Perfctl malware strikes again via Docker Remote API servers
1 day ago · An unknown attacker is abusing exposed Docker Remote API servers to deploy perfctl cryptomining malware on victims' systems, according to Trend Micro researchers. Sunil Bharti, a senior threat researcher at Trend Micro, told The Register that his team's honeypots trapped two such attempts after would-be crooks deployed perfctl.
OpenAI loses another senior figure - The Register
13 hours ago · Simon Sharwood. Fri 25 Oct 2024 // 06:25 UTC. OpenAI has lost another senior staffer, and on his way out the door this one warned the company – and all other AI shops – are just not ready for artificial general intelligence. The departing exec is Miles Brundage who on Friday will cease working as senior advisor for AGI readiness.
US to crackdown on databrokers doing deals with 6 nations
3 days ago · Mon 21 Oct 2024 // 23:27 UTC. The US federal government is poised to implement an Executive Order that would ban data brokers selling significant amounts of information to buyers in six countries. On February 28, President Biden issued an Executive Order [PDF] - "Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States ...
Say hello to the epi-bit, a new approach to DNA data storage
8 hours ago · In a paper in Nature this week, Peking University associate professor Cheng Zhang and colleagues describe a demonstration encoding data in the so-called "epi-bits" and reproducing an image of a Chinese rubbing (16,833 bits) and a photo of a panda (252,504 bits) using their synthesis-free method.They argue it is capable of encoding and reading data at a vastly improved rate compared to earlier ...
SK hynix revenue soars, brushes off AI chip oversupply idea
1 day ago · Laura Dobberstein. Thu 24 Oct 2024 // 13:31 UTC. SK hynix posted on Wednesday what it called its "highest revenue since its foundation" for Q3 2024 as it pledged to continue minuting more AI chips. Revenue totaled ₩17.6 trillion ($12.7 billion), up 94 percent year-on-year. Operating profit stood at ₩7 trillion ($5 billion) after only last ...
More WhatsApp privacy concerns over OS, device info leaks
Wed 16 Oct 2024 // 04:26 UTC. An analysis of Meta's WhatsApp messaging software reveals that it may expose which operating system a user is running, and their device setup information – including the number of linked devices. That analysis comes from security researchers at cryptocurrency wallet maker Zengo, who previously found a security ...
Google's memory safety plan still involves unsafe C/C++
Wed 16 Oct 2024 // 06:23 UTC. Google has revealed that its approach to making programming code more memory safe involves both the adoption of memory safe languages and making unsafe languages more secure – to the extent that's possible. The Chocolate Factory has been an avid booster of memory safety for the past few years – celebrating the ...
Internet Archive wobbles back online • The Register
Oct 16, 2024 · The Internet Archive has come back online, in slightly degraded mode, after repelling an October 9 DDoS attack and then succumbing to a raid on users' data. For several days after the attack, the Archive loaded into the basic page depicted below. At the time of writing (0400 Wednesday UTC, 2100 Tuesday PT), The Register has seen the site ...
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?
Keeping one step ahead of cyber security threats • The Register
Mar 1, 2024 · Webinar Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it's not as if the volume of cyber attacks is falling - last year, they rose by 38 percent according to Google Cloud.