ICBC ordered to pay $15,000 each to members of households that had data breached before Justice Institute attacks
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/icbc-ordered-to-pay-15000-each-to-people-who-had-data-breached-before-justice-institute-attacks
Frontier Communications: 750k people's data stolen in April attack on systems
Company says just names and SSNs affected, watering down RansomHub’s claims
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/07/frontier_communications_filing_cyberattack/
So many breaches, see: Cooler Master Hit By Data Breach Exposing Customer Information
“In 2013 The New York Times and other media outlets saw their operations come under attackby a bunch of miscreants calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army. During these incidents, which occurred over a...
New ransomware attack based on an evolutional generative adversarial network can evade security measures
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-ransomware-based-evolutional-generative-adversarial.html
Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems
Windows Hello authentication, additional encryption being added to protect data.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-makes-recall-feature-off-by-default-after-security-and-privacy-backlash/
VULNERABILITIES
SolarWinds Patches High-Severity Vulnerability Reported by NATO Pentester
https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-patches-high-severity-vulnerability-reported-by-nato-pentester/
https://www.wired.com/story/snowflake-breach-advanced-auto-parts-lendingtree/
The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever
The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data...
First NVIDIA RTX 5090 Performance View? Micron Knows Better
by Nomad76 Today, 08:43 Discuss (12 Comments)
Micron is getting ready to set sail with the new GDDR7 memory, and being NVIDIA's long-term partner, both are gaining big with the GeForce RTX 4000 Series. A few days ago, Micron announced...
A stray comment from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was enough to give Samsung’s shares a boost
https://fortune.com/asia/2024/06/05/samsung-shares-south-korea-hbm-chips-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-comments/
Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/advance-auto-parts-stolen-data-for-sale-after-snowflake-attack/
“NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang said on June 5th that TSMC's stock price is too low, and he agrees with new TSMC chairman C. C. Wei's idea about TSMC's value. Jensen promised to support TSMC in charging more for their wafers and a type of packaging called CoWoS. An article from TrendForce says that...
also seems like it's all too easy to get a security clearance for them
just look at the Discord Leaks, one of the worst intelligence leaks in modern times if not history?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkgkBEuEHwU
"It was revealed during a Q&A session that Intel states that there are two ways to do chips, you either invest in making significant changes to the architecture or just use high-frequency as your model. The latter is more difficult and takes a lot more time so starting with Lunar Lake, Intel has...
Bigger Than Apple
“Nvidia's milestone is the latest stunning mark in a run that has seen the stock soar more than 3,224% over the past five years. The company will split its stock 100-for-1 later this month. Apple was the first U.S. company to reach a $3 trillion market cap during intraday...
TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/05/tiktok_confirms_cnn_accounts_hijacked/
Christie's stolen data sold to highest bidder
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/04/christies_stolen_data_auctioned_off/
Gorgeous backplate, ngl
"At Computex 2024, Colorful has launched an ultra-exclusive new graphics card - the iGame Lab 4090. This limited edition GPU is squarely targeted at hardcore overclockers and performance enthusiasts willing to pay top dollar for the absolute best. With only 300 units...
"At Computex 2024, Colorful has followed the success of their popular COLORFIRE MEOW Series gaming desktops. The company has unleashed two fierce new gaming laptops - the COLORFIRE MEOW R15 and R16. These portable laptops are adorned with designs inspired by Bobi, COLORFIRE's beloved office cat...
Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected By Windows' New Recall AI101
Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @09:00AM from the would-you-look-at-that dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired:When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed the new Windows AI tool that can answer...
Cyberattack on telecom giant Frontier claimed by RansomHub
An April cyberattack on a large telecommunications company has been claimed by a ransomware gang that is gaining steam as a cybercriminal operation.
https://therecord.media/frontier-communications-cyberattack-ransomhub
Debt Collector Data Breach Exposes Data on 3 Million+ Americans
Names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and medical records of millions of Americans are at risk after an unknown entity accesses debt collector FBCS's internal systems...
“Another issue that CEOs are dealing with is fear of alienating the tech talent they need, which often is comprised of people of Chinese descent.
"The PRC is an authoritarian state and there should be no confusion between that and Chinese Americans and people of Chinese descent," Casey said...
Google Contractor Used Admin Access To Leak Info From Private Nintendo YouTube Video (404media.co)7
Posted by msmash on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @05:25PM from the wild-wild-west dept.
A Google contractor used admin privileges to access private information from Nintendo's YouTube account about an...
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/04/peak-design-accidentally-leaked-10-years-of-client-data-and-records/
Peak Design Accidentally Leaked 10 Years of Client Data and Records
After Snowflake, Hugging Face reports security breach
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2137564/after-snowflake-hugging-face-reports-security-breach.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-04/australian-rare-earths-miner-hit-by-cybersecurity-breach
Technology
Cybersecurity
Australian Rare Earths Miner Hit by Cybersecurity Breach
Some of the stolen data had been released onto the “dark web”
Government ordered China-linked investors...
“Often people think Intel's main competition is AMD Ryzen, when it's really Apple M-series and Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite. The latter two are powering super-efficient ultraportable notebooks with smartphone-like battery life and snappiness, and that's something you simply can't counter with a...