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38% of organizations are at risk of critical exposures 2024-10-15 at 15:16 By 38% of organizations are at risk of critical exposures due to a combination of security shortfalls. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

53% of survey respondents admit to paying over $500,000 ransom 2024-10-15 at 15:16 By A report found that 53% of organizations met ransom demands of more than $500,000 USD to recover access to encrypted systems and files. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Rise of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: Why Traditional Security Solutions Fall Short 2024-10-15 at 15:16 By In recent years, the number and sophistication of zero-day vulnerabilities have surged, posing a critical threat to organizations of all sizes. A zero-day vulnerability is a security flaw in software that is unknown to the vendor and remains unpatched at

Post Office seeks more Horizon support as it continues hunt for replacement 2024-10-15 at 14:49 By Lindsay Clark Someone has got to keep those back end systems running The beleaguered UK Post Office has begun conversations with suppliers to help support its controversial Horizon system in a set of contracts which could total £100 million

BBS legend Ward Christensen logs off for last time at 78 2024-10-15 at 14:24 By Richard Speed Co-creator of the Computerized Bulletin Board System heads for big forum in the sky Obit  Ward Christensen, co-founder of the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) and developer of the XMODEM file transfer protocol, has died aged 78.… This

Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment 2024-10-15 at 13:17 By Dan Robinson Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their data facilities.… This

Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council 2024-10-15 at 12:52 By Lindsay Clark What could possibly go wrong? UK prime minister Keir Starmer promised to make the nation’s competition regulator more inclined toward economic growth the day after a Microsoft executive was appointed chair of the government’s Industrial

China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Volt Typhoon to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaigns 2024-10-15 at 12:02 By China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies. The agency, in collaboration with the National

ESA astronaut on the difference between flying in a Soyuz and piloting a Crew Dragon 2024-10-15 at 11:34 By Richard Speed Plus: We chat about going to the Moon and keeping the ISS running for a few more years Interview  The first Dane to fly in space, Andreas Mogensen, thinks there’s every chance the International

Researchers Uncover Hijack Loader Malware Using Stolen Code-Signing Certificates 2024-10-15 at 10:50 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that delivers Hijack Loader artifacts that are signed with legitimate code-signing certificates. French cybersecurity company HarfangLab, which detected the activity at the start of the month, said the attack chains aim to deploy an

Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment 2024-10-15 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035 Google has become the latest tech giant to seek nuclear power as a source for its datacenters and other operations.… This article is an excerpt

WordPress bans WP Engine from sponsoring or participating in user groups 2024-10-15 at 09:04 By Simon Sharwood As Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson feud over FOSS, community worries about the fallout WordPress has banned its user groups from accepting sponsorship from WP Engine – or even allowing its employees to attend events.… This article