Zendesk users targeted as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters spin up fake support sites
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters may be circling Zendesk users for its latest extortion campaign, with new phishing domains and weaponized helpdesk tickets uncovered by ReliaQuest.…
OpenAI cuts off Mixpanel after analytics leak exposes API users
OpenAI says API users may be affected by a recent breach at its former data analytics provider, Mixpanel.…
Tenstorrent QuietBox tested: A high-performance RISC-V AI workstation trapped in a software blackhole
hands on Tenstorrent probably isn't the first name that springs to mind when it comes to AI infrastructure. But unlike the litany of AI chip startups vying for VC funding and a slice of Nvidia's pie, Tenstorrent's chips actually exist outside the lab.…
FCC sounds alarm after emergency tones turned into potty-mouthed radio takeover
Malicious intruders have hijacked US radio gear to turn emergency broadcast tones into a profanity-laced alarm system.…
Asahi admits ransomware gang may have spilled almost 2M people's data
Asahi has finally done the sums on September's ransomware attack in Japan, conceding the crooks may have helped themselves to personal data tied to almost 2 million people.…
Canadian data order risks blowing a hole in EU sovereignty
A Canadian court has ordered French cloud provider OVHcloud to hand over customer data stored in Europe, potentially undermining the provider's claims about digital sovereignty protections.…
Scottish council still rebuilding systems two years after ransomware attack
Auditors remain concerned about the cyber resilience of a Scottish council as some systems are yet to be fully rebuilt following a ransomware attack in November 2023.…
One-fifth of the jobs at your company could disappear as AI automation takes off
AI-pocalypse New research suggests AI deployment is creating significant workforce redundancies across major organizations.…
Tiny tweak for Pi OS, big makeover for the Imager
Raspberry Pi Ltd has shipped two updates for its single-board computers: a very small refresh to Pi OS 6, and a more substantial upgrade to the tool that writes your Pi's operating system to an SD card.…
HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show
Feature Remember when high-performance computing always seemed to be about x86? Exactly a decade ago, almost nine in ten supercomputers in the TOP500 (a list of the beefiest machines maintained twice yearly by academics) were Intel-based. Today, it's down to 57 percent.…
TSMC lawsuit claims former exec is probably leaking secrets to Intel
Taiwanese foundry TSMC believes a former executive has leaked company secrets to Intel and is testing the matter in court.…
Apple’s lousy AI didn’t stop it beating Samsung’s smartphone sales for the first time since 2011
Apple is set to displace Samsung as the world’s top smartphone manufacturer, measured by shipment volume, according to analyst firm Counterpoint.…
AWS builds a DNS backstop to allow changes when its notoriously flaky US East region wobbles
The cause of major internet outages is often the domain name system (DNS) and/or problems at Amazon Web Services’ US East region. The cloud giant has now made a change that will make its own role in such outages less painful.…
Gainsight CEO downplays breach, says only a 'handful' of customers had data stolen
Gainsight CEO Chuck Ganapathi downplayed the victim count related to his company's recent breach, saying he's only aware of "a handful of customers" who had their data affected after Salesforce flagged unusual activity involving Gainsight's connected app.…
Norway's most powerful supercomputer will use waste heat to raise salmon
This week the Norwegian scientific community celebrated the completion of the Olivia supercomputer, which combines AMD CPUs with Nvidia Superchips to deliver a 16-fold boost to the nation's computing capacity – and eventually put fresh fish on the table.…
Botnet takes advantage of AWS outage to smack 28 countries
A Mirai-based botnet named ShadowV2 emerged during last October's widespread AWS outage, infecting IoT devices across industries and continents, likely serving as a "test run" for future attacks, according to Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.…
Workday confronts existential threat as customers freeze hiring
Workday is confronting a troubling reality. Customers aren't hiring much and some are actively cutting staff. The solution? Cross-selling to squeeze more revenue per user out of its installed base.…
Mobile industry warns patchwork cyber regs are driving up costs
Mobile operators' core cybersecurity spending is projected to more than double by 2030 as threats evolve, while poorly designed and fragmented policy frameworks add extra compliance costs, according to industry group the GSMA.…
Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors
There's a certain delight to be had in doing something just to see if you can. Case in point: rendering Doom using PCB design software, or wading through the shores of Hell via the medium of an oscilloscope.…
CodeRED emergency alert system CodeDEAD after INC ransomware attack
Towns and cities across the US are without access to their CodeRED emergency alert system following a cyberattack on vendor Crisis24.…
