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Okta uncovers new phishing-as-a-service operation with 'multiple entities' falling victim

Multiple attackers using a new phishing service dubbed VoidProxy to target organizations' Microsoft and Google accounts have successfully stolen users' credentials, multi-factor authentication codes, and session tokens in real time, according to security researchers.…

Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for

Nvidia isn’t the only one riding the AI boom. During the second quarter, Arm CPUs captured a quarter of the server market, according to a recent Dell’Oro Group report.…

It all started with a May report saying that some bot training may need licensing or permission

A US appeals court has thrown a wrench into the White House's attempt to oust US Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter, ruling that the president likely has no authority to fire her.…

Original author of open source database 'not surprised' but 'saddened' as critics slam vendor's layoffs

Oracle has instigated "widespread layoffs" across its core MySQL development team, sparking concern about the future of one of the world's most popular open-source databases.…

Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack - sounds totally legit

Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as "Cobalt Strike's AI successor," has been downloaded about 10,000 times since its release in July.…

Benchmark bonanza shows big wins across JSON, compression, JIT, and more

The first release candidate of .NET 10 is out, complete with a "go-live" license, meaning that Microsoft supports production use. The company has also detailed performance improvements in this long-term support release, translating to real-world savings for users.…

The technology isn't the hard part, says enterprise business services SVP, it's managing people

At Walmart, "everybody's using AI every day across the enterprise," according to David Glick, senior vice president of the retail behemoth's enterprise business services.…

FastNetMon says 1.5 Gpps deluge from hijacked routers, IoT kit nearly drowned scrubbing shop

A DDoS mitigation provider was given a taste of the poison it tries to prevent, after being smacked by one of the largest packet-rate attacks ever recorded – a 1.5 billion packets per second (1.5 Gpps) flood that briefly threatened to knock it off the internet.…

AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected

If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and Intel Coffee Lake processors by breaking virtualization boundaries.…

That won't even warm the plasma

America's Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked $134 million in funding for two programs aimed at securing US leadership in emerging fusion technologies. The move comes amid renewed interest in nuclear power sparked by surging datacenter energy demands.…

Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension

Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping "dangerous, insecure software" that helped cybercrooks cripple one of America's largest hospital networks.…

Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line

Europe, long seen as a bastion of privacy and digital rights, will debate this week whether to enforce surveillance on citizens' devices.…

$50 standalone bots now bundled in $30 package

Microsoft is re-badging its Sales, Service, and Finance Copilots and slashing what it charges for them.…

Major UK player cagey on specifics but latest attack follows string blamed on 'third party' suppliers

One of the UK's largest rail operators, LNER, is the latest organization to spill user data via a third-party data breach.…

Academics and OSA stakeholders say watchdog needs to amend how controversial legislation is enforced

Industry experts expressed both concern and sympathy for Ofcom, the Brit regulator that is overseeing the Online Safety Act, as questions mount over the effectiveness of the controversial legislation.…

Battery powered now, fuel-cells tomorrow - all packed in a shipping box

Following a series of trials, defense biz BAE Systems says it is readying an autonomous military submarine for the end of next year.…

Not yet gone and not yet forgotten, but on their way

Microsoft has added a raft of web components to its list of deprecated features, including legacy Edge developer tools and hosted web apps.…

Admins can't stop checking their portals, survey finds

A new survey confirms what many IT pros already know: downtime doesn't exist, with dashboards and alerts intruding on their free time.…

Rust coreutils, TPM encryption, and GNOME 49 line up for October debut

The Quokka is a small, furry, and perpetually smiling marsupial from Australia. It's very cute – and now it's freezing.…

CedarDB pushed to the limit in improbable gaming experiment

The world has moved on from making Doom run on increasingly ridiculous devices. Now it's all about porting it to the most inappropriate of languages. Cue DOOMQL, a version of the shooter written in pure SQL.…