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Young Consulting and Blue Shield of California announce data breach 2024-09-03 at 17:31 By Young Consulting revealed that an unauthorized actor gained access to Blue Shield of California subscriber data in April 2024. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands 2024-09-03 at 17:16 By Liam Proven Now the Numbat has been neatened, you can replace your Jellyfish – if you dare Ubuntu 24.04.1 is here, which means that users of the previous LTS release, 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish,” will be offered the update.… This article is

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Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability in Attacks Against Russia and Belarus 2024-09-03 at 17:01 By A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. “Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for obtaining initial access,” Kaspersky said in a Monday analysis of the group’s

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New Rust-Based Ransomware Cicada3301 Targets Windows and Linux Systems 2024-09-03 at 17:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked the inner workings of a new ransomware variant called Cicada3301 that shares similarities with the now-defunct BlackCat (aka ALPHV) operation. “It appears that Cicada3301 ransomware primarily targets small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), likely through opportunistic attacks that exploit

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China outspending US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined on chipmaking kit 2024-09-03 at 16:31 By Dan Robinson $25B semiconductor shopping spree leaves rivals in the dust China spent more in the first half of this year on chipmaking equipment to expand its semiconductor capacity than the US, Taiwan, and South Korea combined, indicating how serious

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Cloud computing hits the nuclear button amid energy crisis 2024-09-03 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson Other options considered too as the power draw on electricity grids continues unabated Analysis  Cloud computing is one of the few areas of the tech industry to show continual growth, even during the pandemic and the subsequent inflation-driven curb on

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VMware ESXi flaw leveraged by BlackByte ransomware 2024-09-03 at 15:16 By Recent investigations reveal that the BlackByte ransomware group is deploying techniques that vary from its typical methods. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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SAP CTO bows out over ‘incident’ at company shindig 2024-09-03 at 14:47 By Lindsay Clark Board member offers apology for ‘inappropriate’ behavior SAP CTO and executive board member Jürgen Müller is set to depart the German software corporation over an “incident” at a company event.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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AI firms propose ‘personhood credentials’ … to fight AI 2024-09-03 at 13:46 By Thomas Claburn It’s going to take more than CAPTCHA to prove you’re real Researchers at Microsoft and OpenAI, among others, have proposed “personhood credentials” to counter the online deception enabled by the AI models sold by Microsoft and OpenAI, among others.… This

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Rocinante Trojan Poses as Banking Apps to Steal Sensitive Data from Brazilian Android Users 2024-09-03 at 13:46 By Mobile users in Brazil are the target of a new malware campaign that delivers a new Android banking trojan named Rocinante. “This malware family is capable of performing keylogging using the Accessibility Service, and is also able

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Transport for London confirms cyberattack, assures us all is well 2024-09-03 at 12:46 By Richard Speed Government body claims there is no evidence of customer data being compromised Transport for London (TfL) – responsible for much of the public network carrying people around England’s capital – is battling to stay on top of an unfolding

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Magnetic personalities at Tokamak Energy form separate division 2024-09-03 at 11:46 By Dan Robinson Fusion biz wants to break superconducting tech into other sectors Brit nuclear fusion firm Tokamak Energy has formed a separate division to commercialize the superconducting magnet tech it developed for reactors in other markets including renewable energy or transport.… This article

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Elon Musk’s Starlink won’t block Elon Musk’s X in Brazil, as required by court order 2024-09-03 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood Appeal panel upholds ban as Musk Xeets up a rage-storm Brazil’s Supreme Court has backed an earlier decision to force local carriers to block Elon Musk’s social network, X, as the dispute between the

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Secrets Exposed: Why Your CISO Should Worry About Slack 2024-09-03 at 10:47 By In the digital realm, secrets (API keys, private keys, username and password combos, etc.) are the keys to the kingdom. But what if those keys were accidentally left out in the open in the very tools we use to collaborate every day?

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Big Tech got its ‘next billion’ – but there’s three billion people still offline 2024-09-03 at 09:46 By Laura Dobberstein The GSMA and its friends are looking for ways to bring those within mobile range onto the ‘net In 2015 Google gave itself a mission: connect the “next billion” people to the internet. That plan

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New Flaws in Microsoft macOS Apps Could Allow Hackers to Gain Unrestricted Access 2024-09-03 at 08:01 By Eight vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Microsoft applications for macOS that an adversary could exploit to gain elevated privileges or access sensitive data by circumventing the operating system’s permissions-based model, which revolves around the Transparency, Consent, and Control

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Alibaba Cloud boosts failure prediction with logfile timestamps 2024-09-03 at 07:16 By Simon Sharwood Machine learning helps, but more data catches more faults – so Chinese champ has shared its data Alibaba Cloud has revealed homebrew tech it used to improve server fault prediction and detection, which it claims saw its ability to detect problems

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80% of K-12 educators regularly consider their safety at work 2024-09-03 at 07:16 By A national survey of K-12 educators shows a majority regularly consider their physical safety while at work.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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