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New Python-based FBot Hacking Toolkit Aims at Cloud and SaaS Platforms 2024-01-11 at 17:17 By A new Python-based hacking tool called FBot has been uncovered targeting web servers, cloud services, content management systems (CMS), and SaaS platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft 365, PayPal, Sendgrid, and Twilio. “Key features include credential harvesting for spamming attacks, […]

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Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft’s AI obsession 2024-01-11 at 17:02 By Richard Speed Power user excavates evidence of experimental ‘Cowriter’ feature Windows Notepad is set to be the next recipient of Microsoft’s AI attentions judging by screenshots posted by a Windows Insider user.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Google rings in 2024 with more layoffs – hundreds cut from multiple divisions 2024-01-11 at 16:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Cuts are a continuation of late-2023 redundancies to help teams better ‘align their resources’ The 2024 layoff season appears to have only begun, with Google cutting hundreds of employees across multiple divisions yesterday. … This article is

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PC ‘price hike’ coming as cost of memory soars – analysts 2024-01-11 at 15:32 By Paul Kunert Scores are on the doors for Q4, as after 2 years shipments grow again… by 0.3% The PC industry has ended a two-year run of declining shipments, by growing 0.3 percent in Q4 of 2023, amid a warning

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How governments become addicted to suppliers like Fujitsu 2024-01-11 at 15:17 By Lindsay Clark Interest in Japanese’s firm’s public sector deals – worth $15B in the UK alone since 2012 – spikes Analysis  Since the broadcast of a television drama telling the story of the Post Office Horizon scandal — one of the most serious

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(Response) Splitting Up Reverse Proxies To Reach Internal Only Paths 2024-01-11 at 15:02 By Tom Neaves When I’m carrying out security research into a thing, I generally don’t like to Google prior research right away. I know, this completely goes against how you would (and should!) carry out any research; starting with a literature review

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Office gossips beware – chitchat could choke your career chances 2024-01-11 at 14:32 By Paul Kunert Study of workplace blabbermouths reveals the consequences If you’re the type of office blabbermouth who loves to stand at the water cooler and tell anyone who’ll listen that Pete in accounts has bad breath, or John and Jill in

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There is a Ransomware Armageddon Coming for Us All 2024-01-11 at 14:17 By Generative AI will enable anyone to launch sophisticated phishing attacks that only Next-generation MFA devices can stop The least surprising headline from 2023 is that ransomware again set new records for a number of incidents and the damage inflicted. We saw new

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Atomic Stealer Gets an Upgrade – Targeting Mac Users with Encrypted Payload 2024-01-11 at 14:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have identified an updated version of a macOS information stealer called Atomic (or AMOS), indicating that the threat actors behind the malware are actively enhancing its capabilities. “It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around mid to late December

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AI flips the script on fingerprint lore – maybe they’re not so unique after all 2024-01-11 at 13:47 By Laura Dobberstein Discovery could have implications for the field of forensics The belief that all fingerprints are unique is so well accepted that crime novels and TV shows riff on it. Recent AI research has challenged

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Memtest86+, the little RAM tester flexes FOSS muscles with v7.0 2024-01-11 at 13:32 By Liam Proven Essential tool for PC troubleshooting, even if you never run anything but Windows The revival in development of open source RAM-testing tool Memtest86+ continues with version 7.0 – and it’s not just for Linuxy types.… This article is an

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Michael Dell: Don’t worry about AGI, after all we solved that ozone layer thing 2024-01-11 at 12:32 By Laura Dobberstein Budget, schmudget, when it comes to AI-enabled productivity gains, says exec Any dangers associated with artificial general intelligence (AGI) can easily be countered through action, similarly to how humans resolved the depletion of the ozone

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It’s a preview party at Microsoft, but do you really want an invite? 2024-01-11 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Developers are not alone in losing track of which platform to back Microsoft has a very long history, but the company’s attention span seems to be shrinking, which is making it difficult to decide which products

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Quantum computing eggheads throw some other qubits at the wall to see what sticks 2024-01-11 at 10:32 By Tobias Mann Just keep the cold clammy hand of Fujitsu away from it Japan’s government scientific research institute Riken is hedging its bets on quantum computing with the deployment of Quantinuum’s trapped-ion H1 systems at its facility

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Securing Application Staging & Production Environments 2024-01-11 at 10:32 By This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source React to this headline:

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Mandiant’s X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack 2024-01-11 at 08:46 By The compromise of Mandiant’s X (formerly Twitter) account last week was likely the result of a “brute-force password attack,” attributing the hack to a drainer-as-a-service (DaaS) group. “Normally, [two-factor authentication] would have mitigated this, but due to some team transitions and a change

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Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure 2024-01-11 at 07:46 By A pair of zero-day flaws identified in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure have been chained by suspected China-linked nation-state actors to breach less than 10 customers. Cybersecurity firm Volexity, which identified the activity on the network of one of

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Cisco Fixes High-Risk Vulnerability Impacting Unity Connection Software 2024-01-11 at 07:46 By Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Unity Connection that could permit an adversary to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying system. Tracked as CVE-2024-20272 (CVSS score: 7.3), the vulnerability is an arbitrary file upload bug residing in the web-based

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Security executive interview preparation: New Year strategy 2024-01-11 at 07:16 By In 2024, companies are even more focused on hiring the right senior security executive. Do your research on security leadership interviews to land the role. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Balancing data privacy and security in the age of AI-powered defenses 2024-01-11 at 07:16 By As much as AI can do to supplement cybersecurity measures, one of the most effective ways to stay ahead of evolving hacking trends is collaboration. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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