open for business, the search advertising behemoth said today.… This article

48% of CISOs claim AI security is their biggest concern 07/09/2023 at 23:16 By  Despite being in a period of economic slowdown, 56% of CISO survey respondents reported an increase in their cybersecurity budget from 2022. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft to shield paid-up Copilot customers from any AI copyright brawls it starts 07/09/2023 at 22:48 By Katyanna Quach Tough luck, freeloaders: You’re on your own Microsoft vowed on Thursday it would step in and defend paying customers if they face any copyright lawsuits for using Copilot.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Windows August update plays Blue Screen bingo – and MSI boards got the winning ticket 07/09/2023 at 21:48 By Richard Speed BIOS update incoming to rescue stricken users with exotic Intel chips There’s good news for those suffering from the dreaded UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR Blue Screen Of Death error following the installation of August’s Windows update.… This

Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin 07/09/2023 at 20:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s not a broken business model if the subsidies make up for cratering market and flagging demand Bitcoin mining outfit Riot Platforms earned $31.7 million from Texas power authorities last month for curtailing operations – far more than

Lawsuit claims Tesla corp data security is far less advanced than its cars 07/09/2023 at 19:47 By Jude Karabus Sueball alleges company at fault after employee info leaked, including Musk’s An ex-Tesla staffer has filed a proposed class action lawsuit that blames poor access control at the carmaker for a data leak, weeks after Tesla

Mac Users Beware: Malvertising Campaign Spreads Atomic Stealer macOS Malware 07/09/2023 at 19:31 By A new malvertising campaign has been observed distributing an updated version of a macOS stealer malware called Atomic Stealer (or AMOS), indicating that it’s being actively maintained by its author. An off-the-shelf Golang malware available for $1,000 per month, Atomic Stealer first came to light