Termite ransomware gang claims credit for Blue Yonder attack
Dec 9, 2024 · Infosec in brief Still smarting over that grocery disruption caused by a ransomware attack on supply chain SaaS vendor Blue Yonder? Well, now you have someone to point a finger at: the Termite ransomware gang. Termite shared news of the attack on its dark web portal, as reported on X, claiming it managed to snag 680GB of data from Blue Yonder – including email lists, documents, reports, and ...
Interpol: Stop calling it 'pig butchering' • The Register
Dec 17, 2024 · Interpol wants to put an end to the online scam known as "pig butchering" – through linguistic policing, rather than law enforcement. The international police agency announced it will no longer use the term because it makes victims feel bad, which in turn discourages reporting of the crime.
Apple urged to stop AI headline summaries after false claims
6 days ago · It's unknown if or how Apple plans to address the issue. The BBC has filed its own complaint, but Apple declined to comment to the British broadcaster publicly on the matter.. According to the BBC, this doesn't even appear to be the first time Apple's AI summaries have falsely reported news.
Techie fluked a fix and his abusive boss embraced him for it
Dec 20, 2024 · On Call Digital technology remains frighteningly finickity, which is why good tech support people are always in demand – and also the reason The Register never tires of telling your support stories each Friday in On Call, the column your generosity makes possible.. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Boris" who years ago worked for a business providing services to what he described ...
AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling • The Register
Dec 10, 2024 · Boffins from KU Leuven in Belgium, the University of Lübeck in Germany, and the University of Birmingham in the UK have taken a look at AMD SEV-SNP (Secure Nested Paging) – a recent SEV enhancement that adds protection against memory remapping attacks from a malicious hypervisor. And they've found that it's not as secure as its name suggests.
Bitfinex heist gets the Netflix treatment • The Register
Dec 10, 2024 · A documentary examining the 2016 Bitfinex burglars hits Netflix, bringing the curious case to living rooms for the first time. Biggest Heist Ever covers the story of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, described in the trailer as the "cringey couple" that pulled off a massive digital heist of nearly 120,000 Bitcoin eight years ago.
Beijing wants Chinese orgs to seek alternatives to US chips
Dec 5, 2024 · If Chinese organizations follow this advice they'll end up with inferior PCs and servers. Lenovo recently created a laptop that uses a made-in-China CPU from local x86 licensee Zhaoxin that struggles to match the performance of five year old AMD and Intel chips. Another Chinese chipmaker, Loongson, is also believed to be …
After missing the AI boom – badly – Samsung hires new bosses
Nov 28, 2024 · Generative AI has created a once-in-a-generation surge in memory sales and semiconductor production – which Samsung Electronics has managed to flub, leading to a Wednesday announcement that it's named new senior …
Identity: the new security perimeter • The Register
Jul 12, 2024 · Webinar Threat actors are always looking for that easy way in by testing weak spots, and user identities are one of their favourite targets.. Multi factor authentication (MFA), that stalwart defender of the login, is attacked mercilessly for example. And while additional security layers can ward off these attacks, what's the cost to the end user experience?
Musk sues OpenAI, claiming there's nothing 'open' about it
Mar 1, 2024 · GPT-4 has already reached AGI, and Microsoft shouldn't get its paws on it, court docs allege