2024

White House report dishes deets on all 11 major government breaches from 2023 2024-06-12 at 19:31 By Connor Jones The MOVEit breach and ransomware weren’t kind to the Feds last year The number of cybersecurity incidents reported by US federal agencies rose 9.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) in 2023 to a total of 32,211, per a

Untrained users are the greatest weakness in a cyber defense plan 2024-06-12 at 19:16 By A new report measures the likelihood that an organization’s employees would fall for a phishing or social engineering scam.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Chinese electric car brands zapped by price surge as EU cranks tariffs 2024-06-12 at 18:46 By Matthew Connatser Companies that cooperated with probe will be slightly less hard hit The European Union is set to raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, saying they benefit from “unfair subsidization” from the Chinese government.… This article is an

Navigating political polarization in the workplace 2024-06-12 at 18:16 By Scott McHugh, retired CSO at LyondellBasell Chemical Company and Faculty at Rice University, discusses the challenges security leaders face when navigating political polarization in the workplace. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

SAP customers may struggle to escape ECC before support shutters if they don’t start now 2024-06-12 at 18:01 By Lindsay Clark User group warns of systems integrator and consultant shortage to make herculean shift to S4/HANA Global ERP giant SAP has set a deadline of 2027 to get off its ECC ERP system before mainstream

China’s FortiGate attacks more extensive than first thought 2024-06-12 at 17:16 By Connor Jones Dutch intelligence says at least 20,000 firewalls pwned in just a few months The Netherlands’ cybersecurity agency (NCSC) says the previously reported attack on the country’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) was far more extensive than previously thought.… This article is an

Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters 2024-06-12 at 17:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an ongoing cryptojacking campaign targeting misconfigured Kubernetes clusters to mine Dero cryptocurrency. Cloud security firm Wiz, which shed light on the activity, said it’s an updated variant of a financially motivated operation that was first documented by CrowdStrike in March

UK CMA says public sector will be in cloud services probe after all 2024-06-12 at 17:01 By Dan Robinson Nothing is as juicy as a nice fat tender, amirite tech giants? Britain’s competition watchdog says it is including the public sector in its investigation into the UK cloud services market, following earlier claims that this

Payoff from AI projects is ‘dismal’, biz leaders complain 2024-06-12 at 16:16 By Thomas Claburn No wonder most orgs are slowing their spending Businesses have become more cautious about investing in artificial intelligence tools due to concerns about cost, data security, and safety, according to a study conducted by Lucidworks, a provider of e-commerce search

Microsoft sued by ParTec in Texas over AI supercomputer patents 2024-06-12 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson German HPC outfit asks for damages, injunction that would see Azure AI shut down Microsoft is facing legal action from German HPC vendor ParTec over claims of patent infringement relating to technology used in putting together AI supercomputers.… This

Tesla’s Autopilot false advertising tussle with California DMV must go to trial 2024-06-12 at 15:16 By Richard Speed At stake: Carmaker’s licenses to make and sell motor vehicles in golden state A California judge has rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss claims that the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles were overstated.… This article is an excerpt

Research reveals new ransomware variant called Fog 2024-06-12 at 15:16 By Research has revealed the development of a new ransomware variant called Fog.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source