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Microsoft nixed Mixed Reality: This Windows VR didn’t even make it to the ER 2023-12-27 at 23:47 By Richard Speed Stick WMR next to 3D TVs, Segways, and maybe soon generative AI Microsoft has admitted what the rest of the tech world has long suspected: Windows Mixed Reality has no future at the IT giant, […]

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2023 Top 10 SpiderLabs Blog Posts: Cyberwarfare, Phishing, and Malicious Email Attachments 2023-12-27 at 19:47 By The Top 10 Trustwave SpiderLabs’ blogs in 2022 reflected the cybersecurity landscape impacting security teams around the world. The Russia-Ukraine conflict and its accompanying cyberwar was top of mind, but the large number of vulnerabilities discovered and researched by

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Texas public transit system updates security measures 2023-12-27 at 19:01 By A Texas public transportation system has updated their security measures. The system will utilize Knightscope blue light emergency towers.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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‘A business model based on mass copyright infringement’ 2023-12-27 at 18:17 By Richard Speed New York Times files complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI The New York Times has filed a complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the alleged theft of the newspaper’s copyrighted works.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it 2023-12-27 at 18:17 By Thomas Claburn ‘Our licenses aren’t working anymore,’ says free software pioneer Interview  Bruce Perens, one of the founders of the Open Source movement, is ready for what comes next, the Post-Open Source movement.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Critical Zero-Day in Apache OfBiz ERP System Exposes Businesses to Attack 2023-12-27 at 18:16 By A new zero-day security flaw has been discovered in the Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that could be exploited to bypass authentication protections. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-51467, resides in the login functionality and is the result

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Apple’s timepiece turmoil continues with fresh appeal 2023-12-27 at 16:48 By Richard Speed Leftover Christmas dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches vanish from shelves The game of patent ping-pong over the Apple Watch and Ultra 2 has continued as the phone maker filed an appeal over an import

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Chinese Hackers Exploited New Zero-Day in Barracuda’s ESG Appliances 2023-12-27 at 15:31 By Barracuda has revealed that Chinese threat actors exploited a new zero-day in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances to deploy backdoor on a “limited number” of devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-7102, the issue relates to a case of arbitrary code execution that resides within a third-party

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Why context matters in the future of enterprise security 2023-12-27 at 15:04 By Enterprises often see employees as their greatest vulnerability and as being victims of outside threats, but sometimes the latter is not true. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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AI chatbots will become smart enough to be your coworker 2023-12-27 at 12:17 By Katyanna Quach Large language models are about to automate tasks on your computer Comment  Large language models will evolve from AI chatbots generating synthetic content on your screen to virtual agents that are capable of performing actions on your computer.… This

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New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices 2023-12-27 at 11:39 By A new Android backdoor has been discovered with potent capabilities to carry out a range of malicious actions on infected devices. Dubbed Xamalicious by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, the malware is so named for the fact that it’s developed using an open-source mobile

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Warning: Poorly Secured Linux SSH Servers Under Attack for Cryptocurrency Mining 2023-12-27 at 08:17 By Poorly secured Linux SSH servers are being targeted by bad actors to install port scanners and dictionary attack tools with the goal of targeting other vulnerable servers and co-opting them into a network to carry out cryptocurrency mining and distributed

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Postgres pioneer Michael Stonebraker promises to upend the database once more 2023-12-26 at 18:19 By Lindsay Clark Turing Award winner’s whose research and startups broke ground for five decades, tells The Reg he has more up his sleeve Interview  What if we built the operating system on top of the database instead of the other

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Unveiling the power of external attack surface management 2023-12-26 at 15:02 By External Attack Surface Management (EASM) has been identified as a top cybersecurity trend for the coming 5 to 10 years. So, what exactly is EASM, and why is it gaining such global prominence? This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s

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30 years and still sunbathing: SOHO probe continues work as a space weatherman 2023-12-26 at 14:17 By Richard Speed From the cutting edge of physics research to a valuable monitoring tool Space Extenders II  SOHO, a joint ESA and NASA mission, is still going strong after almost thirty years since launch and at this point

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How thermal management is changing in the age of the kilowatt chip 2023-12-26 at 12:03 By Tobias Mann Air cooling holdouts take notice, the fun stuff is all liquid Analysis  As Moore’s Law slowed to a crawl, chips, particularly those used in AI and high-performance computing (HPC), have steadily gotten hotter. In 2023 we saw

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Carbanak Banking Malware Resurfaces with New Ransomware Tactics 2023-12-26 at 09:32 By The banking malware known as Carbanak has been observed being used in ransomware attacks with updated tactics. “The malware has adapted to incorporate attack vendors and techniques to diversify its effectiveness,” cybersecurity firm NCC Group said in an analysis of ransomware attacks that took place in November 2023. “Carbanak

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War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today’s tech landscape 2023-12-25 at 18:03 By Liam Proven The MIT and New Jersey schools of software design, and how big lies turned into holy truths Feature  Digging into stories of 1980s OSes, a forgotten war for the future of computing emerges. It was won by

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How the tech toy century has troubled Santa’s sack 2023-12-25 at 12:03 By Rupert Goodwins Bell Labs made it bulge then Gordon Moore made it deflate Opinion  It is, as the more observant may have noticed, Christmas time again. In all decent households, this marks the traditional giving and receiving of tech toys, many millions

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Cloud Atlas’ Spear-Phishing Attacks Target Russian Agro and Research Companies 2023-12-25 at 11:17 By The threat actor referred to as Cloud Atlas has been linked to a set of spear-phishing attacks on Russian enterprises. Targets included a Russian agro-industrial enterprise and a state-owned research company, according to a report from F.A.C.C.T., a standalone cybersecurity company formed after Group-IB’s formal

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