February 2024

Oracle database deal in Azure comes with a health warning from licensing experts 2024-02-05 at 16:16 By Lindsay Clark Five months after cloud love-in, critics worry about costs of deploying Oracle hardware and DBs in Microsoft’s cloud As the dust settles on Microsoft’s decision to house Oracle hardware in its datacenters, experts keeping a close […]

Atos talks to banks over refinancing after rights issue falls through 2024-02-05 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson Shares in French IT giant plummet 25% Ailing tech integrator Atos is in talks with creditors on refinancing options for debt following the cancellation of its €720 million ($774 million) rights issue and ongoing uncertainty over efforts to

IPv4 address rentals to mint millions of dollars for AWS 2024-02-05 at 13:47 By Dan Robinson You were warned AWS could rake in between $400 million and $1 billion a year from charging customers for public IPv4 addresses while migration to IPv6 remains slow.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Combined Security Practices Changing the Game for Risk Management 2024-02-05 at 13:31 By A significant challenge within cyber security at present is that there are a lot of risk management platforms available in the market, but only some deal with cyber risks in a very good way. The majority will shout alerts at the customer

Rocket Lab is a David among Goliaths in the space race 2024-02-05 at 13:17 By Richard Speed CEO Peter Beck on the future of commercial launches and not raining debris over national reserves Interview  Rocket Lab is a relatively small player in a launcher marketplace dominated by governments and billionaires. However, despite some notable anomalies,

Whether to move off Oracle is the $100M+ question for Europe’s largest public body 2024-02-05 at 12:17 By Lindsay Clark After car-crash implementation, Birmingham City Council must weigh up options after current problems are fixed Auditors of Europe’s largest local government body say it’s time to decide whether to grind on with a rollout of

Pegasus Spyware Targeted iPhones of Journalists and Activists in Jordan 2024-02-05 at 10:16 By The iPhones belonging to nearly three dozen journalists, activists, human rights lawyers, and civil society members in Jordan have been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to joint findings from Access Now and the Citizen Lab. Nine of the 35

Google flushes cached search results forever 2024-02-05 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Chap in charge hopes the Internet Archive is willing to pipe in historical search results as a substitute Google has stopped offering links to cached versions of web pages alongside search results.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong biz out of $25 million 2024-02-05 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein Recordings of past vidchats suspected as source of fakery – so there’s another class of data you need to lock down A Hong Kong-based finance professional at a multinational was reportedly swindled out of $25 million (HK$200 million) of

3 steps to a comprehensive security threat assessment 2024-02-05 at 07:17 By A comprehensive physical security threat assessment is a complex project, but it’s worth its weight in gold. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Behind the scenes of emergency management 2024-02-05 at 07:17 By Security leaders should consider regional differences when building emergency management plans. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source