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Uncle Sam names 3 Amazon execs as Prime targets in subscription ripoff probe

Uncle Sam names 3 Amazon execs as Prime targets in subscription ripoff probe 21/09/2023 at 04:02 By Iain Thomson Dark patterns ‘knowingly duped millions of consumers’ The United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has named thee senior Amzazon.com staffers accused of approving tactics designed to confuse people into signing up for the online souk’s Prime […]

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Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults

Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults 21/09/2023 at 03:02 By Thomas Claburn Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better – and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has used the first week of its much-anticipated

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Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit

Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit 21/09/2023 at 01:47 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Invasion of the data snatchers The Snatch ransomware crew has listed on its dark-web site the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs as one of its latest victims – as the Feds warn organizations to

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Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers

Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers 20/09/2023 at 23:32 By Thomas Claburn X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out Signal has adopted a new key agreement protocol in an effort to keep encrypted Signal chat messages protected from any future quantum computers.… This article is an excerpt from

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International Criminal Court hacked amid Russia investigations

International Criminal Court hacked amid Russia investigations 20/09/2023 at 23:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle ICC admits breach in social media post, says response remains ongoing The International Criminal Court said criminals breached its IT systems last week but it isn’t over yet, with the ICC saying the “cybersecurity incident” is still ongoing.… This article is

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Salesforce engineers roll back change after breaking its own cloud for hours today

Salesforce engineers roll back change after breaking its own cloud for hours today 20/09/2023 at 22:17 By Chris Williams Services recovering though Tableau, Mulesoft still poorly If you noticed something funky going on with Salesforce and its software-as-a-service empire today, it’s not you: it’s recovering from a mild outage.… This article is an excerpt from

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Core blimey, Intel’s answer to AMD and Ampere’s cloudy chips has 288 of them

Core blimey, Intel’s answer to AMD and Ampere’s cloudy chips has 288 of them 20/09/2023 at 21:47 By Tobias Mann And they’re all tailored for efficiency Intel now says its “Sierra Forest” Xeons will actually offer 288 cores, twice as many as previously disclosed, when it launches in the first half of 2024.… This article

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Neuralink’s looking for participants willing to be part of human trials

Neuralink’s looking for participants willing to be part of human trials 20/09/2023 at 21:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Musk company gets FDA’s OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants That was fast: Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface implant company, only received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for human tests in late May, but it’s

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Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first

Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first 20/09/2023 at 20:17 By Dan Robinson Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009 The ongoing face-off between Washington and Beijing over technology and security issues has taken a new twist, with China accusing the US of hacking

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GNU turns 40: Stallman’s baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there’s cake

GNU turns 40: Stallman’s baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there’s cake 20/09/2023 at 19:17 By Liam Proven It turned the software industry upside down regardless Happy birthday to GNU. On September 27, there will be events in both the US and Switzerland to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the GNU Project.…

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UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there

UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there 20/09/2023 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark Admission it’s ‘not technically feasible’… but no promise not to invoke it UK Parliament has passed an Online Safety Bill offering the government powers to introduce online child protection laws, one that includes clause 122,

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55% of insider threats come from a negligent or mistaken insider

55% of insider threats come from a negligent or mistaken insider 20/09/2023 at 17:16 By The causes and costs of insider threats were analyzed in a recent report that found that the average annual cost of an insider risk has increased 40%. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View

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Finnish Authorities Dismantle Notorious PIILOPUOTI Dark Web Drug Marketplace

Finnish Authorities Dismantle Notorious PIILOPUOTI Dark Web Drug Marketplace 20/09/2023 at 17:03 By Finnish law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of PIILOPUOTI, a dark web marketplace that specialized in illegal narcotics trade since May 2022. “The site operated as a hidden service in the encrypted TOR network,” the Finnish Customs (aka Tulli) said in a brief

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57% of small and medium enterprises experienced a cybersecurity breach

57% of small and medium enterprises experienced a cybersecurity breach 20/09/2023 at 16:47 By Small and medium enterprises were analyzed in a recent report by Guardz. According to the report, 57% of SMEs have experienced a cybersecurity breach. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to

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Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers

Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers 20/09/2023 at 16:32 By Laura Dobberstein Part of network of crims who used ‘trickery and threats’ to target elderly, says US Attorney Two Indian nationals each received 41-month prison sentences for their involvement in $1.2 million worth of robocall scams targeting the elderly,

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Stealthy VBA Macro Embedded in PDF-like Header Helps Evade Detection

Stealthy VBA Macro Embedded in PDF-like Header Helps Evade Detection 20/09/2023 at 16:17 By Rodel Mendrez In the ever-evolving landscape of malware threats, threat actors are continually creating new techniques to bypass detection. A recent discovery by JPCERT/CC sheds light on a new technique that involves embedding a malicious Word document within a seemingly benign

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ChatGPT Update: How Security Teams and Threat Actors are Using Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT Update: How Security Teams and Threat Actors are Using Artificial Intelligence 20/09/2023 at 16:02 By ChatGPT and other Large Learning Modules have been in use for less than a year, yet these applications are transforming at an almost exponential rate.  This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this

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