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US says China’s Volt Typhoon is readying destructive cyberattacks 2024-02-07 at 21:16 By Jessica Lyons 12 international govt agencies sound the alarm, critical infrastructure at the heart of threats The US government today confirmed that China’s Volt Typhoon crew comprised “multiple” critical infrastructure org’s IT networks, and warned that the state-sponored hackers are readying “disruptive […]

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Ford pulls the plug on EV strategy as losses pile up 2024-02-07 at 20:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can get to a profit’ The reality of electric vehicle prices has finally caught up with the venerable US automaker Ford, which said yesterday that it’s rethinking its loss-making EV

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You’re not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse 2024-02-07 at 19:46 By Dan Robinson It’s all down to recommissioned kit, claim techies tasked with retrieving data from busted gear A German data recovery specialist has confirmed what many Reg readers will have suspected: USB memory sticks are getting less reliable. The cause,

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After the Breach 2024-02-07 at 19:16 By Rob Marti What You Can Do Today to Protect Critical and Sensitive Data This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Iran’s cyber operations in Israel a potential prelude to US election interference 2024-02-07 at 18:31 By Connor Jones Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers Iran’s anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window into the techniques the country may deploy in the run-up to the 2024 US Presidential elections, Microsoft says.… This article

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After FBI Takedown, KV-Botnet Operators Shift Tactics in Attempt to Bounce Back 2024-02-07 at 18:16 By The threat actors behind the KV-botnet made “behavioral changes” to the malicious network as U.S. law enforcement began issuing commands to neutralize the activity. KV-botnet is the name given to a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) routers

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Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute 2024-02-07 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Windows encryption feature defeated by $10 and a YouTube tutorial We’re very familiar with the many projects in which Raspberry Pi hardware is used, from giving old computers a new lease of life through to running the animated displays so

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TSMC to build second fab in Japan, backed by local investment 2024-02-07 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson Plus: SMIC said to be building new lines to make 5nm process chips designed by Huawei TSMC is set to build a second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan with investment from Toyota and other local corporations. The move

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Hundreds of workers to space out from NASA’s JPL amid budget black hole 2024-02-07 at 16:16 By Richard Speed Launch windows do not respect political squabbling NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that substantial budget cuts are inbound, with over 500 staffers affected – approximately 8 percent of the workforce.… This article is an

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Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros 2024-02-07 at 16:16 By The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 (CVSS score: 9.8), the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot

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John Godfrey announced as Kansas Chief Information Security Officer 2024-02-07 at 15:31 By Governor Laura Kelly recently announced that John Godfrey is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Kansas.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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JetBrains urges swift patching of latest critical TeamCity flaw 2024-02-07 at 14:47 By Connor Jones Cloud version is safe, but no assurances offered about possible on-prem exploits JetBrains is encouraging all users of TeamCity (on-prem) to upgrade to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the CI/CD tool.… This article is

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Bank boss has pay slashed after presiding over tech outages in 2023 2024-02-07 at 14:16 By Laura Dobberstein Singapore’s DBS wants accountability for digital dropouts Singapore banking group DBS has slashed its CEO’s variable pay by 30 percent as an accountability measure after digital disruptions hit the organization in 2023.… This article is an excerpt

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HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids 2024-02-07 at 13:17 By Liam Proven Apple makes this harder every macOS release, but there are ways nonetheless FOSS Fest  These days, Macs will only talk to Apple phones to get online out of the box, but you can get around the restrictions if you’re determined

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New Webinar: 5 Steps to vCISO Success for MSPs and MSSPs 2024-02-07 at 12:46 By 2024 will be the year of the vCISO. An incredible 45% of MSPs and MSSPs are planning to start offering vCISO services in 2024. As an MSP/MSSP providing vCISO services, you own the organization’s cybersecurity infrastructure and strategy. But you also need

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Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse 2024-02-07 at 12:46 By A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses.

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UK government plans to spend over £100M on AI … but copyright code is held up 2024-02-07 at 12:31 By Richard Speed ‘Pro-innovation’ but perhaps not for the folks whose data was trained on The UK government is to spend over £100 million ($125 million) to support regulators and researchers as it publishes its response

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How Neuraspace aims to clean up orbital clutter with AI 2024-02-07 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Can tech and regulations beat the great satellite landgrab? Interview  Debris speeding along in orbit is becoming an increasing hazard for spacecraft. We can either ignore the problem and hope it resolves itself or accept there is an issue

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The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns 2024-02-07 at 10:47 By Jessica Lyons ‘Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,’ we’re told The commercial spyware economy – despite government and big tech’s efforts to crack down – appears to be booming.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Alaska Airlines’ door-dropping flight was missing bolts 2024-02-07 at 09:48 By Thomas Claburn Preliminary investigation confirms pilot chat was overwritten but doesn’t mention attempts to recover data The door plug that fell out of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 last month wasn’t properly bolted into place, according to a preliminary investigation.… This article is an excerpt

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