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South Korea’s biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise 21/08/2023 at 09:48 By Laura Dobberstein Inflated expectations and an underdeveloped ecosystem have led to consumer disappointment SK Telecom, South Korea’s dominant mobile carrier and sibling of chipmaker SK hynix, has declared that 5G was over-hyped, has under-delivered, and has failed […]

HiatusRAT Malware Resurfaces: Taiwan Firms and U.S. Military Under Attack 21/08/2023 at 09:01 By The threat actors behind the HiatusRAT malware have returned from their hiatus with a new wave of reconnaissance and targeting activity aimed at Taiwan-based organizations and a U.S. military procurement system. Besides recompiling malware samples for different architectures, the artifacts are

G20 digital ministers sign up for Digital Public Infrastructure push 21/08/2023 at 08:01 By Simon Sharwood They’ve also thought of the children, and the poor SMEs trying to stay secure The G20 bloc’s ministers responsible for the digital economy met in India on Saturday and proposed something interesting: a Framework for Systems of Digital Public

Microsoft DNS boo-boo breaks Hotmail for users around the globe 21/08/2023 at 06:39 By Brandon Vigliarolo ALSO: NYC says kthxbye to TikTok, slain Microsoft exec’s wife indicted, and some ASAP patch warnings Infosec in brief  Someone at Microsoft has some explaining to do after a messed up DNS record caused emails sent from Hotmail accounts

Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud 21/08/2023 at 04:07 By Simon Sharwood First lunar attempt since Soviet era ends in катастрофа Russia’s rushed attempt to land a probe on the Moon has failed.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Interpol arrests 14 who allegedly scammed $40m from victims in ‘cyber surge’ 20/08/2023 at 10:25 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Cops credit security shops with an assist, tho it’s a drop in the ocean An Interpol-led operation arrested 14 suspects and identified 20,674 “suspicious” networks spanning 25 African countries that international cops have linked to more

WoofLocker Toolkit Hides Malicious Codes in Images to Run Tech Support Scams 19/08/2023 at 14:51 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an updated version of an advanced fingerprinting and redirection toolkit called WoofLocker that’s engineered to conduct tech support scams. The sophisticated traffic redirection scheme was first documented by Malwarebytes in January 2020, leveraging JavaScript embedded in compromised websites to

Hallucinating ChatGPT finds a role playing Dungeons & Dragons 19/08/2023 at 12:02 By Thomas Claburn Magical models less a replacement for human DMs and more a familiar for GMs Boffins have found a role for AI chatbots where habitual hallucination isn’t necessarily a liability.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

New Juniper Junos OS Flaws Expose Devices to Remote Attacks – Patch Now 19/08/2023 at 11:20 By Networking hardware company Juniper Networks has released an “out-of-cycle” security update to address multiple flaws in the J-Web component of Junos OS that could be combined to achieve remote code execution on susceptible installations. The four vulnerabilities have

Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection 19/08/2023 at 10:17 By Threat actors are using Android Package (APK) files with unknown or unsupported compression methods to elude malware analysis. That’s according to findings from Zimperium, which found 3,300 artifacts leveraging such compression algorithms in the wild. 71 of the identified

Softbank snaps up Vision Fund’s stake in Arm ahead of IPO 19/08/2023 at 03:02 By Tobias Mann Brit chip ship’s sales may or may not be quite as rosy as hoped, judging from draft paperwork Softbank has reportedly acquired the 25 percent stake its Vision Fund holds in Arm, less than a month before the

Need a decent dining spot in Ottawa? Microsoft suggested a food bank 19/08/2023 at 01:16 By Katyanna Quach Azure giant blames human error, not AI – up to you to swallow that ​​Microsoft took down an article from its sprawling web empire that recommended travelers visit the Ottawa Food Bank on an empty stomach as

FYI: There’s another BlackCat ransomware variant on the prowl 19/08/2023 at 00:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Bad kitty, no catnip for you Here’s a heads up. Another version of BlackCat ransomware has been spotted extorting victims. This variant embeds two tools, we’re told: the network toolkit Impacket for lateral movement within compromised environments, and Remcom

Google ‘wiretapped’ tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims 18/08/2023 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn And this wiretap, is it in the room with us right now? Google was sued on Thursday for allegedly “wiretapping” several tax preparation websites and gathering people’s sensitive personal data.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

New phishing campaign recognized in Europe and South America 18/08/2023 at 23:47 By A phishing campaign designed to collect Zimbra user credentials was uncovered by ESET. The campaign has been active since at least April 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Hold the Moon – NASA’s buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles 18/08/2023 at 22:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo If a facility falls down, ‘the microscope inside it is useless to you’ While NASA prepares to journey through the unforgiving vacuum of space to the Moon and Mars, it faces a terrestrial threat in the meantime.

Germany to cut Huawei from networks ‘irrespective of costs’ 18/08/2023 at 21:33 By Dan Robinson What a difference four years makes Germany is determined to remove any systems from its telecoms networks that might pose a security threat, regardless of cost, in a remarkable reversal of the country’s stance from just a few years ago.…

Intel’s Tower bid has shuffled off this mortal coil – so what about foundry plans? 18/08/2023 at 20:19 By Tobias Mann Maybe Pat dodged a bullet – mature process nodes aren’t the kind of thing shareholders get excited about Analysis  With its $5.4 billion bid to acquire Tower Semiconductor in ruins, Intel Foundry Services’ (IFS)

Synthetic identity fraud fastest growing financial crime in U.S. 18/08/2023 at 20:02 By A Deloitte report found that synthetic identity fraud such as deepfakes could trigger the need for more sophisticated biometric security systems. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Meta to use work badge and Status Tool to snoop on staff 18/08/2023 at 18:47 By Paul Kunert Not in office three days a week? Repeated ‘violations’ could lead to termination Tough times loom for Meta engineers and the wider workforce that refuse to return to the office for at least three days a week