06 Feb

Robocallers who called the FCC pretending to be from the FCC land telco in trouble

In its first enforcement action of the Trump presidency, the FCC has voted to propose fining Telnyx $4,492,500 – after scammers pretending to be the

Author rabih
05 Feb

Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer

Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome

Author rabih
05 Feb

DOGE latest: Citrix supremo has ‘read-only’ access to US Treasury payment system

The US Treasury has revealed Tom Krause – the chief exec of Citrix and Netscaler owner Cloud Software Group – has “read-only” access to a

Author rabih
05 Feb

Musky minion granted ‘read-only’ access to federal payment systems

The US Treasury Department has assured Congress that a “special government employee” associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has just “read-only” access

Author rabih
05 Feb

Netgear fixes critical bugs as Five Eyes warn about break-ins at the edge

Netgear is advising customers to upgrade their firmware after it patched two critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple routers. The networking biz didn’t reveal too much in

Author rabih
05 Feb

US cranks up espionage charges against ex-Googler accused of trade secrets heist

A Chinese national faces a substantial stint in prison and heavy fines if found guilty of several additional charges related to economic espionage and theft

Author rabih
05 Feb

Patch or perish: How organizations can master vulnerability management

Business Security Don’t wait for a costly breach to provide a painful reminder of the importance of timely software patching Phil Muncaster 05 Feb 2025

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04 Feb

Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

Googlers have not only figured out how to break AMD’s security – allowing them to load unofficial microcode into its processors to modify the silicon’s

Author rabih
04 Feb

Poisoned Go programming language package lay undetected for 3 years

A security researcher says a backdoor masquerading as a legitimate Go programming language package used by thousands of organizations was left undetected for years. Kirill

Author rabih
04 Feb

Grubhub serves up security incident with a side of needing to change your password

US food and grocery delivery platform Grubhub says a security incident at a third-party service provider is to blame after user data was compromised. It

Author rabih
04 Feb

US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme

New York feds today unsealed a five-count criminal indictment charging a 22-year-old Canadian math prodigy with exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance protocols, allegedly using

Author rabih
04 Feb

Roeland Nusselder: AI will eat all our energy, unless we make it tiny | Starmus highlights

We Live Science Left unchecked, AI’s energy and carbon footprint could become a significant concern. Can our AI systems be far less energy-hungry without sacrificing

Author rabih
04 Feb

Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets

NHS execs admit that last year’s cyberattack on hospitals in Wirral, northwest England, continues to “significantly” impact waiting times for cancer treatments, and suspect this

Author rabih
04 Feb

Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look ‘insignificant’

Abandoned AWS S3 buckets could be reused to hijack the global software supply chain in an attack that would make Russia’s “SolarWinds adventures look amateurish

Author rabih
04 Feb

UK govt must learn fast and let failing projects die young

The UK’s government spending watchdog has called on the current administration to make better use of technology to kickstart the misfiring economy and ensure better

Author rabih
04 Feb

Google patches odd Android kernel security bug amid signs of targeted exploitation

Google has released its February Android security updates, including a fix for a high-severity kernel-level vulnerability, which is suspected to be in use by targeted

Author rabih
04 Feb

Why digital resilience is critical to banks

Partner Content In today’s highly connected and technology-driven world, digital resilience is not just a competitive advantage for banks – it is a necessity. The

Author rabih
03 Feb

TSA’s airport facial-recog tech faces audit probe

The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s use of facial recognition technology at US airports, following

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