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White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among ‘worst intelligence failures of our time’ 31/07/2023 at 23:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public’s confidence in FISA The White House has weighed in on the Section 702 debate, urging lawmakers to reauthorize, “without new and operationally damaging […]

Do Facebook’s algorithms drive political polarization? Meta says no, but researchers say it’s complicated 31/07/2023 at 21:17 By Katyanna Quach Plus: Google DeepMind’s latest visual-language model robot, and more AI in brief  Four research papers this week concluded that users’ political beliefs and behavior don’t seem to be all that impacted by information amplified by

Twitter’s giant glowing X was put up without a permit, say SF officials 31/07/2023 at 19:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Neighbors say it’s an eyesore, but Musk’s underlings won’t let inspectors near it A giant light-up X logo appeared atop the HQ of the company formerly known as Twitter on Friday, spurring complaints from neighbors and

Fredrick Lee named Reddit’s Chief Information Security Officer 31/07/2023 at 19:16 By Fredrick “Flee” Lee has been named Reddit’s new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Between 80- and 95% of cyberattacks begin with phishing 31/07/2023 at 18:48 By A recent Comcast Business report pulls data from 23.5 billion cybersecurity attacks and found that attacks come from internal and external sources. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

LLMs appear to reason by analogy, a cornerstone of human thinking 31/07/2023 at 18:17 By Lindsay Clark How they do it remains a mystery, say boffins in research paper Large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 can display the ability to solve complex reasoning tasks which humans crack using analogies.… This article is an excerpt

FTC seeks comment over parental consent guidelines for COPPA 31/07/2023 at 17:31 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested commentary following an application for new methods of obtaining parental consent using biometrics. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New P2PInfect Worm Targets Redis Servers with Undocumented Breach Methods 31/07/2023 at 17:02 By The P2PInfect peer-to-peer (P2) worm has been observed employing previously undocumented initial access methods to breach susceptible Redis servers and rope them into a botnet. “The malware compromises exposed instances of the Redis data store by exploiting the replication feature,” Cado

AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Dan Robinson Perhaps that’ll focus your minds on speeding up your adoption of IPv6, eh? Cloud giant AWS will start charging customers for public IPv4 addresses from next year, claiming it is forced to do this because of the increasing

Marshall Erwin hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly 31/07/2023 at 16:46 By Marshall Erwin has been hired as Chief Information Security Officer at Fastly. Erwin was previously Chief Security Officer at Mozilla.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security leaders discuss CISA advisory of IDOR web app vulnerabilities 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Security leaders talk about a new advisory released by CISA which warns of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Webinar: Riding the vCISO Wave: How to Provide vCISO Services 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Demand for Virtual CISO services is soaring. According to Gartner, the use of vCISO services among small and mid-size businesses and non-regulated enterprises was expected to grow by a whopping 1900% in just one year, from only 1% in 2021 to

Patchwork Hackers Target Chinese Research Organizations Using EyeShell Backdoor 31/07/2023 at 15:46 By Threat actors associated with the hacking crew known as Patchwork have been spotted targeting universities and research organizations in China as part of a recently observed campaign. The activity, according to KnownSec 404 Team, entailed the use of a backdoor codenamed EyeShell. Patchwork, also

Hikvision and Nvidia named in contract for Uyghur detection 31/07/2023 at 15:32 By Laura Dobberstein Chip giant washes its hands – but you can’t stop secondary sales Chinese video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision was reportedly paid $6 million by Beijing last year to provide technology that could identify members of the nation’s Uyghur people, a

Danny Rittman named CISO at Avant Technologies, Inc. 31/07/2023 at 15:01 By Avant Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Danny Rittman as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Arc: A radical fresh take on the web browser 31/07/2023 at 14:32 By Liam Proven In an industry that runs on hype, this might just live up to it Arc is a new Chromium-based web browser which shakes up the standard workflow that browsers have had ever since tabs were invented. It’s good, but it

BT hires chartered management accountant and telco veteran as next CEO 31/07/2023 at 14:03 By Paul Kunert Got to keep up with those FTTP builds and the tens of thousands of staff that will leave BT, the former state owned telecommunications monopoly that is building Britain’s fiber backbone, has confirmed current Telia Company president and

Fruity Trojan Uses Deceptive Software Installers to Spread Remcos RAT 31/07/2023 at 13:02 By Threat actors are creating fake websites hosting trojanized software installers to trick unsuspecting users into downloading a downloader malware called Fruity with the goal of installing remote trojans tools like Remcos RAT. “Among the software in question are various instruments for

AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service 31/07/2023 at 13:02 By More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers as part of a multi-year campaign active since at least May 2021. AVRecon was first disclosed by Lumen Black Lotus Labs earlier

Satnav for the Moon could benefit from Fibonacci’s expertise 31/07/2023 at 12:48 By Dan Robinson Middle Ages maths to the rescue Future satellite navigation systems intended for Earth’s Moon may be aided by a model of it developed with methods that go back to mathematician Fibonacci, who lived 800 years ago.… This article is an