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Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers

Experts Uncover Severe AWS Flaws Leading to RCE, Data Theft, and Full-Service Takeovers 2024-08-10 at 01:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered multiple critical flaws in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings that, if successfully exploited, could result in serious consequences. “The impact of these vulnerabilities range between remote code execution (RCE), full-service user takeover (which might […]

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Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction

Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction 2024-08-09 at 22:31 By Matthew Connatser Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes Intel has divulged more details on its Raptor Lake family of 13th and 14th Gen Core processor failures and the 0x129 microcode

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13,000 Devices Wiped by Mobile Guardian MDM Cyberattack

13,000 Devices Wiped by Mobile Guardian MDM Cyberattack 2024-08-09 at 22:06 View original post at vpnMentor A recent cyberattack on Mobile Guardian, a UK-based provider of mobile device management (MDM) software, has left thousands of students worldwide without access to their school work and files. The attack, which occurred on August 4th, resulted in unauthorized

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Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE

Microsoft Reveals Four OpenVPN Flaws Leading to Potential RCE and LPE 2024-08-09 at 22:01 By Microsoft on Thursday disclosed four medium-severity security flaws in the open-source OpenVPN software that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE). “This attack chain could enable attackers to gain full control over targeted

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Data of 2.9 Billion People Leaked onto the Dark Web

Data of 2.9 Billion People Leaked onto the Dark Web 2024-08-09 at 21:46 View original post at vpnMentor Nearly 2.9 billion individuals’ personal data was exposed on the dark web after an April 2024 breach of National Public Data, a background-check company. The data, allegedly stolen by the cybercriminal group USDoD, was offered for sale

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Intel’s annus horribilis continues as AMD gains ground

Intel’s annus horribilis continues as AMD gains ground 2024-08-09 at 20:32 By Dan Robinson Rival making its biggest inroads in server CPU segment The bad news for Intel keeps coming as rival AMD is slowly chipping away at its dominance in server, desktop and mobile processors, although the industry giant still holds onto the lion’s

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Secure Web Gateways are anything but as infosec hounds spot dozens of bypasses

Secure Web Gateways are anything but as infosec hounds spot dozens of bypasses 2024-08-09 at 19:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Vendors can fix’ this architectural failure, SquareX founder tells us Defcon  Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) are an essential part of enterprise security, which makes it shocking to learn that every single SWG in the Gartner Magic

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Microsoft really wants those old Exchange 2016 servers put out to pasture

Microsoft really wants those old Exchange 2016 servers put out to pasture 2024-08-09 at 18:16 By Richard Speed Come to 2019. The in-place upgrades to the Subscription Edition will be lovely Microsoft is getting serious about the impending end of extended support for Exchange 2016 and has published a guide on stripping the product from

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Bleeping Computer Warns About Magniber Ransomware Campaign

Bleeping Computer Warns About Magniber Ransomware Campaign 2024-08-09 at 17:38 View original post at Safety Detectives Researchers with Bleeping Computer are warning people about a large-scale ransomware campaign happening in real time. Ransomware hackers typically focus on targeting organizations due to the larger sums of money they could potentially get away with. However, the Magniber

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Mobile Guardian Pulled From Schools Following Data Breach

Mobile Guardian Pulled From Schools Following Data Breach 2024-08-09 at 17:34 View original post at Safety Detectives Schools in Singapore are removing the Mobile Guardian device management app from use in schools after the app suffered a massive data breach. Mobile Guardian is an app that lets administrators manage screen usage and what websites devices

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Software innovation just isn’t what it used to be, and Moxie Marlinspike blames Agile

Software innovation just isn’t what it used to be, and Moxie Marlinspike blames Agile 2024-08-09 at 17:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Layers of abstraction and speedy development have left engineers unable to understand what lies beneath black hat  There’s a rot at the heart of modern software development that’s destroying innovation, and infosec legend Moxie Marlinspike

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New Flaws in Sonos Smart Speakers Allow Hackers to Eavesdrop on Users

New Flaws in Sonos Smart Speakers Allow Hackers to Eavesdrop on Users 2024-08-09 at 17:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered weaknesses in Sonos smart speakers that could be exploited by malicious actors to clandestinely eavesdrop on users. The vulnerabilities “led to an entire break in the security of Sonos’s secure boot process across a wide

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Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for ‘chaos and violence’ as US election meddling intensifies

Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for ‘chaos and violence’ as US election meddling intensifies 2024-08-09 at 16:16 By Connor Jones Political officials, advisors targeted in cyber attacks as fake news sites deliver lefty zingers Microsoft says Iran’s efforts to influence the November US presidential election have gathered pace recently and there are signs that point toward

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NASA’s NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time

NASA’s NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time 2024-08-09 at 15:46 By Richard Speed A mission that was supposed to last for less than a year went on for more than a decade NASA’s comeback kid, the NEOWISE spacecraft, was this week shut down for the final time as its transmitter was turned

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Core Python developer suspended for three months

Core Python developer suspended for three months 2024-08-09 at 15:01 By Thomas Claburn Code of Conduct violations include allegations that posts created ‘atmosphere of FUD’ The Python Steering Council has decided to suspend a core Python developer for three months for alleged Code of Conduct violations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

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Apple tries again to make EU DMA officials happy – with new fees

Apple tries again to make EU DMA officials happy – with new fees 2024-08-09 at 14:16 By Thomas Claburn Meanwhile, UK watchdog contemplates breaking Cupertino’s WebKit rule Apple this week revised its alternative contractual terms for devs selling apps in the European Union – a revision that was immediately dismissed by critics as more “malicious

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CMA launches full blown probe of Amazon’s Anthropic tie-up

CMA launches full blown probe of Amazon’s Anthropic tie-up 2024-08-09 at 13:31 By Paul Kunert Poor cloud titans, just trying to give a helping hand to AI startups valued at billions of dollars Britain’s competition regulator is embarking on a full blown deep dive into Amazon’s multi-billion dollar investments in Anthropic to ascertain if the

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Intel’s processor failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineering

Intel’s processor failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineering 2024-08-09 at 11:46 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Chipzilla taking some punches but could it stay down? Opinion  Just like Boeing, once upon a time, Intel was the darling of the engineering world. Both companies were the premier tech companies in their day, but those days

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