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Zoom’s new London hub – where ‘remote work’ meets ‘we need you back in the office’ 11/08/2023 at 11:48 By Paul Kunert Collaboration, cohesion, and irony all under one roof Zoom is underscoring its mandated return to the physical workplace by opening a London “engagement hub” that it reckons will cater for the needs of […]

Think International Space Station dust is obviously free of bad chemicals? Wrong 11/08/2023 at 09:38 By Brandon Vigliarolo No one’s in danger but we may need to rethink some cabin materials The International Space Station has perhaps a bit of a housekeeping issue on its hands. Analysis of dust samples from its air filters suggest

US Cyber Command boss says China’s spooky cyber-skills trail America’s 11/08/2023 at 08:35 By Laura Dobberstein Paul Nakasone rates the Middle Kingdom a ‘pacing challenge’ The boss of US Cyber Command has opined that China’s cyber and surveillance abilities are not ahead of, or comparable to, to that of the United States.… This article is

15 New CODESYS SDK Flaws Expose OT Environments to Remote Attacks 11/08/2023 at 08:34 By A set of 15 high-severity security flaws have been disclosed in the CODESYS V3 software development kit (SDK) that could result in remote code execution and denial-of-service under specific conditions, posing risks to operational technology (OT) environments. The flaws, tracked from CVE-2022-47379

Oracle shrinks its on-prem cloud into a single rack 11/08/2023 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood Big Red rigs start at 552 fourth-gen EPYC cores and 150TB storage, can scale to 6,624 cores and 3.4PB Oracle has squeezed the on-prem version of its cloud into a version that fits into a single datacenter rack if required.…

CISA Adds Microsoft .NET Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Due to Active Exploitation 11/08/2023 at 07:18 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft’s .NET and Visual Studio products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2023-38180 (CVSS score: 7.5), the high-severity flaw

Relocating to advance your security career 11/08/2023 at 07:02 By Deciding to relocate for a security executive position involves considering the effects of the move on your personal and professional life. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Alibaba says demand for cloud has dipped – which improved its profits 11/08/2023 at 06:47 By Simon Sharwood What? How? Chinese tech giant Alibaba has reported tiny revenue growth, but a 106 percent surge in earnings for its cloud services, despite a marked slowdown in demand.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

New Zealand supermarket’s recipe-generating AI takes toxic output to a new level 11/08/2023 at 05:47 By Katyanna Quach Some of its suggestions are poison. Others – like banana and tomato tea – might as well be An AI recipe generation bot released by New Zealand discount supermarket chain Pak’nSave has raised eyebrows for recommending home

Chinese web giants go on $5B Nvidia shopping spree to fuel AI ambitions 11/08/2023 at 04:47 By Tobias Mann In the ML arms race, GPUs are the ammunition China’s largest web and cloud providers are lining up to buy as many Nvidia GPUs as they can while they still can get their hands on them.…

Infosec imposter syndrome is real. Here’s something that can help 11/08/2023 at 02:48 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Talk about an insider threat Black Hat  Imposter syndrome plagues people across all professions — including the cybersecurity industry — and it’s not going to get any better until individuals are willing to share their struggles and find

CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes 11/08/2023 at 01:48 By Iain Thomson And America should stop worrying about balloons and focus on what’s important Black Hat  The head of the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has extolled the ongoing relationship between America and

Don’t shoot! DARPA wants to capture future spy balloons in one piece 11/08/2023 at 00:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Being blasted with a missile and plummeting 60,000 feet can do a real number on hardware, it turns out DARPA wants to be ready the next time a foreign spy balloon does a tour of the US,

Microsoft OneDrive a willing and eager ‘ransomware double agent’ 11/08/2023 at 00:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo No one will suspect such a trustworthy executable Black Hat  There’s a rather serious ransomware vulnerability in Microsoft’s desktop operating system, according to research out this week. It’s nigh undetectable, uses a fully legitimate workflow to encrypt files, and comes

77% of financial firms saw an increase in cyberattack frequency 11/08/2023 at 00:01 By Cyberattacks against financial organizations were analyzed in a recent report, finding that 77% saw an increase in cyberattack frequency. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results 10/08/2023 at 23:47 By Dan Robinson ‘We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance’ Satellite operator Viasat says problems with its first ViaSat-3 deployment have created unanticipated biz challenges that may disrupt commercial prospects in the short term.… This article is

There’s a good chance your VPN is vulnerable to privacy-menacing TunnelCrack attack 10/08/2023 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Especially on Apple gear, uni team says A couple of techniques collectively known as TunnelCrack can, in the right circumstances, be used by snoops to force victims’ network traffic to go outside their encrypted VPNs, it

Epic snub by Supreme Court in battle to escape Apple App Store payment prison 10/08/2023 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo This fight over IAP is getting, dare we say, unreal Apple gets to maintain its App Store monopoly, at least for now, after the US Supreme Court rejected a bid from Epic Games to lift

Microsoft 365 guest accounts + Power Apps = security nightmare 10/08/2023 at 21:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo A login, a PA trial license, and some good old hacking are all that’s needed to nab SQL databases Black Hat 2023  Microsoft 365 guest accounts aren’t nearly as secure as Redmond would lead customers to believe, as low-code

President Biden signs security technology executive order 10/08/2023 at 21:35 By In an effort to protect sensitive technology, President Biden signed an executive order on regulating U.S. security technology investments. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source