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US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn’t properly look after Medicare users’ data

US contractor pays $300k to settle accusation it didn’t properly look after Medicare users’ data 2024-10-17 at 02:22 By Connor Jones Resolves allegations it improperly stored screenshots containing PII that were later snaffled A US government contractor will settle claims it violated cybersecurity rules prior to a breach that compromised Medicare beneficiaries’ personal data.… This […]

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Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California

Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California 2024-10-17 at 01:48 By Tobias Mann Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements Intel this week handed out pink slips to more than 2,000 workers across the USA… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Critical default credential bug in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access

Critical default credential bug in Kubernetes Image Builder allows SSH root access 2024-10-17 at 01:03 By Jessica Lyons It’s called leaving the door wide open – especially in Proxmox A critical bug in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow unauthorized SSH access to virtual machines (VMs) due to default credentials being enabled during the image build

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Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew

Volkswagen monitoring data dump threat from 8Base ransomware crew 2024-10-17 at 00:46 By Iain Thomson The German car giant appears to be unconcerned The 8Base ransomware crew claims to have stolen a huge data dump of Volkswagen files and is threatening to publish them, but the German car giant appears to be unconcerned.… This article

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Meta Cracks Down on Fake Accounts Ahead of Moldova Election

Meta Cracks Down on Fake Accounts Ahead of Moldova Election 2024-10-17 at 00:02 View original post at Safety Detectives Tech giant Meta has taken down a network of group accounts targeting Russian-speaking users in Moldova ahead of the country’s upcoming election, scheduled to take place on October 20. The accounts were taken down for violating

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US Defense Contractors Have Increased Cybersecurity Standards

US Defense Contractors Have Increased Cybersecurity Standards 2024-10-17 at 00:02 View original post at Safety Detectives The United States Department of Defense (DoD) introduced a new program that independent defense contractors must pass before they’re allowed to bid for DoD contracts. These new regulations are aimed at improving the US’s overall national security and keeping

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Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws

Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws 2024-10-17 at 00:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Welcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms The next time you feel dehumanized by rumors of surprise HR meetings popping up on calendars amidst layoff rumors, be glad you don’t work at game studio Bandai

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SolarWinds critical hardcoded credential bug under active exploit

SolarWinds critical hardcoded credential bug under active exploit 2024-10-16 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons No word yet on scope of attacks A critical, hardcoded credential bug in SolarWinds’ Web Help Desk products has been found and exploited by criminals, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has added the flaw to its

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FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with ‘click to cancel’ rule

FTC drops hammer on unwanted subscriptions with ‘click to cancel’ rule 2024-10-16 at 22:16 By Thomas Claburn It ‘will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money’ The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a final “click-to-cancel” rule that aims to simplify the process of ending unwanted subscriptions to products and services.…

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China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws

China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws 2024-10-16 at 21:31 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for an investigation into

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Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire 2024-10-16 at 20:47 By Tobias Mann The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition With energy scarcity threatening to derail datacenter ambitions, cloud providers are looking for salvation in the atom.… This article

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Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI

Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI 2024-10-16 at 20:02 By Iain Thomson Claims their child will ‘suffer irreparable harm’ if the record stays The parents of a Massachusetts child are taking his school to court after the student was punished for using AI in a class project.… This article is

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Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream

Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream 2024-10-16 at 19:32 By Dan Robinson Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away Brit nuclear fusion biz Tokamak Energy has detailed early progress in a US Department of Energy (DOE) project that aims to deliver commercial fusion

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Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity

Hackers Abuse EDRSilencer Tool to Bypass Security and Hide Malicious Activity 2024-10-16 at 19:31 By Threat actors are attempting to abuse the open-source EDRSilencer tool as part of efforts to tamper endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions and hide malicious activity. Trend Micro said it detected “threat actors attempting to integrate EDRSilencer in their attacks,

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Casio Confirms Breach: 200GB of Data Exposed

Casio Confirms Breach: 200GB of Data Exposed 2024-10-16 at 19:12 View original post at vpnMentor Casio, the Japanese electronics giant, confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this month resulted in the exposure of over 200 GB of sensitive data. The breach, which occurred on October 5, was linked to the Underground ransomware group, a relatively

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FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps

FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps 2024-10-16 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,’ says chair The US government’s probe into the necessity of ISP data caps has escalated with the launch of a formal inquiry and the publication

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Quantum Computer Breaks Encryption

Quantum Computer Breaks Encryption 2024-10-16 at 18:37 View original post at Safety Detectives Chinese scientists have discovered that a quantum computer developed by Canadian company D-Wave is capable of effectively breaking a widely used encryption method. The research team, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, used a D-Wave quantum machine to target Substitution-Permutation Network

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Microsoft: Russia, China Partner with Criminal Networks in Cyberattacks

Microsoft: Russia, China Partner with Criminal Networks in Cyberattacks 2024-10-16 at 18:31 View original post at Safety Detectives Russia, China, and Iran are increasingly turning to criminal networks to carry out cyber espionage and hacking operations targeting adversaries like the US, according to a digital threats report released by Microsoft. According to Microsoft’s latest Digital

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