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From browser brat to backend boss: Will WASM win the web wars? 01/09/2023 at 13:48 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols WebAssembly is getting a lot of hype, but is it the game-changer some think it is? Opinion  Beginning in 1995 and for decades after, JavaScript was the only game worth playing when it came to web-based […]

Russian State-Backed ‘Infamous Chisel’ Android Malware Targets Ukrainian Military 01/09/2023 at 13:32 By Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. on Thursday disclosed details of a mobile malware strain targeting Android devices used by the Ukrainian military. The malicious software, dubbed Infamous Chisel and attributed to a Russian state-sponsored actor

New SuperBear Trojan Emerges in Targeted Phishing Attack on South Korean Activists 01/09/2023 at 12:46 By A new phishing attack likely targeting civil society groups in South Korea has led to the discovery of a novel remote access trojan called SuperBear. The intrusion singled out an unnamed activist, who was contacted in late August 2023 and

Classiscam Scam-as-a-Service Raked $64.5 Million During the COVID-19 Pandemic 01/09/2023 at 10:46 By The Classiscam scam-as-a-service program has reaped the criminal actors $64.5 million in illicit earnings since its emergence in 2019. “Classiscam campaigns initially started out on classified sites, on which scammers placed fake advertisements and used social engineering techniques to convince users to

Pokémon Go was a ‘success disaster’ and Niantic is still chasing another hit 01/09/2023 at 09:46 By Laura Dobberstein The past seven years have seen improved mapping, AR and AI, and the developer’s gotta catch ’em all ahead of Monster Hunter launch Niantic, the Google spin-out behind the smash success augmented reality game Pokémon Go,

India, China pump up the patriotism to celebrate local hardware manufacturing wins 01/09/2023 at 08:48 By Simon Sharwood Huawei’s mystery smartphone excites, as top laptop-makers reportedly sign up to make in India India and China are both celebrating hardware-related wins that are being hailed as signs the respective nations’ tech industries are in rude health.…

Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy 01/09/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood As Nutanix celebrates Cisco hook-up and quirky cloud repatriations Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has dismissed concerns that China could derail the semiconductor giant’s acquisition of VMware.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with its first-ever asteroid sample 01/09/2023 at 05:06 By Katyanna Quach Regolith scraped from the surface of Bennu will reach Earth on 24 September NASA is preparing to nab its first-ever asteroid sample as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft drops a capsule containing fragments of the potentially hazardous object Bennu onto Earth.…

Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics 01/09/2023 at 04:04 By Tobias Mann ‘Embarrassingly parallel’ protoype baked for DARPA to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon at massive scale Hot Chips  Intel has used this week’s Hot Chips conference in California to show off a 528-thread processor with 1TB/s silicon photonics

How to ask Facebook’s Meta to not train its AI models on some of your personal info 01/09/2023 at 03:03 By Katyanna Quach Hey, stop Zucking up my data! Netizens can ask Meta, the home of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to not train its generative AI models on at least some of your personal data.…

Good news for Key Group ransomware victims: Free decryptor out now 01/09/2023 at 01:50 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle That’s what we call a static shock Even ransomware operators make mistakes, and in the case of ransomware gang the Key Group, a cryptographic error allowed a team of security researchers to develop and release a decryption

Now Middle East nations banned from getting top-end Nvidia AI chips 01/09/2023 at 01:04 By Tobias Mann While ASML says it can keep selling DUV kit to China through 2023 You can add parts of the Middle East to the list of regions where you can’t buy Nvidia’s top-specced A100 and H100 accelerators, judging from

Twitter says it may harvest biometric, employment data from users, per privacy policy 01/09/2023 at 00:00 By Brandon Vigliarolo Not so much X gon’ give it to you, you gonna give it to X As August and summer in the northern hemisphere draw to a close, Elon Musk’s Twitter is making several changes to its

DOJ proposes new firearm regulations for sellers 31/08/2023 at 23:19 By The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a proposed rule for defining gun sales. The rule would close background check loopholes during sales. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US govt 31/08/2023 at 23:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff When it comes to US government employee satisfaction with IT services, one agency finds itself continually at the bottom of the heap: The rather crucial

Kremlin-backed Sandworm strikes Android devices with data-stealing Infamous Chisel 31/08/2023 at 22:19 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Five Eyes nations warn of hit against Ukrainian military systems Russia’s Sandworm crew is using an Android malware strain dubbed Infamous Chisel to remotely access Ukrainian soldiers’ devices, monitor network traffic, access files, and steal sensitive information, according to

New York biotech company deploys security robots 31/08/2023 at 22:04 By A New York biotech company will have one security robot assigned to a garage and six to watch over entrances, open areas and parking lots. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Snowflake explains that Instacart’s bills aren’t melting – it’s called ‘optimization’ 31/08/2023 at 20:17 By Lindsay Clark Everybody chill, we’re still in the cart Data cloud vendor Snowflake has felt the need to publish a clarification following statements on payments from key customer Instacart, which are likely to add up to $100 million over four

Price rises yet to hit customers, says Salesforce as it raises forecasts 31/08/2023 at 18:47 By Lindsay Clark CRM vendor might find itself pushed to the margins to keep investors happy Salesforce has posted upbeat results and raised its forecasts for revenue, operating margin, and operating cash flow for next year. But price rises announced

13% of employees admit to falling for phishing attacks working at home 31/08/2023 at 18:05 By Cyber threats facing remote workers were analyzed in a report by Lookout. The report included phishing campaigns and cybersecurity recommendations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source