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macOS Under Attack: Examining the Growing Threat and User Perspectives 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By As the number of people using macOS keeps going up, so does the desire of hackers to take advantage of flaws in Apple’s operating system.  What Are the Rising Threats to macOS? There is a common misconception among macOS fans that […]

Zenbleed: New Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Puts Encryption Keys and Passwords at Risk 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD’s Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy, the

How MDR Helps Solve the Cybersecurity Talent Gap 25/07/2023 at 15:18 By How do you overcome today’s talent gap in cybersecurity? This is a crucial issue — particularly when you find executive leadership or the board asking pointed questions about your security team’s ability to defend the organization against new and current threats. This is

James Webb spots water vapor in rocky planet-forming disk 25/07/2023 at 14:47 By Katyanna Quach Turns out proto-Earths may bring their own drinks Astronomers have detected water vapor in the inner region of a protoplanetary disk – where rocky planets may be forming – for the first time, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.…

Digital revolution at HMRC left 99,000 UK taxpayers on hold over five-day fiasco 25/07/2023 at 13:50 By Lindsay Clark Technology resilience gets red rating in tax collector’s annual report Poor IT performance caused a five-day shutdown of the UK tax authority’s phone services in December last year, affecting around 99,000 citizens.… This article is an

Too many bytes and not enough bricks for datacenters 25/07/2023 at 12:57 By Dan Robinson More than 3,000 needed to meet demand, and that won’t be easy, says Aggreko The European datacenter industry is facing issues meeting the growing demand for capacity with materials and heavy equipment to build sites in short supply, among other

Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims 25/07/2023 at 11:33 By Paul Kunert Lawyers look to scale the walled garden Apple is facing a legal challenge over the “creator tax,” or the commission it charges developers who write the apps that populate its digital walled garden.… This article is

Germany raids climate piggy bank for €20B to bankroll chip fabs 25/07/2023 at 10:35 By Tobias Mann Less than a quarter will go to locals though German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly plans to siphon €20 billion ($22 billion) from the country’s Climate and Transformation Fund to offset the cost of building semiconductor manufacturing plants.… This

Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now 25/07/2023 at 10:17 By Laura Dobberstein Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee. Chinese short video platform TikTok announced yesterday it will offer text-based content – a feature that mimics capabilities of various other social media sites, including what is formerly

Google’s next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some 25/07/2023 at 09:32 By Thomas Claburn Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a poweroff -fn Analysis  Googlers have proposed a way to determine whether browsers can be trusted, as a defense against criminal fraud and other bad behavior.

Apple Rolls Out Urgent Patches for Zero-Day Flaws Impacting iPhones, iPads and Macs 25/07/2023 at 08:18 By Apple has rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and Safari to address several security vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day bug in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-38606, the shortcoming resides in the kernel and permits a malicious

Ivanti Releases Urgent Patch for EPMM Zero-Day Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation 25/07/2023 at 08:18 By Ivanti is warning users to update their Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) mobile device management software (formerly MobileIron Core) to the latest version that fixes an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. Dubbed CVE-2023-35078, the issue has been described as a remote unauthenticated API

Atlassian Releases Patches for Critical Flaws in Confluence and Bamboo 25/07/2023 at 08:18 By Atlassian has released updates to address three security flaws impacting its Confluence Server, Data Center, and Bamboo Data Center products that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution on susceptible systems. The list of the flaws is below – CVE-2023-22505 (CVSS score:

TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts 25/07/2023 at 02:32 By Thomas Claburn If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it’s a … Midnight Blue, a security firm based in the Netherlands, has found five vulnerabilities that affect Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), used in Europe, the United

Jury orders Google to pay $340M patent-infringement damages over Chromecast 25/07/2023 at 02:08 By Katyanna Quach Something something don’t cross the streams Google has been ordered by a US federal court to cough up $338.7 million in damages for infringing someone else’s patents with its Chromecast gear.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

AMD Zenbleed chip bug leaks secrets fast and easy 24/07/2023 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Zen 2 flaw more simple than Spectre, exploit code already out there – get patching when you can AMD has started issuing some patches for its processors affected by a serious silicon-level bug dubbed Zenbleed that can be exploited

70% financial services, insurance companies suffer API security delays 24/07/2023 at 20:33 By A new report reveals nearly 70% of financial services and insurance companies have suffered rollout delays due to API security. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Want to live dangerously? Try running Windows XP in 2023 24/07/2023 at 20:08 By Liam Proven The pain and joy of using an old OS on hardware newer than it is Warning: the stunts in this article were performed by professionals, so for your safety and the protection of those around you, do not attempt

Ultra-rare Apple sneakers from the 1990s on sale for $50,000 24/07/2023 at 18:20 By Richard Currie Meanwhile, Einstein dismantles the creation myth in $125,000 letter A pair of Apple-branded sneakers have gone on sale for $50,000 through art broker Sotheby’s.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Report: US and UK executives grapple with evolving data privacy laws 24/07/2023 at 17:18 By As global data privacy compliance increases in scope and complexity, only about half of executives feel “very prepared” to meet regulatory requirements in the United States, United Kingdom and European Union.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security