February 2024

Cloudflare defeats another patent troll with crowd-sourced prior-art army 2024-02-12 at 22:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo The bounty payouts may be high, but Project Jengo doesn’t miss When it comes to defeating patent trolls with crowd-sourced prior art, Cloudflare is now two-for-two after winning its latest case against Sable Networks.… This article is an excerpt from […]

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HPE seeks $4B in damages from Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO 2024-02-12 at 22:17 By Dan Robinson Could have been worse – IT giant was asking for five Lawyers for HPE are seeking $4 billion (£ 3.17 billion) in damages from former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO Sushovan Hussain, after a

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Dutch insurers demand nudes from breast cancer patients despite ban 2024-02-12 at 21:17 By Jessica Lyons No photos? No, second operation Dutch health insurers are reportedly forcing breast cancer patients to submit photos of their breasts prior to reconstructive surgery despite a government ban on precisely that.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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10M reward offered for information on Hive ransomware members 2024-02-12 at 21:17 By The United States Department of State is offering monetary rewards for those who can aid in the location and apprehension of Hive ransomware members.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your PII is stolen 2024-02-12 at 21:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before The US Federal Communications Commission’s updated reporting requirements mean telecos will have just seven days to officially disclose that a criminal has broken into their systems.… This

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LeoLabs lands $29M to dodge space junk with AI smarts 2024-02-12 at 20:17 By Richard Speed Bucks needed to keep an eye on Buck Rogers LeoLabs, a company noted for cataloging objects in low Earth orbit, has scored another $29 million in financing for its AI-powered tracking tech.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Jet engine dealer to major airlines discloses ‘unauthorized activity’ 2024-02-12 at 19:32 By Connor Jones Pulls part of system offline as Black Basta docs suggest the worst Willis Lease Finance Corporation has admitted to US regulators that it fell prey to a “cybersecurity incident” after data purportedly stolen from the biz was posted to the

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SAP makes last-minute change to replacement for 80-year-old co-founder 2024-02-12 at 18:46 By Lindsay Clark After lining up someone to fill Hasso Plattner’s seat, German ERP giant finds candidate has ‘difference in perspective’ Enterprise software developer SAP has made a last-minute change to the planned replacement of its 80-year-old co-founder as chairman of its supervisory

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Drowning in code: The ever-growing problem of ever-growing codebases 2024-02-12 at 18:01 By Liam Proven The speedier computing cake is a lie… so we got software bloat instead FOSDEM 2024  The computer industry faces a number of serious problems, some imposed by physics, some by legacy technology, and some by inertia. There may be solutions

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Uncle Sam officially opens funding gates for silicon R&D 2024-02-12 at 17:03 By Dan Robinson $5B investment part of $53B bet to reboot semiconductor industry The US government says it will inject more than $5 billion in the CHIPS R&D program, including funds to boost skills in the semiconductor sector to form the National Semiconductor

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Cisco wields axe again as results season swings around 2024-02-12 at 16:32 By Paul Kunert In an industry addicted to job cuts, 34,000 staff roles vanished in first six weeks of 2024 More than 34,000 tech staff who started 2024 in gainful employment are now looking for a new job – and that’s before networking

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Consumers lost over $10 billion to fraud in 2023 2024-02-12 at 16:01 By The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released data revealing that consumers lost over $10 billion to fraud in 2023, at 14% increase from 2022. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Elon Musk can’t wriggle out of SEC Twitter fraud inquiry 2024-02-12 at 15:47 By Richard Currie Lawyers argue requests for more info are tantamount to harassment A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ordering tech mogul Elon Musk to return for additional testimony in their investigation of his

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