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What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? ‘We are cooked’ 2024-09-07 at 20:31 By Thomas Claburn Robotaxis, low pay may be end of the road for app cabbies in San…

Boeing’s Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew 2024-09-07 at 19:46 By Richard Speed What now for these pod people? Boeing’s Calamity Capsule has returned to Earth, bringing to…

GitHub Comments Used to Spread Lumma Stealer Malware 2024-09-07 at 18:11 View original post at vpnMentor In a recent campaign, GitHub comments are being used to distribute Lumma Stealer, a…

Despite cyberattacks, water security standards remain a pipe dream 2024-09-07 at 15:47 By Jessica Lyons White House floats round two of regulations It sounds like the start of a bad…

Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery 2024-09-07 at 11:33 By Iain Thomson Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans? An international…

North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams 2024-09-07 at 10:46 By Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to…

FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals 2024-09-07 at 10:18 By Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in…

FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you’ve bought them 2024-09-07 at 02:16 By Todd Weiss Some brick devices they’d rather not support, kill apps that drive functions,…

Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy 2024-09-07 at 01:01 By Thomas Claburn Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans Google recently rewrote the firmware…

Trump taps Musk to lead ‘government efficiency’ task force 2024-09-07 at 00:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Surely this duty will be executed without bias toward NHTSA, FAA, DOJ, NLRB If Republican…

Online AI Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Provider Exposed Patient Data 2024-09-07 at 00:01 View original post at vpnMentor Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a…

How to Download Instagram Videos: Safe, Free, & Easy in 2024 2024-09-07 at 00:01 View original post at vpnMentor Instagram is a treasure trove of captivating videos, whether it’s a…

Hypervisor Development in Rust for Security Researchers (Part 1) 2024-09-06 at 23:31 By memN0ps In the ever-evolving field of information security, curiosity and continuous learning drive innovation.  This article is…

Cisco merch shoppers stung in Magecart attack 2024-09-06 at 23:16 By Jessica Lyons The ‘security issue’ was caused by a 9.8-rated Magento flaw Adobe patched back in June Bad news…

ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time 2024-09-06 at 22:17 By Richard Speed Tech demo paves way to producing spare parts and tools during missions The European…

Qualcomm reportedly eyeing Intel’s PC design biz and more 2024-09-06 at 21:16 By Tobias Mann Chipzilla hasn’t collapsed yet but the vultures are circling Qualcomm reportedly aims to cash in…

US Gov Removing Four-Year-Degree Requirements for Cyber Jobs 2024-09-06 at 20:31 By SecurityWeek News The US government will remove “unnecessary degree requirements” in favor of skills-based hiring to help fill…

SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation 2024-09-06 at 20:31 By SonicWall has revealed that a recently patched critical security flaw impacting SonicOS may have come…

Dutch government takes ASML export measures off Uncle Sam’s hands 2024-09-06 at 20:16 By Dan Robinson Photolithography giant assures customers it is under no new restrictions ASML has moved to…

Security leaders respond to the White House’s internet routing guide 2024-09-06 at 19:16 By The White House Office of the National Cyber Director has released a guide to improve the…

Salesforce now owns Own Company after $1.9B bargain hunt 2024-09-06 at 18:46 By Lindsay Clark Acquisition of SaaS backup vendor ends mega-merger moratorium Having adopted Own Company’s technology, Salesforce has…

GeoServer Vulnerability Targeted by Hackers to Deliver Backdoors and Botnet Malware 2024-09-06 at 18:46 By A recently disclosed security flaw in OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools has been exploited as part of…

GitHub Actions Vulnerable to Typosquatting, Exposing Developers to Hidden Malicious Code 2024-09-06 at 18:46 By Threat actors have long leveraged typosquatting as a means to trick unsuspecting users into visiting…

Australia Praises Taiwan on Cybersecurity Practices 2024-09-06 at 17:26 View original post at Safety Detectives Taiwan received praise for its commitment to cybersecurity. Australian Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical…

White House Attempts To Create 500,000 Cybersecurity Jobs 2024-09-06 at 17:18 View original post at Safety Detectives The White House is beginning a cybersecurity sprint to employ 500,000 cybersecurity personnel…

Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance 2024-09-06 at 17:16 By Richard Speed Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant’s dominance The UK’s…

Exposed: Russian military Unit 29155 does digital sabotage, espionage 2024-09-06 at 17:01 By Zeljka Zorz The US Department of Justice has named five Russian computer hackers as members of Unit…

Cybersecurity Threat Briefing for Organizations Under the SOCI in Australia 2024-09-06 at 16:18 By Grant Hutchons The Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act in Australia mandates that organizations operating within…

Four cybersecurity best practices for keeping heads above the cloud 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By When organizations rely heavily on their cloud providers’ security controls, IT leaders need a way to…

Data is everywhere: What this means for a backup strategy 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By Data is living in more places than ever before, with workloads frequently shifting between on-premises and…

Recent SonicWall Firewall Vulnerability Potentially Exploited in the Wild 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By Eduard Kovacs SonicWall is warning customers that the recently patched critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40766 may be exploited in…

In Other News: US Army Hacks Buildings, X Hiring Cybersecurity Staff, Bitcoin ATM Scams 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: US…

Defense AI models ‘a risk to life’ alleges spurned tech firm 2024-09-06 at 15:31 By Thomas Claburn Chatterbox Labs CEO claims Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office unfairly cancelled a…

Foot-thick wall workaround: Gigabit network links beamed through solid concrete 2024-09-06 at 15:31 By Dan Robinson Makes cabling a bit less onerous, says WaveCore maker Airvine Scientific has a product…

New research shows 12% of CISOs faced budget declines in 2024 2024-09-06 at 15:16 By Research reveals the impact the global economy is having on security budgets.  This article is an…

Apache Makes Another Attempt at Patching Exploited RCE in OFBiz 2024-09-06 at 15:01 By Ionut Arghire The latest Apache OFBiz update patches CVE-2024-45195, a bypass of a recently disclosed remote…

Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 36 Deals Announced in August 2024 2024-09-06 at 15:01 By Eduard Kovacs Roundup of the three dozen cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in August 2024….

Veeam Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Products 2024-09-06 at 15:01 By Ionut Arghire Veeam has released patches for critical-severity vulnerabilities in Backup & Replication, ONE, and Service Provider Console. The…

Datacenters to emit 3x more carbon dioxide because of generative AI 2024-09-06 at 13:32 By Dan Robinson Carbon capture outfits could be making up to $45B, say analysts The datacenter…

LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Millions of WordPress Sites to Attacks 2024-09-06 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire A vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin leads to the exposure of…

CISA Breaks Silence on Controversial ‘Airport Security Bypass’ Vulnerability  2024-09-06 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers and the TSA have different views on the impact of vulnerabilities in an airport…

The State of the Virtual CISO Report: MSP/MSSP Security Strategies for 2025 2024-09-06 at 13:17 By The 2024 State of the vCISO Report continues Cynomi’s tradition of examining the growing…

Apache OFBiz team patches critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-45195) 2024-09-06 at 13:02 By Zeljka Zorz For the fourth time in the last five months, Apache OFBiz users have been advised to…

Pat Gelsinger’s grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy 2024-09-06 at 12:49 By Tobias Mann Foundry faces a reckoning Comment  Intel’s fledgling foundry business is in trouble. The division…

TIDRONE Targets Military and Satellite Industries in Taiwan 2024-09-06 at 12:49 By Our research reveals that an unidentified threat cluster we named TIDRONE have shown significant interest in military-related industry…

Spear-Phishing in the Battlefield: Gamaredon’s Ongoing Assault on Ukraine’s Military 2024-09-06 at 11:46 By rohansinhacyblecom Key Takeaways Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) identified an active Gamaredon campaign targeting Ukrainian…

Oak Ridge boffins enlist Quantum Brilliance to make supercomputers sparkle at room temp 2024-09-06 at 11:31 By Dan Robinson Diamond-based accelerators could help smash science problems Oak Ridge National Laboratory…

Cequence Security partners with Netskope to provide protection for business-critical APIs 2024-09-06 at 11:31 By Industry News Cequence Security announced a new partnership with Netskope. Through the partnership, Netskope customers…