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HP exec says quiet part out aloud when it comes to locking in print customers 04/12/2023 at 13:32 By Paul Kunert Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience HP is squeezing more margin out of print customers, the result of a multi-year strategy to convert unprofitable business into something more lucrative, and says […]

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40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs 04/12/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed The legacy can still be felt today It is 40 years since Turbo Pascal revolutionized the coding marketplace with a slick (for the time) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and performance to spare. So why aren’t we all using

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World’s largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan 04/12/2023 at 11:47 By Laura Dobberstein JT-60SA produces largest volume of plasma ever made by humans, paves way for ITER Japan’s joint fusion reactor project with the European Union (EU), the JT-60SA, was inaugurated in Naka, Japan on Friday, marking the start of experimental operations for

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LogoFAIL: UEFI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Stealth Malware Attacks 04/12/2023 at 11:01 By The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) code from various independent firmware/BIOS vendors (IBVs) has been found vulnerable to potential attacks through high-impact flaws in image parsing libraries embedded into the firmware. The shortcomings, collectively labeled LogoFAIL by Binarly, “can be used by threat actors

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The 2023 Annual Guarding Report: Finding the right mix of human and machine 04/12/2023 at 08:16 By In this year’s report, security executives and guarding companies identify trends in security guarding throughout 2023, from emerging robotics to training strategies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React

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Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Scheme Spreading CACTUS Ransomware 04/12/2023 at 08:01 By Microsoft has warned of a new wave of CACTUS ransomware attacks that leverage malvertising lures to deploy DanaBot as an initial access vector. The DanaBot infections led to “hands-on-keyboard activity by ransomware operator Storm-0216 (Twisted Spider, UNC2198), culminating in the deployment of CACTUS

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New Relic’s cyber-something revealed as attack on staging systems, some users 04/12/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Ongoing investigation found evidence of stolen employee creds and social engineering Nine days after issuing a vaguely worded warning about a possible cyber security incident, web tracking and analytics outfit New Relic has revealed a two-front attack.… This

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Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window 04/12/2023 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a coder was stirring, not even their mouse.… This article is an excerpt

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Creating a single AI-generated image needs as much power as charging your smartphone 04/12/2023 at 04:48 By Katyanna Quach PLUS: Microsoft to invest £2.5B in UK datacenters to power AI, and more AI in brief  Using a text-to-image model to craft an AI-generated image can require almost the same amount of power as that required

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‘Return to Office’ declared dead 03/12/2023 at 19:02 By Thomas Claburn Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says Efforts to convince remote workers to return to corporate offices appear to have stalled, based on data from the government, academia, and private-sector organizations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books 02/12/2023 at 20:32 By Katyanna Quach ‘Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend’ The council of Porto Alegre, a city in southern Brazil, has approved legislation drafted by ChatGPT. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to

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Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him 02/12/2023 at 15:47 By Chris Williams First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal Kettle  By now Elon Musk should be used to high-risk maneuvers. If it’s not SpaceX landing reusable rockets or docking manned capsules

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UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on 02/12/2023 at 14:17 By Richard Speed iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) decision to launch a probe into mobile browsers and cloud gaming, quashing

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From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls 02/12/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Although since it’s the height of ridiculousness why not just Will Farrell? Although Musk: The Movie remains on the drawing board, we were delighted by the reader response to our question of who should play the

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Agent Racoon Backdoor Targets Organizations in Middle East, Africa, and U.S. 02/12/2023 at 11:47 By Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service (DNS)

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Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Convicted for Creating TrickBot Malware 02/12/2023 at 11:17 By A Russian national has been found guilty in connection with his role in developing and deploying a malware known as TrickBot, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced. Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was arrested in South Korea in September 2021 and extradited to the U.S.

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No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data 02/12/2023 at 04:33 By Tobias Mann Senator Ron Wyden tired of asking, puts foot down for as long as he can Is the NSA buying up Americans’ location and browsing data? Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is tired of asking

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60 US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit 02/12/2023 at 03:20 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving A ransomware infection at a cloud IT provider has disrupted services for 60 or so credit unions across the US, all of which were relying on the attacked

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Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals’ Basecamp over CTO’s blogs 02/12/2023 at 01:32 By Thomas Claburn We’re canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder’s views The Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using 37Signal’s Basecamp project management software after almost a decade due to public statements from the supplier’s co-founder and chief technology officer.…

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Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports 02/12/2023 at 01:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days The US Transportation Security Administration’s plans to expand its use of facial recognition tech, already in use at several American airports, may

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