The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
MITRE has shared more details on the recently disclosed hack, including the new malware involved in the attack, attribution information, and a timeline of the attacker’s activities.
Microsoft, in collaboration with IBM, has recently made MS-DOS 4.00 open-source. The Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS), launched in 1981, has been around for 43 years, with the 4.00 version released in 1986.
Open Source maintainers and developers have been warned about the continued wave of attacks aimed at project maintainers similar to those recently targeting the Linux xz data compression library, XZ Utils [linuxsecurity.com].
Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding.
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.
Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in...
The company’s team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it’s plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be...
A survey of cybercrime experts assessing the top cybercrime-producing nations results in some expected leaders — Russia, Ukraine, and China — but also some surprises.
The Associated Press spoke with five officers and one soldier who deserted the Russian military. All have criminal cases against them in Russia, where they face 10 years or more in prison. Each is waiting for a welcome from the West that has never arrived. Instead, all but one live in hiding.
MIT Students Stole $25 Million In Seconds By Exploiting ETH Blockchain Bug, DOJ Says (slashdot.org)
Quantum Internet Draws Near Thanks To Entangled Memory Breakthroughs (tech.slashdot.org)
Third Chrome Zero-Day Patched by Google Within One Week (www.securityweek.com)
Google releases Chrome 125 to the stable channel with patches for nine vulnerabilities, including a zero-day.
FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel (www.theregister.com)
The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.
Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad (www.theregister.com)
The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine’s unstoppable force.
LockBitSupp Denies Identification of Group ‘Admin’, Opens Contest to Find Named Dmitry Yuryevich (thecyberexpress.com)
MITRE Hack: China-Linked Group Breached Systems in December 2023 (www.securityweek.com)
MITRE has shared more details on the recently disclosed hack, including the new malware involved in the attack, attribution information, and a timeline of the attacker’s activities.
Microsoft and IBM make MS-DOS 4.00 Open-Source (alternativeto.net)
Microsoft, in collaboration with IBM, has recently made MS-DOS 4.00 open-source. The Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS), launched in 1981, has been around for 43 years, with the 4.00 version released in 1986.
xz-style Attacks Continue to Target Open-Source Maintainers (soylentnews.org)
Open Source maintainers and developers have been warned about the continued wave of attacks aimed at project maintainers similar to those recently targeting the Linux xz data compression library, XZ Utils [linuxsecurity.com].
'Women Who Code' Shuts Down Unexpectedly (tech.slashdot.org)
Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding.
Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students (www.theregister.com)
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.
Reddit Is Taking Over Google (tech.slashdot.org)
Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in...
YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking (alternativeto.net)
The company’s team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership. Although the announcement did not specify any app by name, it’s plausible to presume that third-party YouTube apps such as NewPipe, YouTube ReVanced, Piped, and others might be...
Nigeria & Romania Ranked Among Top Cybercrime Havens (www.darkreading.com)
A survey of cybercrime experts assessing the top cybercrime-producing nations results in some expected leaders — Russia, Ukraine, and China — but also some surprises.
Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins (www.theregister.com)
The Linux Foundation's 'OpenTofu' Project Denies HashiCorp's Allegations of Code Theft (news.slashdot.org)
Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge (apnews.com)
The Associated Press spoke with five officers and one soldier who deserted the Russian military. All have criminal cases against them in Russia, where they face 10 years or more in prison. Each is waiting for a welcome from the West that has never arrived. Instead, all but one live in hiding.
For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small (tech.slashdot.org)
Software Vendors Dump Open Source, Go For the Cash Grab (tech.slashdot.org)
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem (news.slashdot.org)
BitTorrent is No Longer the ‘King’ of Upstream Internet Traffic (torrentfreak.com)
Grok-1 chatbot code released – open source or open Pandora's box? (www.theregister.com)
Database-Based Operating System 'DBOS' Does Things Linux Can't (developers.slashdot.org)
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who raised alarm over plane quality, is found dead (www.npr.org)
Social Psychologist Urges 'End the Phone-Based Childhood Now' (slashdot.org)