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Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia 2024-06-14 at 18:47 By Matthew Connatser Browser maker decided not to follow Putin’s orders. Well done Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source […]

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Voyager 1 makes stellar comeback to science operations 2024-06-14 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Engineers coax veteran probe back to health NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in action and conducting normal science operations for the first time since the veteran probe began spouting gibberish at the end of 2023.… This article is an excerpt

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Google’s Privacy Sandbox Accused of User Tracking by Austrian Non-Profit 2024-06-14 at 17:30 By Google’s plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser with Privacy Sandbox has run into fresh trouble after Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) said the feature can still be used to track users. “While the

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Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware 2024-06-14 at 16:31 By Connor Jones Russia recruits local residents to support battlefield goals Infrastructure that enabled two pro-Russia Ukraine residents to break into soldiers’ devices and deploy spyware has been dismantled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Tesla shareholders agree to pay Musk staggering sum of $48B 2024-06-14 at 15:31 By Lindsay Clark The value falls but the rocket man still gets his gas money Human ingenuity is not sufficient to construct a violin small enough to lament the fortunes of Elon Musk. The serial entrepreneur, polymath and media figure is facing

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Learn to Secure Petabyte-Scale Data in a Webinar with Industry Titans 2024-06-14 at 15:31 By Data is growing faster than ever. Remember when petabytes (that’s 1,000,000 gigabytes!) were only for tech giants? Well, that’s so last decade! Today, businesses of all sizes are swimming in petabytes. But this isn’t just about storage anymore. This data

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French state bidding for piece of Atos, offers €700M 2024-06-14 at 14:46 By Dan Robinson Big data + security division could be owed by the government and its people The French government has confirmed an offer of €700 million ($748 million) for key assets of ailing IT services giant Atos, following the company’s acceptance of

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Why Regulated Industries are Turning to Military-Grade Cyber Defenses 2024-06-14 at 14:46 By As cyber threats loom large and data breaches continue to pose increasingly significant risks. Organizations and industries that handle sensitive information and valuable assets make prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain or strategic advantage.  Which is why many highly regulated sectors,

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AI Octopus predicts results of Euro 2024: It isn’t looking good for England 2024-06-14 at 13:31 By Richard Speed Who needs a real live cephalopod? The Euro 2024 international football tournament gets underway today, and we’re delighted to report that AI has finally been turned into something useful in the form of a virtual pundit

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How Apache Spark lit up the tech world and outshone its big data brethren 2024-06-14 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark The Register queries author Matei Zaharia on a decade of the project Interview  Big data is no longer hailed as the “new oil.” It has gone out of fashion, both in terms of hype and

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ZKTeco Biometric System Found Vulnerable to 24 Critical Security Flaws 2024-06-14 at 11:16 By An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors. “By adding random user data to

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North Korean Hackers Target Brazilian Fintech with Sophisticated Phishing Tactics 2024-06-14 at 10:16 By Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country’s emergence as an influential power has drawn the attention of cyber espionage groups. “North Korean government-backed actors have targeted

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Microsoft cancels universal Recall release in favor of Windows Insider preview 2024-06-14 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Wider release coming real soon – promise – after the Windows faithful give it a thrashing Microsoft has cancelled the wide release of Recall – the controversial tool for Copilot+ PCs that takes regular snapshots of a machine

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Microsoft Delays AI-Powered Recall Feature for Copilot+ PCs Amid Security Concerns 2024-06-14 at 08:16 By Microsoft on Thursday revealed that it’s delaying the rollout of the controversial artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. To that end, the company said it intends to shift from general availability preview available first in the Windows Insider

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Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones 2024-06-14 at 07:46 By Simon Sharwood Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share Pakistan has outlined measures to punish tax evaders by cutting off their mobile phone.… This

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Security leaders respond to industry’s need for 225,000 professionals 2024-06-14 at 07:16 By Security leaders respond to recent data showing the cybersecurity industry needs 225,000 professionals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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The power of podcasts 2024-06-14 at 07:16 By From leadership advice to explorations of emerging security threats, guests on The Security Podcasts share career stories for the good of the industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Absolutely the most important list you will ever read! 2024-06-14 at 07:16 By Tips to help security leaders navigate endless Internet lists about leadership. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Japan’s space agency helps to target advertising with satellite photos of crops 2024-06-14 at 05:46 By Simon Sharwood Some would say ads for cabbage are futile – can pics from space at least make them timely? Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and marketing agency Dentsu have developed a means to use snaps captured by satellites

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Microsoft bigwig says the Feds catching Chinese spies in Exchange Online is the cloud working as intended 2024-06-14 at 03:46 By Jessica Lyons ‘It’s not our job to find the culprits – That’s what we’re paying you for’ lawmaker scolds Brad Smith Lawmakers on Thursday grilled Microsoft president Brad Smith about the Windows giant’s businesses

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