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YouTube now sabotages ad-blocking apps that stream its vids 2024-04-16 at 23:01 By Thomas Claburn EFF lambastes latest ‘lazy and deliberately malicious move’ YouTube says it will intentionally cripple the playback of its videos in third-party apps that block its ads.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this […]

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China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip 2024-04-16 at 22:31 By Dan Robinson Jetson module can efficiently process computational fluid dynamics models Analysis  Researchers in China have reportedly demonstrated how a low-cost Nvidia Jetson module could theoretically be used to direct a hypersonic weapon.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to fork off 2024-04-16 at 21:46 By Matthew Connatser A good PR move opines community member AI-generated and assisted code contributions are no longer allowed in the Gentoo Linux distribution.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Latest AMD Ryzen Pro chips are similar silicon, more smarts 2024-04-16 at 21:16 By Matthew Connatser That other processor company really wants you to use AI at work AMD has brought its 4 nm Hawk Point and Phoenix APUs to business users in the form of the Ryzen Pro 8040 series for laptops and Ryzen

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Torvalds intentionally complicates his use of indentation in kconfig 2024-04-16 at 20:46 By Liam Proven The paramount penguin forces more robust whitespace handling Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has made the use of indentation in kernel config files more ambiguous – intentionally, to weed out inferior parsers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick 2024-04-16 at 20:16 By Richard Currie Computer says you’re single A simple misclick at a London law firm led to a surprise divorce for an unsuspecting couple.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Alleged cryptojacker accused of stealing $3.5M to mine under $1M in crypto 2024-04-16 at 19:46 By Connor Jones No prizes for guessing the victims A Nebraska man will appear in court today to face charges related to allegations that he defrauded cloud service providers of more than $3.5 million in a long-running cryptojacking scheme.… This

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Microsoft to tackle spam by restricting Exchange Online bulk email 2024-04-16 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Need to send to more than 2,000 external recipients in 24 hours? Time to start looking for an alternative For the first time, Microsoft will apply daily restrictions to Exchange Online in an effort to staunch the flow of

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SIM swap crooks solicit T-Mobile, Verizon staff via text to do their dirty work 2024-04-16 at 18:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo No breach responsible for employee contact info getting out, says T-Mo T-Mobile employees say they are being sent text messages that offer them cash to perform illegal SIM swaps for supposed criminals.… This article is

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OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt 2024-04-16 at 18:31 By Security researchers have uncovered a “credible” takeover attempt targeting the OpenJS Foundation in a manner that evokes similarities to the recently uncovered incident aimed at the open-source XZ Utils project. “The OpenJS Foundation Cross Project Council received a suspicious series of emails

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US Equal Employment agency says Workday AI hiring bias case should continue 2024-04-16 at 18:16 By Lindsay Clark Judge to hear software vendor’s effort to dismiss discrimination case next month The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says a claim against Workday should be allowed to continue, arguing the HR and finance software vendor may

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NASA confirms Florida house hit by a piece of ISS battery pack 2024-04-16 at 17:47 By Richard Speed Who needs aircon when you have NASA to punch holes through your home? NASA has confirmed that a piece of space junk that crashed through a Florida home in March was a fragment of a discarded ISS

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TA558 Hackers Weaponize Images for Wide-Scale Malware Attacks 2024-04-16 at 17:31 By The threat actor tracked as TA558 has been observed leveraging steganography as an obfuscation technique to deliver a wide range of malware such as Agent Tesla, FormBook, Remcos RAT, LokiBot, GuLoader, Snake Keylogger, and XWorm, among others. “The group made extensive use of steganography by

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AWS, Google, and Azure CLI Tools Could Leak Credentials in Build Logs 2024-04-16 at 17:31 By New cybersecurity research has found that command-line interface (CLI) tools from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud can expose sensitive credentials in build logs, posing significant risks to organizations. The vulnerability has been codenamed LeakyCLI by cloud security firm Orca.

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Open sourcerers say suspected xz-style attacks continue to target maintainers 2024-04-16 at 17:16 By Connor Jones Social engineering patterns spotted across range of popular projects Open source groups are warning the community about a wave of ongoing attacks targeting project maintainers similar to those that led to the recent attempted backdooring of a core Linux

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Nevada loses the most money to cybercrime 2024-04-16 at 17:16 By The widespread financial burden of cybercrime in the U.S. was recently analyzed by NoDepositRewards using data from the 2023 FBI crime report. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Innovation Investments Paying Dividends 2024-04-16 at 17:02 By Tim Murphy What Symantec has delivered to customers in 2024 (so far) This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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AI gold rush continues as Microsoft invests $1.5B in UAE’s G42 2024-04-16 at 16:31 By Richard Speed Can regulators keep up? Microsoft has confirmed a $1.5 billion investment in G42, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) AI biz.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Micron says it’s first to QLC NAND with over 200 layers 2024-04-16 at 16:16 By Matthew Connatser Enhanced data density and speed upgrades, though challenges in endurance remain Micron is now mass producing 232-layer QLC NAND, claiming it’s the first memory manufacturer to break the 200-layer mark in QLC chips.… This article is an excerpt

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Change Healthcare’s ransomware attack costs edge toward $1B so far 2024-04-16 at 16:01 By Connor Jones First glimpse at attack financials reveals huge pain UnitedHealth, parent company of ransomware-besieged Change Healthcare, says the total costs of tending to the February cyberattack for the first calendar quarter of 2024 currently stands at $872 million.… This article

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