2024

Considerations for Operational Technology Cybersecurity 2024-04-04 at 15:01 By Operational Technology (OT) refers to the hardware and software used to change, monitor, or control the enterprise’s physical devices, processes, and events. Unlike traditional Information Technology (IT) systems, OT systems directly impact the physical world. This unique characteristic of OT brings additional cybersecurity considerations not typically present […]

New HTTP/2 Vulnerability Exposes Web Servers to DoS Attacks 2024-04-04 at 15:01 By New research has found that the CONTINUATION frame in the HTTP/2 protocol can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The technique has been codenamed HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood by security researcher Bartek Nowotarski, who reported the issue to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) on

Vodafone and Three’s UK merger hits regulatory roadblock 2024-04-04 at 14:47 By Paul Kunert Watchdog concerns about price hikes and consolidation remain unresolved Britain’s competition regulator is kicking off a deeper investigation into the potential impact caused by the merger of Vodafone and Three in the UK after neither resolved previously expressed concerns.… This article

Ransomware gang did steal residents’ confidential data, UK city council admits 2024-04-04 at 14:03 By Connor Jones INC Ransom emerges as a growing threat as some ex-LockBit/ALPHV affiliates get new gigs Leicester City Council is finally admitting its “cyber incident” was carried out by a ransomware gang and that data was stolen, hours after the

65 years ago, America announced the names of its first astronauts 2024-04-04 at 13:17 By Richard Speed The Mercury 7: ‘Not one of us knew what he was in for’ Sixty-five years ago this week, NASA introduced its first astronauts, saying they’d be launched into space in the agency’s new capsule. They were immediately dubbed

How HashiCorp’s license shakeup seeded a new open source rebel 2024-04-04 at 12:33 By Richard Speed We’re really just getting started, says OpenTofu community member Interview  HashiCorp might be less than impressed with the rise of the Terraform fork, OpenTofu, but where Hashi sees challenges, the maintainers of the open source project see opportunities.… This

Microsoft thinks bundles are great and customers love them 2024-04-04 at 11:31 By Paul Kunert Rivals and regulators might disagree, so might users that are paying for software they don’t need It’s always interesting to see how technology executives crop their marketing messages to suit the audience.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Boffins build world’s largest astronomical digital camera to map the heavens 2024-04-04 at 10:47 By Matthew Connatser 3.2 glorious gigapixels to make ‘the greatest movie of all time’ Construction of the LSST Camera, destined for the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile has been completed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Silicon Valley.… This