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OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff 2024-10-10 at 07:16 By Laura Dobberstein Claims its models aren’t making threat actors more sophisticated – but is helping debug their code OpenAI has alleged the company disrupted a spear-phishing campaign that saw a China-based group target its employees through both their personal and corporate email […]

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DDoS attacks surge in H2 2023 2024-10-10 at 07:16 By 2023 saw an increase in DDoS attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Active shooter preparedness: Past, present and future 2024-10-10 at 07:15 By Security leader discusses what can be learned from past active shooter incidents. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS 2024-10-10 at 04:51 By Simon Sharwood 31 million users’ usernames, email addresses and salted-encrypted passwords are out there The Internet Archive had a bad day on the infosec front, after being DDoSed and exposing user data.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Moscow-adjacent GoldenJackal gang strikes air-gapped systems with custom malware 2024-10-10 at 02:47 By Jessica Lyons USB sticks help, but it’s unclear how tools that suck malware from them are delivered A cyberespionage APT crew named GoldenJackal hacked air-gapped PCs belonging to government and diplomatic entities at least twice using two sets of custom malware, according

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Deno 2.0 looks to backward compatibility to move forward 2024-10-10 at 01:47 By Thomas Claburn Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript plays nicer with Node.js Deno, the runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript, reached version 2.0 on Wednesday, bringing with it baggage from the past in the form of broad Node.js compatibility.… This article is an

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Smart TVs are spying on everyone 2024-10-10 at 01:31 By Thomas Claburn Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change Smart TVs are watching their viewers and harvesting their data to benefit brokers using the same ad technology that denies privacy on the

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Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions 2024-10-10 at 00:16 By Jessica Lyons Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data breaches between 2014 and 2020

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Severe solar storm could disrupt power, communications 2024-10-09 at 23:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo On the bright side, auroras may dazzle skies as far south as mid-latitudes Watch out, Earth: There’s another strong geomagnetic storm headed our way from the Sun, following the G5-class one that hit back in May.… This article is an excerpt from

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National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected 2024-10-09 at 22:45 By Iain Thomson One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets The Florida business behind data brokerage National Public Data has filed for bankruptcy, admitting “hundreds of millions” of people were potentially affected in one of the largest

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Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators – another win for AI 2024-10-09 at 21:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Let’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too This year’s Nobel Prizes are shaping up to be a triumph for AI. After awarding the physics prize to early AI pioneers yesterday,

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Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale 2024-10-09 at 20:47 By Google on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and DNS Research Federation (DNS RF) to combat online scams. The initiative, which has been codenamed the Global Signal Exchange (GSE), is designed to

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Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect 2024-10-09 at 20:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘If I was Satoshi I would have destroyed my ability to prove I’m Satoshi’ The man identified as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto in a new HBO documentary has something to say: Wrong again, world.… This article is an excerpt

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US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse 2024-10-09 at 20:19 By Dan Robinson Fabless chip shop alleged to be hiring ‘litigation hit men’ to kneecap rival Taiwanese chip firm MediaTek is under scrutiny with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) taking an interest in an antitrust dispute with semiconductor compatriot

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CIQ takes Rocky Linux corporate with $25K price tag 2024-10-09 at 19:19 By Richard Speed Backs RHEL-compatible distro with indemnification and update guarantees CIQ has unveiled a version of Rocky Linux backed by service level objectives and indemnities for enterprises requiring more than the support of an enthusiastic community behind an operating system.… This article

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Security experts discuss the American Water cyberattack 2024-10-09 at 19:18 By On Thursday, October 3, 2024, American Water discovered unauthorized activity in its systems. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Researchers Uncover Major Security Vulnerabilities in Industrial MMS Protocol Libraries 2024-10-09 at 18:51 By Details have emerged about multiple security vulnerabilities in two implementations of the Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) protocol that, if successfully exploited, could have severe impacts in industrial environments. “The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to crash an industrial device or in

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Microsoft cleans up hot mess of Patch Tuesday preview 2024-10-09 at 18:17 By Richard Speed Go forth and install your important security fixes Microsoft says that the problems with the Windows 11 Patch Tuesday preview have now been resolved.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Cognizant discriminated against non-Indian workers in H-1B visa case, US jury finds 2024-10-09 at 17:50 By Lindsay Clark IT service giant denies claims, will appeal against verdict A US jury has found that employment practices at Cognizant constitute discriminatory conduct toward non-Indian workers in a case that originated in 2013 and claimed the tech giant

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N. Korean Hackers Use Fake Interviews to Infect Developers with Cross-Platform Malware 2024-10-09 at 17:50 By Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed targeting job seekers in the tech industry to deliver updated versions of known malware families tracked as BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. The activity cluster, tracked as CL-STA-0240, is part of

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