2024

Dutch watchdog wants more powers after EU drops Microsoft Inflection probe 2024-09-19 at 16:01 By Richard Speed Concerns over the elimination of a future competitor through acquihiring The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has declared it needs fresh powers after the European Commission elected not to investigate Microsoft’s acquihire of AI startup Inflection.… […]

UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group 2024-09-19 at 15:31 By Connor Jones 4 file complaint with London’s Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy Four UK-based proponents of human rights and critics of Middle Eastern states today filed a report with London’s Metropolitan Police they hope

Healthcare’s Diagnosis is Critical: The Cure is Cybersecurity Hygiene 2024-09-19 at 15:31 By Cybersecurity in healthcare has never been more urgent. As the most vulnerable industry and largest target for cybercriminals, healthcare is facing an increasing wave of cyberattacks. When a hospital’s systems are held hostage by ransomware, it’s not just data at risk —

Malicious actors target UK motorists with QR code scams 2024-09-19 at 15:16 By Motorists in the United Kingdom are being targeted with QR code scams.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Kelsey Hightower: If governments rely on FOSS, they should fund it 2024-09-19 at 13:46 By Richard Speed Kubernetes doyen talks to The Reg about keeping coders coding Interview  Acclaimed engineer Kelsey Hightower, who stopped coding for money in 2023, remains an influential figure in the world of software, and he’s proposing something that might stir

Microsoft Warns of New INC Ransomware Targeting U.S. Healthcare Sector 2024-09-19 at 13:31 By Microsoft has revealed that a financially motivated threat actor has been observed using a ransomware strain called INC for the first time to target the healthcare sector in the U.S. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team is tracking the activity under

With billions in UK govt IT contracts about to expire, get the next vendors to act right 2024-09-19 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Poor performers get renewals, new small outfits discouraged from bidding, say researchers UK government IT contracts worth £23.4 billion are due to end during the current five-year Parliament, according to researchers who