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Microsoft to shutter Xbox 360 Store next summer 17/08/2023 at 23:33 By Tobias Mann Don’t worry, your games are safe … for now Microsoft revealed Thursday it will shutter its Xbox 360 Store next summer, nearly two decades after the console hit the market. That will leave the IT giant catering for its current-gen Xbox […]

Cost of gallium goes up after Chinese export restrictions land 17/08/2023 at 22:36 By Dan Robinson Measures needed to protect ‘national interest,’ says Beijing. Rubbish, it’s retaliation, scoff critics The price of gallium is said to have hit a 10-month high following export restrictions from China, which kicked in at the beginning of August in

US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right? 17/08/2023 at 21:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys It’s taken a few years, but the US Space Force finally has a unit dedicated to target analysis, development, and engagement.… This article is an excerpt

NoFilter Attack: Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method Bypasses Windows Security 17/08/2023 at 20:18 By A previously undetected attack method called NoFilter has been found to abuse the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) to achieve privilege escalation in the Windows operating system. “If an attacker has the ability to execute code with admin privilege and the target is to perform LSASS

Stalking victims sue Tile and Amazon for negligence over tracking tech 17/08/2023 at 19:47 By Jude Karabus Plaintiffs say recent partnership has ‘magnified’ danger and allege bypass of anti-stalking feature is allowed A lawsuit filed this week alleges the integration between Amazon location-tracking network Sidewalk and Tile’s trackers and apps has “magnified” the danger posed

China-Linked Bronze Starlight Group Targeting Gambling Sector with Cobalt Strike Beacons 17/08/2023 at 19:17 By An ongoing cyber attack campaign originating from China is targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector to deploy Cobalt Strike beacons on compromised systems.  Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said the tactics, techniques, and procedures point to the involvement of a threat actor

White House holds roundtable on data protection 17/08/2023 at 19:02 By Participants at a White House roundtable shared insights and concerns about the harms and risks of companies sharing and selling consumer data. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the world’s most successful Linux distros 17/08/2023 at 18:46 By Liam Proven August 16 was an especially big ‘Debian Day’ Debian is an island of stability and sanity in the constant swirling chaos of Linux and open source. Long may it continue to be.… This article

New LABRAT Campaign Exploits GitLab Flaw for Cryptojacking and Proxyjacking Activities 17/08/2023 at 18:16 By A new, financially motivated operation dubbed LABRAT has been observed weaponizing a now-patched critical flaw in GitLab as part of a cryptojacking and proxyjacking campaign. “The attacker utilized undetected signature-based tools, sophisticated and stealthy cross-platform malware, command-and-control (C2) tools which bypassed firewalls,

New Apple iOS 16 Exploit Enables Stealthy Cellular Access Under Fake Airplane Mode 17/08/2023 at 18:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have documented a novel post-exploit persistence technique on iOS 16 that could be abused to fly under the radar and main access to an Apple device even when the victim believes it is offline. The method

Virginia industrial park wants to power DCs on mini nuclear reactors, clean hydrogen 17/08/2023 at 17:48 By Tobias Mann It’s buzzword bingo: the datacenter sustainability edition Green Energy Partners (GEP) has tapped IP3 International to help realize its dream of a massive datacenter campus in Virginia powered entirely by small modular reactors (SMRs) and hydrogen

Over 74% of organizations see a rise in AI use by cybercriminals 17/08/2023 at 17:32 By According to a recent report, the threat of email attacks generated by AI is growing year over year and is projected to increase exponentially. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Brainwaves rock! Scientists decode Pink Floyd tune straight from the noggin 17/08/2023 at 16:47 By Laura Dobberstein First up: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 A group of scientists say they are the first to reconstruct a recognizable song from data collected directly from the brain by monitoring electrical activity and modeling the resultant

Defender for IoT’s Firmware Analysis Tool is Exceptional 17/08/2023 at 16:03 By David Broggy One of my “pastimes,” if you will, is to check out the features of various security tools. I had been curious about Microsoft’s Defender for IoT’s just-released Firmware Analysis feature. Essentially, I wanted to test its capabilities because, as we all know, adversaries

Hands up who wants a PC? Lenovo reports declining returns 17/08/2023 at 15:47 By Paul Kunert Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Profit down 66% as execs try to clear inventory decks Lenovo profits took a nosedive for the second consecutive quarter as demand for personal computers continues to slump in the face of a crappy economy.… This

Man arrested in Northern Ireland police data leak as more incidents come to light 17/08/2023 at 15:18 By Dan Robinson Plus laptop and radio with yet more officers details reportedly nicked from car A man was arrested in Northern Ireland for suspected Collection of Terrorist Information following an incident where police mistakenly leaked details that

CISA posts remote monitoring & management systems cyber defense plan 17/08/2023 at 15:17 By A new plan published by CISA through JCDC provides a roadmap to address systemic risks by advancing security and resilience of the RMM ecosystem. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Vulnerabilities on external attack surfaces live far too long 17/08/2023 at 15:17 By Every company has two attack surfaces: internal and external. Of the two, the external attack surface (EAS) is much harder to safeguard. Why? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners 17/08/2023 at 14:32 By Thomas Claburn Web devs, rejoice: Finally something is happening in the quiet and steady world of JavaScript For Chrome 117, Google has expanded the browser’s Developer Tools, aka DevTools, with 16 new features – the largest capability jump

Why You Need Continuous Network Monitoring? 17/08/2023 at 14:32 By Changes in the way we work have had significant implications for cybersecurity, not least in network monitoring. Workers no longer sit safely side-by-side on a corporate network, dev teams constantly spin up and tear down systems, exposing services to the internet. Keeping track of these