July 2024

Navigating internet complexity: Leveraging tech for business security 2024-07-03 at 15:33 By The modern business world is increasingly distributed, interconnected, service-oriented and complex, creating a difficult job for IT and security. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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ASIS International appoints a new CEO, effective July 2024-07-03 at 15:16 By ASIS International appoints William “Bill” Tenney as CEO.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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The Emerging Role of AI in Open-Source Intelligence 2024-07-03 at 15:16 By Recently the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) unveiled a new strategy for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and referred to OSINT as the “INT of first resort”. Public and private sector organizations are realizing the value that the discipline can provide but

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Japan’s digital minister declares victory against floppy disks 2024-07-03 at 14:46 By Laura Dobberstein The war on the relic is finally won. Now on to fax machines? Japan’s digital minister, Taro Kono, confirmed that the Japanese government has finally rid itself of floppy disks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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BT bets big on AI with ServiceNow to cut legacy baggage 2024-07-03 at 13:46 By Lindsay Clark Promises no pink slips despite service desk in crosshairs BT Group expects to cut its use of third-party support staff in service desk roles after it has introduced GenAI technology from ServiceNow.… This article is an excerpt from

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Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited to Deliver MerkSpy Spyware Tool 2024-07-03 at 13:02 By Unknown threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft MSHTML to deliver a surveillance tool called MerkSpy as part of a campaign primarily targeting users in Canada, India, Poland, and the U.S. “MerkSpy is designed to clandestinely monitor

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RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76 2024-07-03 at 12:46 By Thomas Claburn Tributes paid to passionate LGBTQ+ equality champion Obit  Tech entrepreneur Bruce Wayne Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect, died last month at the age of 76 at his home in Palmdale, California.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler 2024-07-03 at 11:46 By Dan Robinson Chill out, no fridge required The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been investigating exotic materials in pursuit of solid-state cooling devices without needing refrigerants or moving parts.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Figma pulls AI design tool for seemingly plagiarizing Apple’s Weather app 2024-07-03 at 10:32 By Tobias Mann AI is ‘like the fast food of creativity’ Web and app design toolmaker Figma has temporarily pulled its generative AI “Make Design” feature because it seems to think Apple’s Weather app is the be-all and end-all of mobile

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FakeBat Loader Malware Spreads Widely Through Drive-by Download Attacks 2024-07-03 at 10:17 By The loader-as-a-service (LaaS) known as FakeBat has become one of the most widespread loader malware families distributed using the drive-by download technique this year, findings from Sekoia reveal. “FakeBat primarily aims to download and execute the next-stage payload, such as IcedID, Lumma,

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Tech luminaries warn United Nations its Digital Compact risks doing more harm than good 2024-07-03 at 09:34 By Simon Sharwood Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and more from orgs like IETF, W3C, IANA worry if techies are ignored the web could end up centralized Thirty-nine senior figures who have made significant contributions to the online world

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Uncle Sam using manual processes to oversee restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies 2024-07-03 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein Outdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – the agency Washington relies on to implement export licensing controls to ensure sanctioned

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VMware license changes mean bare metal can make a comeback, says Gartner 2024-07-03 at 07:31 By Simon Sharwood Hype Cycle for datacenter techs also includes augmented reality, new types of memory, nuke power Analyst firm Gartner has published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies, and added physical-to-virtual migrations – aka “devirtualization” –

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