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Council claims database pain forced it to drop apostrophes from street names 2024-05-07 at 10:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo What next, trouble at tmill? A row in the UK has locals and council members at odds over apostrophes, and yes – this does actually have a tech angle. … This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

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Building security bridges 2024-05-07 at 07:16 By Farhan Sahito, Partner at Privanova, shares the development of his 20-year career including both physical and cybersecurity. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Ransomware evolves from mere extortion to ‘psychological attacks’ 2024-05-07 at 05:16 By Jessica Lyons Crims SIM swap execs’ kids to freak out their parents, Mandiant CTO says RSAC  Ransomware infections and extortion attacks have become “a psychological attack against the victim organization,” as criminals use increasingly personal and aggressive tactics to force victims to pay

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Google, Meta, Spotify break Apple’s device fingerprinting rules – new claim 2024-05-07 at 04:16 By Thomas Claburn And the iOS titan doesn’t seem that bothered with this data leaking out Last week, Apple began requiring iOS developers justify the use of a specific set of APIs that could be used for device fingerprinting. Yet the

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Dear Stack Overflow denizens, thanks for helping train OpenAI’s billion-dollar LLMs 2024-05-07 at 03:46 By Thomas Claburn Microsoft-backed super-lab gets access to answers – and code forum gets its own AI Stack Overflow, a community-driven Q&A site, and OpenAI, maker of AI models, have agreed to work to improve each other’s products, the latest deal

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Fed-run LockBit site back from the dead and vows to really spill the beans on gang 2024-05-07 at 02:46 By Matthew Connatser After very boring first reveal, this could be the real deal Cops around the world have relaunched LockBit’s website after they shut it down in February – and it’s now counting down the

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Semiconductor digital twins to sip $285M from America’s CHIPS Act funding pool 2024-05-07 at 00:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Fake it until you make it, literally The US government on Monday earmarked $285 million in CHIPS Act funding for the development of semiconductor digital twins.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Mastodon delays fix for link previews DDoSing websites 2024-05-06 at 23:01 By Matthew Connatser Decentralization is great, except when many servers grab data from a site Mastodon has pushed back an update that would have addressed the issue of link previews creating accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.… This article is an excerpt from

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Warren Buffett voices AI fears, likens tech to atom bomb 2024-05-06 at 21:47 By Tobias Mann ‘Used in a pro-social way, it’s got terrific benefits to society. But, I don’t know how you make sure that happens’ Video  You can add Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett to the list of folks worried about the implications

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Cheyenne supercomputer sells at auction for just $480K 2024-05-06 at 20:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo And you thought consumer electronics suffered from depreciation The Cheyenne Supercomputer, a 5.34 peak PFLOPS behemoth that was once one of the fastest systems in the world, has just been sold at auction for $480,085. … This article is an excerpt from

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Consultant charged over $1.5M extortion scheme against IT giant 2024-05-06 at 20:05 By Connor Jones Accused of stealing data after losing his job A cybersecurity expert could face a 20-year prison sentence after being accused of allegedly trying to extort a multinational IT infrastructure services biz out of $1.5 million.… This article is an excerpt

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Misconfigurations drive 80% of security exposures 2024-05-06 at 19:03 By An analysis of more than 40 million exposures provides a view the current exposure landscape, revealing 80% are driven by misconfigurations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we’re still trying to check all the boxes 2024-05-06 at 18:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s taking time, but isn’t a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says interview  It’s been several years since President Biden signed an executive order to improve America’s

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Critical Tinyproxy Flaw Opens Over 50,000 Hosts to Remote Code Execution 2024-05-06 at 17:46 By More than 50% of the 90,310 hosts have been found exposing a Tinyproxy service on the internet that’s vulnerable to a critical unpatched security flaw in the HTTP/HTTPS proxy tool. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of

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Holistic security design 2024-05-06 at 17:31 By Security leaders can mitigate vulnerability, reduce risk and keep people safe with thoughtful security design. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Trustwave Takes Home Global Infosec Award for 2024 Best Solution Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service Provider 2024-05-06 at 17:16 By For the second consecutive year, Cyber Defense Magazine honored Trustwave with a 2024 Global InfoSec Award for Best Solution Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service Provider. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original

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Is political polarization affecting your security program? 2024-05-06 at 17:16 By Top security leaders discuss management strategies to navigate political polarization in an organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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China-Linked Hackers Suspected in ArcaneDoor Cyberattacks Targeting Network Devices 2024-05-06 at 17:02 By The recently uncovered cyber espionage campaign targeting perimeter network devices from several vendors, including Cisco, may have been the work of China-linked actors, according to new findings from attack surface management firm Censys. Dubbed ArcaneDoor, the activity is said to have commenced around July 2023, with

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CISA says ‘no more’ to decades-old directory traversal bugs 2024-05-06 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Recent attacks on healthcare thrust infosec agency into alert mode CISA is calling on the software industry to stamp out directory traversal vulnerabilities following recent high-profile exploits of the 20-year-old class of bugs.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Robinhood crypto business slapped with SEC Wells Notice 2024-05-06 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The SEC is planning to file an “enforcement action” against Robinhood’s cryptocurrency business, according to the Wells Notice. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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