Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?
Richi Jennings | | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Manifest V3, SB Blogwatch, uBlock OriginManifest V3: Destiny. Huge advertising monopoly flexes muscles: “Manifest V2” extensions to be nuked, but “V3” cripples ad blockers ... Read More
Automation in Healthcare Data Privacy and Compliance
In the healthcare sector where data privacy and compliance are paramount, automation manifests as a formidable defense tool ... Read More
HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers
Richi Jennings | | Cloud, Cloud IaaS, cpu, CPU attack, CPU flaw, CPU microcode, cpu vulnerability, Denial of Service, denial-of-service attack, DoS, IaaS, IaaS Security, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Intel, Intel CPU, INTEL-SA-00950, Microcode Flaws, Redundant Prefix Issue, Reptar, SB Blogwatch, x86, x86_64IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ... Read More
FBI and CISA Say the Royal Ransomware Group May Rebrand
The prolific Royal ransomware group, which has demanded more than $275 million in ransom from as many as 350 targets since September 2022, may be preparing to rebrand itself or spin off a variant, according to a U.S. government advisory. The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) wrote ... Read More
Securing Sensitive Data: Cybersecurity in Asset Management
Florentine Lenoir | | asset management, Cybersecurity, Data breach, data protection, Data Security, defenses, Network SecurityThe asset management sector, a critical component of the financial industry, is facing a pressing challenge in the form of cybersecurity. During the first quarter of 2023, the number of weekly cyberattacks witnessed a 7% increase when compared to the corresponding period in the previous year. This rise in cyberattacks ... Read More
Using SD-WAN to Optimize Security and Connectivity of Satellite Networks
Deploying SD-WAN across multiple multi-orbit satellite links creates a reliable virtual network on top of the physical infrastructure ... Read More
Chip Buyers Sue Intel Over Downfall Vulnerability
Five chip buyers are accusing Intel of failing to address security flaws in its CPUs that it has known about for five years, making the computers either open to the Downfall vulnerability disclosed in August or low-performing after applying a patch. The five filed a class-action lawsuit last week against ... Read More
Google Suing Scammers for Fake Bard AI Chatbot Scheme
Google is suing at least three people for using false ads for Bard, the company’s generative AI chatbot, to trick people into unknowingly downloading malware that gives the alleged scammers access to their social media accounts. In another lawsuit, Google is going after fraudsters who have filed thousands of fake ... Read More
LockBit Crashes Boeing Dark Web Data — No Ransom Paid
7oops7: Seattle plane maker tries to tell us the 50GB dump is ever so boring and not worth spinning up Tor for ... Read More
OpenAI: DDoS Attack the Cause of ChatGPT Outages
The outages that dogged OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT generative AI chatbot this week were caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack that has since been resolved, according to the company. The AI tech vendor reported a major outage across ChatGPT and its API Wednesday and then periodic outages on Thursday, attributing both ... Read More
