Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed 2024-07-24 at 05:16 By Associated Press Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning. The post Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed appeared first on […]
KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware 2024-07-24 at 05:16 By Ryan Naraine KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.” The post KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware
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Philippines wipes out its legit online gambling industry to take down scammers 2024-07-24 at 03:47 By Laura Dobberstein President apologizes in advance for job losses The Philippines has decided to dismantle the worst of its offshored industries: the bits that run gambling and scam operations.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original
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Meta claims ‘world’s largest’ open AI model with Llama 3.1 405B debut 2024-07-24 at 00:46 By Tobias Mann Zuck says he wants to mimic Linux and go open source, kind of Meta today released Llama 3.1 405B, its largest and most capable large language model yet, which the social network claims can go toe-to-toe with
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How did a CrowdStrike config file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look 2024-07-24 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn Maybe next time some staged rollouts? A bit of QA too? Analysis Last week, at 0409 UTC on July 19, 2024, antivirus maker CrowdStrike released an update to its widely used Falcon platform
Canadian Startup Protexxa Attracts $10 Million Series A Financing 2024-07-23 at 21:46 By Ionut Arghire Canadian cybersecurity startup Protexxa closes a $10 million Series A funding round that brings the total raised to $15 million. The post Canadian Startup Protexxa Attracts $10 Million Series A Financing appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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FTC opens investigation into ‘surveillance pricing’ that gouges consumers 2024-07-23 at 21:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Ever shop in an incognito window to avoid paying more? This one’s for you The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into “surveillance pricing,” a phenomenon likely familiar to anyone who’s bought something in an incognito browser
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CISOs Stop Struggling! Trustwave Security Colony – Your All-in-One Cybersecurity Arsenal 2024-07-23 at 21:31 By Few repositories of cybersecurity knowledge are as broad, deep, and widely respected as Trustwave Security Colony. The industry analyst firm IDC has praised Security Colony, which sees clients and others interested in learning more about their cybersecurity posture download thousands of resources every
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Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage 2024-07-23 at 20:31 By Richard Speed How could this happen to us? We were supposed to be two versions behind? If administrators have learned anything from the CrowdStrike chaos, it’s to understand exactly what delayed updates mean – or don’t mean – in the anti-malware
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QR Codes: Convenience or Cyberthreat? 2024-07-23 at 20:16 By Security awareness and measures to detect and prevent sophisticated risks associated with QR code-based phishing attacks (quishing) This article is an excerpt from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives View Original Source
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Sam Altman’s basic income experiment finds that money can indeed buy happiness 2024-07-23 at 20:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo But not necessarily health The results of the largest universal basic income (UBI) trial program in the United States – this one backed by billionaire Sam Altman, no less – are in and entirely unsurprising.… This article
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US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns 2024-07-23 at 19:46 By Kimberly Cheatle resigns following the recent assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source
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Why NDR is Key to Cyber ‘Pest Control’ 2024-07-23 at 19:16 By Intruders are drawn to enterprise IT environments the way mice are attracted to houses. And once either kind of invader is inside, they can be hard to get out. Network detection and response (NDR) lets you trace intruders’ pathways to find out where
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Unchecked AI threatens consumer privacy — Regulation is crucial 2024-07-23 at 19:16 By As AI becomes increasingly embedded into society, there is a pressing need for regulatory guardrails and governance policies to protect consumer privacy and data rights. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source
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Kamala Harris has a long history with Silicon Valley that could help – or hurt 2024-07-23 at 19:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo The presumptive Democratic nominee has gone back and forth with Big Tech Analysis With Joe Biden out of the US Presidential race, his VP Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic Party’s nominee,
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Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis 2024-07-23 at 18:31 By Connor Jones Latest trend follows various malware campaigns that began just hours after IT calamity Thousands of typosquatting domains are now registered to exploit the desperation of IT admins still struggling to recover from last week’s CrowdStrike outage, researchers say.… This article
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Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome 2024-07-23 at 18:16 By Ionut Arghire Google no longer plans on deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome and is working on an updated approach. The post Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source
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CrowdStrike CEO Called to Testify to Congress Over Cybersecurity Firm’s Role in Global Tech Outage 2024-07-23 at 18:16 By Associated Press U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify on widespread tech outage that services around the world. The post CrowdStrike CEO Called to Testify to Congress Over Cybersecurity Firm’s Role
Alphabet’s reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out 2024-07-23 at 17:46 By Richard Speed Cybersecurity outfit to go its own way to IPO and $1B ARR On the day of Alphabet’s Q2 earnings call, cybersecurity firm Wiz has walked from a $23 billion takeover bid by Google’s parent company.… This article is an excerpt from
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LOKKER introduces web privacy risk summary for insurers 2024-07-23 at 17:31 By Industry News LOKKER released a new privacy solution for insurers: the ability to share on-demand web privacy risk reports with their insureds. These reports give insurers and the insured companies a simple view of their data privacy risk profile in eight different categories,
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