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Infecting networks via years-old CVEs that should have been patched by now

Crooks are exploiting years-old vulnerabilities to deploy Androxgh0st malware and build a cloud-credential stealing botnet, according to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).…

Video game record keepers Twin Galaxies finish messy four-year fight with Billy Mitchell

Retro Tech Week  The world-beating video game scores of self-styled arcade legend Billy Mitchell have been reinstated following a settlement with record-keeping org Twin Galaxies, which had wiped his achievements in 2018 following allegations of cheating.…

Just days after ban on 'military and warfare' applications goes away, Davos hears the details

OpenAI is developing AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities for the US military, and shifting its election security work into high gear, the lab's execs told the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week.…

Today's safety guardrails won't catch these backdoors

Analysis  AI biz Anthropic has published research showing that large language models (LLMs) can be subverted in a way that safety training doesn't currently address.…

No, that does not mean machines can replace primary care physicians

An AI chatbot was better at diagnosing medical ailments and communicating results than human physicians in text-based conversations, a research paper from Google claims.…

Banking giant believes Quantinuum key to optimizing investment portfolios

The wave of generative AI may have captured the world's attention, but that hasn't stopped the flow of capital into quantum computing as JPMorgan Chase and others plow more cash into the emerging tech.…

Get ready for links to non-Cupertino payment systems, America, hopefully

Updated  Apple fans in the US may soon see links appearing in some of their iOS apps to non-Apple payment systems through which they can purchase stuff. That's because the nation's Supreme Court has decided not to hear appeals from the iGiant and Epic Games in the pair's long-standing spat over this processing of in-app payments.…

You didn't have anything else to do this Tuesday, right?

VMware and Atlassian today disclosed critical vulnerabilities and, while neither appear to have been exploited by miscreants yet, admins should patch now to avoid disappointment.…

Makes sense since the global market fell 11% in 2023

China's imports of semiconductors and integrated circuits were hit by their largest ever drop last year, although chips are said to remain the country's biggest import item.…

Majority of public-facing devices still unpatched against critical vulns from as far back as 2022

Updated  More than 178,000 SonicWall firewalls are still vulnerable to years-old vulnerabilities, an infosec reseacher claims.…

SpaceX gets chance to prove the FCC was wrong for rejecting its $885m rural broadband subsidy bid

Farm equipment maker John Deere has signed a deal with SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet service to keep combines and other farm equipment connected to the internet in underserved rural areas.…

Unlikely to be a stop-the-slurpage button, but look at the wallpaper

A visualization of what Windows 12 – or whatever Microsoft decides to call its upcoming OS – might look like has arrived, and it is expectedly heavy on AI integration.…

Shipments grow in Q4 after near two years of declines, and Huawei making a comeback in China

Apple's iPhone is the frontrunner in the global smartphone market for the first time after demand finally returned to a sector that has shrunk for almost two years.…

Customers still patchless and mitigation only goes so far

There's a "reasonable chance" that Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN users are already compromised if they didn't apply the vulnerability mitigation released last week, experts say.…

Not all batteries like subzero temperatures

This week's frigid winter conditions in North America exposed the shortcomings of certain electric vehicles, particularly Teslas.…

Calls for stronger team play in the global economic tournament

The EU needs to get serious and act more decisively and collectively if it wants economic security, especially in advanced technology, as it is trailing global rivals such as Japan, China, and the US.…

AI for customers and staff, while Euro bitbarns shifted to Azure

Microsoft and Vodafone have inked a 10-year deal worth $1.5 billion, resulting in the telecommunication giant shuttering physical datacenters across Europe in favor of virtual ones using Azure.…

Good progress for penguinistas keen on Macs

The Asahi Linux team has followed up the release of Fedora Asahi Remix with a post detailing the progress of the project to bring Linux to Apple silicon.…

Spending watchdog slams reliance on outdated systems and poor governance

The UK’s chief auditor has claimed the government could save at least £20 billion by modernizing IT systems and other measures.…

Compatible hardware and peripherals are still on sale, four decades after its launch

Retro Tech Week  Two weeks before Apple launched the Macintosh, Sir Clive Sinclair launched his unprecedentedly powerful yet affordable Motorola-powered SOHO computer – starting a line of hardware and software that, remarkably, is still going.…