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Apple Vision Pro is creating a new generation of glassholes 2024-02-06 at 20:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo They’re back – and more oblivious than ever Comment  If you’ve paid any attention to social media in the past four days, it’s likely you haven’t been able to escape the torrent of photos and videos of people wearing […]

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IBM pitches bite-sized $135k LinuxONE box for smaller biz types 2024-02-06 at 20:17 By Dan Robinson Fancy a mainframe that runs Linux? You’ll need deep pockets IBM has pushed out a new member of its LinuxONE enterprise-grade Linux lineup that it hopes will appeal to small and medium-sized businesses, but the price tag is unlikely

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Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department 2024-02-06 at 19:31 By Connor Jones Attack happened in 2023 using a bespoke backdoor, confirming year-old suspicions Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused intrusion.… This

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SAP hits brakes on Tesla company car deal 2024-02-06 at 18:47 By Lindsay Clark Despite EV commitment, German giant tells Musk marque to buzz off German software giant SAP has reportedly elected not to buy new electric cars from Tesla, the electric automotive manufacturer led by Elon Musk.… This article is an excerpt from The

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EquiLend back in the saddle as ransom payment rumors swirl 2024-02-06 at 18:01 By Connor Jones Still no word on how the intruders broke in or the full extent of any possible data compromise Global securities finance tech company EquiLend’s systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago.…

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You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA 2024-02-06 at 17:17 By Richard Speed Everything’s fine, but a fastening fell off when it shouldn’t have Virgin Galactic has reported itself to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after discovering a detached alignment pin from the mechanism used to keep

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Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading ‘Ov3r_Stealer’ to Steal Crypto and Credentials 2024-02-06 at 16:48 By Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. “This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram

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Experts Detail New Flaws in Azure HDInsight Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop Services 2024-02-06 at 16:48 By Three new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Azure HDInsight’s Apache Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark services that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation and a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) condition. “The new vulnerabilities affect any authenticated user of Azure HDInsight services such

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Japan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips 2024-02-06 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson Pair still looking to merge after SK hynix blocked deal Japan is set to provide more subsidies for chip companies Kioxia and Western Digital to boost memory production. The move follows reports that a cancelled

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Trustwave SpiderLabs Uncovers Ov3r_Stealer Malware Spread via Phishing and Facebook Advertising 2024-02-06 at 16:01 By During an Advanced Continual Threat Hunt (ACTH) investigation that took place in early December 2023, Trustwave SpiderLabs discovered Ov3r_Stealer, an infostealer distributed using Facebook advertising and phishing emails. SpiderLabs’ “Facebook Advertising Spreads Novel Malware Variant,” is an in-depth dive into

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Double trouble for Fortinet customers as pair of critical vulns found in FortiSIEM 2024-02-06 at 15:47 By Connor Jones Admins should get a move on while info is scarce and exploits aren’t yet available Fortinet’s FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two new maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution.… This article is an

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Oracle partner gets multimillion top-up after Edinburgh Uni disaster 2024-02-06 at 15:02 By Lindsay Clark More changes required in wake of ERP go-live that left staff and suppliers waiting for payment Scotland’s University of Edinburgh has awarded systems integrator and support company Inoapps an additional £3.6 million ($4.5 million) contract fee for “changes in requirements

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GitOps pioneer Weaveworks unravels after funding fabric frays 2024-02-06 at 14:17 By Richard Speed Company burned through $61.6M in investment Former cloud native darling Weaveworks has announced that it is closing its doors after failing to get acquired and suffering from a “volatile” cash position.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 2024-02-06 at 13:32 By Liam Proven ‘Noble Numbat’ users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn’t ideal The next major release of KDE Plasma is getting close, but not close enough for the next major Ubuntu release.… This article is an excerpt from The

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How a $10B Enterprise Customer Drastically Increased their SaaS Security Posture with 201% ROI by Using SSPM 2024-02-06 at 13:32 By SaaS applications are the darlings of the software world. They enable work from anywhere, facilitate collaboration, and offer a cost-effective alternative to owning the software outright. At the same time, the very features that

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New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Connor Jones How good are your takedowns when fresh gangs are linked to previous ops, though? At least 25 new ransomware gangs emerged in 2023, with Akira and 8Base proving the most “successful,” research reveals.… This

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Hackers Exploit Job Boards in APAC, Steal Data of Millions of Job Seekers 2024-02-06 at 12:33 By Employment agencies and retail companies chiefly located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted by a previously undocumented threat actor known as ResumeLooters since early 2023 with the goal of stealing sensitive data. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said the hacking crew’s

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EU repair rights bill tells manufacturers to fix up or ship out 2024-02-06 at 11:46 By Richard Speed Provisional deal will mean companies cannot ‘hinder repair’ The European Parliament has reached a provisional deal on EU regulations to strengthen consumers’ right to repair.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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AI models just love escalating conflict to all-out nuclear war 2024-02-06 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘We have it! Let’s use it’ proclaims the most warlike GPT-4-Base When high school student David Lightman inadvertently dials into a military mainframe in the 1983 movie WarGames, he invites the supercomputer to play a game called “Global Thermonuclear

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Recent SSRF Flaw in Ivanti VPN Products Undergoes Mass Exploitation 2024-02-06 at 10:17 By A recently disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability impacting Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure products has come under mass exploitation. The Shadowserver Foundation said it observed exploitation attempts originating from more than 170 unique IP addresses that aim to establish a reverse

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