September 2024

There was a 56% increase in ransomware groups in H1 2024 2024-09-04 at 15:17 By There was a 56% increase in the number of active ransomware groups compared to H1 2023, reflecting a diversification of the ransomware landscape. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security experts discuss CISA’s cyber incident reporting portal 2024-09-04 at 15:17 By CISA announced its Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting portal is now live, and security leaders are sharing their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Double Debian update: 11.11 and 12.7 arrive at once 2024-09-04 at 14:32 By Liam Proven But Bullseye’s days are numbered and it’s time to think about upgrading The latest update to Debian “Bookworm” arrives at the same time as the last ever update to “Bullseye,” and there’s trouble ahead for Nvidia legacy users.… This article

The New Effective Way to Prevent Account Takeovers 2024-09-04 at 14:31 By Account takeover attacks have emerged as one of the most persistent and damaging threats to cloud-based SaaS environments. Yet despite significant investments in traditional security measures, many organizations continue to struggle with preventing these attacks. A new report, “Why Account Takeover Attacks Still

Do look up! NASA unfurls massive shiny solar sail in orbit 2024-09-04 at 13:47 By Iain Thomson 60 years since Arthur C Clarke wrote Sunjammer, space agency catches up NASA has successfully extended into orbit an 80 m2 (860 square foot) sail that is designed to catch emissions from the Sun and convert them into

Admins wonder if the cloud was such a good idea after all 2024-09-04 at 13:16 By Richard Speed As AWS, Microsoft and Gogle hike some prices, it’s time to open up the ROI calculator After an initial euphoric rush to the cloud, administrators are questioning the value and promise of the tech giant’s services.… This

The amber glow of bork illuminates Brighton Station 2024-09-04 at 12:31 By Richard Speed The train on platform 4 is destined for networking hell BORK!BORK!BORK!  Strange things are afoot at Brighton Station as football fans keen to make the journey to London to see their team take on England’s finest instead found themselves destined for

Clearview AI Faces €30.5M Fine for Building Illegal Facial Recognition Database 2024-09-04 at 12:16 By The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (E.U.) by building an “illegal database

What is this computing industry anyway? The dawning era of 32-bit micros 2024-09-04 at 11:46 By Liam Proven And you may ask yourself, ‘How do I work this?’ And you may ask yourself, ‘Where is that large computer?’ Part 3  This is the third part of The Register FOSS desk’s roundup of some of the