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Side channel attacks take bite out of Apple silicon with iLeakage exploit 26/10/2023 at 21:02 By Connor Jones Nearly six years on from Spectre and Meltdown, novel method steals passwords, emails, texts University researchers have developed a novel exploit that can steal information from virtually all modern Apple Macs, iPhones, and iPads.… This article is […]

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iLeakage: New Safari Exploit Impacts Apple iPhones and Macs with A and M-Series CPUs 26/10/2023 at 21:02 By A group of academics has devised a novel side-channel attack dubbed iLeakage that exploits a weakness in the A- and M-series CPUs running on Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices, enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the Safari

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75% of Americans want government regulations for AI 26/10/2023 at 20:02 By The public perception of AI was analyzed in a recent report by IONOS, finding that 75% of respondents want some form of government oversight. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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NASA to equip International Space Station with frikkin lasers (for comms) 26/10/2023 at 19:49 By Dan Robinson Why, what did you think they were for? US space agency NASA plans to run a technology demonstration for space lasers using the International Space Station next month, to test how this could be used to transmit terabytes

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Firefox 119 adds more PDF handiness, but 120 can spot the fakes 26/10/2023 at 19:04 By Liam Proven Mozilla’s review-check firm acquisition to bear fruit really soon Firefox 119 is out with improved inter-device sync and PDF editing, but the next version looks likely to have a whole new ability.… This article is an excerpt

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Amazon workers are in a warehouse of pain, independent report finds 26/10/2023 at 18:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo 6.9 injuries per 100 employees? Try 69 percent taking time off for injuries, exhaustion, survey concludes Amazon may have some serious explaining to do. A survey of workers at warehouses and other company facilities finds injury rates astronomically

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What is vendor privileged access management? 26/10/2023 at 18:16 By Privileged access management (PAM) has become an essential part of any organization’s cybersecurity strategy.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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The holiday season leads to a rise in business payment fraud 26/10/2023 at 17:46 By A payment security report found that three-fourths of business leaders are more concerned about business payment fraud during the holiday season. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Spacewalk turns into spacework as cosmonauts grapple with ISS leak 26/10/2023 at 17:33 By Richard Speed A towel is just about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can carry One spacewalking cosmonaut was hit on their visor by a contaminated tether as a pair of International Space Station crew members ventured outside the

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Record-Breaking 100 Million RPS DDoS Attack Exploits HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Flaw 26/10/2023 at 17:16 By Cloudflare on Thursday said it mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that exploited a recently disclosed flaw called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset, 89 of which exceeded 100 million requests per second (RPS). “The campaign contributed to an overall increase

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Microsoft Warns as Scattered Spider Expands from SIM Swaps to Ransomware 26/10/2023 at 17:16 By The prolific threat actor known as Scattered Spider has been observed impersonating newly hired employees in targeted firms as a ploy to blend into normal on-hire processes and takeover accounts and breach organizations across the world. Microsoft, which disclosed the activities of

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SK hynix puts the boot into Kioxia-Western Digital merger 26/10/2023 at 16:47 By Dan Robinson ‘The company is not agreeing to the deal at this time’ Memory chipmaker SK hynix looks set to block the planned merger between Kioxia and Western Digital because the move would undervalue its own stake in Kioxia.… This article is

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Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge 26/10/2023 at 16:02 By Richard Speed Vivaldi boss calls for browser choice and warns that Redmond might be deflating usage figures Exclusive  The European Commission is looking into Microsoft’s request to remove Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Ads from the Digital Markets Act (DMA),

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Trustwave Honored by Comparably for Benefits, Compensation, and Employee Happiness 26/10/2023 at 16:01 By Comparably, a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring employee review platform, has awarded Trustwave awards for “Best Company Perks and Benefits,” “Best Compensation,” and “Happiest Employees.” This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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The Danger of Forgotten Pixels on Websites: A New Case Study 26/10/2023 at 15:46 By While cyberattacks on websites receive much attention, there are often unaddressed risks that can lead to businesses facing lawsuits and privacy violations even in the absence of hacking incidents. A new case study highlights one of these more common cases. 

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Larry Ale-ison institute invests in Oxford pub linked to Tolkien, CS Lewis 26/10/2023 at 15:18 By Lindsay Clark DBAs come in for beer but struggle to find a table, query imaginary world in wardrobe Newcomers to the tech industry may feel like they have entered Narnia, with its abundance of strange language, mythology, and clothing.

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Regulator delays Adobe’s $20B buy of Figma, derails deal deadline 26/10/2023 at 14:47 By Paul Kunert Competition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider ‘complex case’, new deadline set for February 2024 Britain’s competition regulator is extending into 2024 its prolonged investigation of Adobe’s $20 billion purchase of Figma, upending the software giant’s plan

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Does Windows have a very weak password lurking in its crypto libraries? 26/10/2023 at 14:02 By Richard Speed Don’t panic – it’s just for testing Microsoft’s Raymond Chen took to his “Old New Thing” blog this week to explain why Windows has a hash of a weak password in its cryptographic libraries.… This article is an

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Privacy advocate challenges YouTube’s ad blocking detection scripts under EU law 26/10/2023 at 13:18 By Thomas Claburn Irish eyes may not be smiling Interview  Last week, privacy advocate (and very occasional Reg columnist) Alexander Hanff filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decrying YouTube’s deployment of JavaScript code to detect the use

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Vodafone and Wi-Fi vendors play tug of war over 6 GHz 26/10/2023 at 12:32 By Dan Robinson Everyone’s wanting a slice of this spectrum pie Vodafone says tests of frequencies in the upper 6 GHz band for mobile phone calls were successful, and is pushing for it to be available for cellular networks. The problem?

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