by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 6, 2025 | IT Security
Updated Elected officials are demanding answers as to whether the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are hamstringing US national security. In a pair of letters sent to Charles Ezell, Office of Personnel Management...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 5, 2025 | IT Security
Who bought it, who installed it, and what’s happening with the data on it. Answers for these key questions, and others, regarding the DOGE server rapidly added to the US government’s Office of Personnel Management network, have been demanded from the...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 5, 2025 | IT Security
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new “Windows UEFI CA 2023” certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year. BlackLotus is a...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 5, 2025 | IT Security
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new “Windows UEFI CA 2023” certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit are enforced later this year. BlackLotus is a...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 5, 2025 | IT Security
Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome and risky complication. Concerns surfaced last September when Microsoft software engineer Wedson Almeida...
by Syndicated News Feed | Feb 5, 2025 | IT Security
The US Treasury Department has assured Congress that a “special government employee” associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “read-only” access to vital federal government payment systems that disburse...
