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One weekend’s TwitX chaos brings threats from Japan; indemnity promises for users; prominent account seizures 07/08/2023 at 09:35 By Laura Dobberstein Plus: news of the tawdry Musk vs Zuck bout Japan’s Ministry of Finance issued a warning late last week regarding an account on the platform formerly known as Twitter that impersonates its top currency […]

Microsoft hits back at Tenable criticism of its infosec practices 07/08/2023 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood ‘Not all fixes are equal,’ argues Redmond, and this one for the Power Platform didn’t need to be rushed Microsoft has explained why it seemingly took its time to fix a flaw reported to it by infosec intelligence vendor

Strategic safety planning: Staying ahead of business travel threats 07/08/2023 at 07:17 By Enterprise security teams cannot eliminate business travel threats, but their ability to adapt in an incident can reduce risk and maintain business continuity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Public and secure: Accessibility challenges in government security 07/08/2023 at 07:17 By U.S. government security leaders share their experiences balancing security and public accessibility. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Experiment arrives at the ISS to see if astronauts can keep things cool 05/08/2023 at 15:47 By Katyanna Quach No sweat, but this could take us to infinity and beyond A science experiment that arrived at the International Space Station on Friday will help engineers build heating and air conditioning units to keep astronauts alive

MDR: Empowering Organizations with Enhanced Security 05/08/2023 at 11:31 By Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has emerged as a crucial solution for organizations looking to bolster their security measures. MDR allows businesses to outsource the management of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products deployed across their network domain. With real-time threat-hunting capabilities, MDR services detect

Reptile Rootkit: Advanced Linux Malware Targeting South Korean Systems 05/08/2023 at 11:31 By Threat actors are using an open-source rootkit called Reptile to target Linux systems in South Korea. “Unlike other rootkit malware that typically only provide concealment capabilities, Reptile goes a step further by offering a reverse shell, allowing threat actors to easily take control of

Deutsche Bahn stands to lose €400M if it has to do Huawei with Chinese kit 05/08/2023 at 11:17 By Tobias Mann Telcos also due to get it in the neck unless the government pays up Reliance on Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei could end up costing Germany’s state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn upwards of €400

Microsoft Addresses Critical Power Platform Flaw After Delays and Criticism 05/08/2023 at 10:46 By Microsoft on Friday disclosed that it has addressed a critical security flaw impacting Power Platform, but not before it came under criticism for its failure to swiftly act on it. “The vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to Custom Code functions

Researchers Uncover New High-Severity Vulnerability in PaperCut Software 05/08/2023 at 07:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new high-severity security flaw in PaperCut print management software for Windows that could result in remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-39143 (CVSS score: 8.4), the flaw impacts PaperCut NG/MF prior to version 22.1.3. It has been described

Google offers to alert netizens when their personal info shows up in Search 05/08/2023 at 02:31 By Thomas Claburn I Have Been Pw, er, Indexed Google is carrying out its corporate mission statement – to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful – by offering to hide certain information in its

Canada’s Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61% 05/08/2023 at 02:02 By Tobias Mann Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement? Canadian telco Telus plans to ditch 6,000 workers across its business — about six percent of its global workforce — after its profits fell 61 percent year over year

Two US Navy sailors charged with giving Chinese spies secret military info 05/08/2023 at 01:17 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle ‘Quite obviously f**king espionage,’ one suspect allegedly blabbed Two US Navy service members appeared in federal court Thursday accused of espionage and stealing sensitive military information for China in separate cases.… This article is an excerpt

Behold, Incus: Check out this fork of Canonical’s LXD ‘containervisor’ 04/08/2023 at 23:46 By Liam Proven Lead dev Graber quits Ubuntu maker, helps out this new project SUSE developer Alexa Sarai has created Incus, a fork of Canonical’s LXD code, with the backing of the now-former lead developer of the container-manager-cum-hypervisor.… This article is an

Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc 04/08/2023 at 23:02 By Thomas Claburn SUSE security engineer goes public on unfixed problem after disclosure drama A security engineer at Linux distro maker SUSE has published an advisory for a flaw in the Mozilla VPN client for Linux that has yet to

CISO Connect: Insights on Strategic Partnerships and Threat Readiness 04/08/2023 at 22:32 By The role of the CISO is expanding alongside the growing adoption of digital technologies, which has resulted in a faster and more interconnected workforce. The dynamic and evolving nature of cyber threats is posing challenges for security teams in terms of visibility

Ohio shopping center deploys security robot 04/08/2023 at 21:48 By Crocker Park, a shopping center in Westlake, Ohio, is updating its security measures. The shopping and dining center is deploying a security robot. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Read lips? Siri wants to feel them, according to fresh Apple patent 04/08/2023 at 21:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo We make movements when we talk, and gyro, accelerometer and sensor tech could improve speech recog Siri’s ability to recognize speech may be getting a boost through the addition of lip-reading – or, more appropriately, lip-feeling –

Big chip players join forces to form another RISC-V venture 04/08/2023 at 19:47 By Dan Robinson Initial drive starts in Germany, pushes automotive blueprints The RISC-V open instruction set architecture got a boost today after it emerged that five chip giants are coming together to jointly invest in a company to develop reference architectures based

On average shareholder value drops 9% year after major cyber incident 04/08/2023 at 19:47 By A recent report reveals on average, a major cyber incident resulted in a 9 percent decrease in shareholder value in the year following the event.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source