2024

Crafting and Communicating Your Cybersecurity Strategy for Board Buy-In 2024-03-19 at 12:47 By In an era where digital transformation drives business across sectors, cybersecurity has transcended its traditional operational role to become a cornerstone of corporate strategy and risk management. This evolution demands a shift in how cybersecurity leaders—particularly Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)—articulate the

Hackers Exploiting Popular Document Publishing Sites for Phishing Attacks 2024-03-19 at 12:47 By Threat actors are leveraging digital document publishing (DDP) sites hosted on platforms like FlipSnack, Issuu, Marq, Publuu, RelayTo, and Simplebooklet for carrying out phishing, credential harvesting, and session token theft, once again underscoring how threat actors are repurposing legitimate services for malicious ends. “Hosting

Suspected Russian Data-Wiping ‘AcidPour’ Malware Targeting Linux x86 Devices 2024-03-19 at 12:47 By A new variant of a data wiping malware called AcidRain has been detected in the wild that’s specifically designed for targeting Linux x86 devices. The malware, dubbed AcidPour, is compiled for Linux x86 devices, SentinelOne’s Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade said in a series

Voltron Data revs up hyper-speed analytics, leaves Snowflake in the dust 2024-03-19 at 12:32 By Lindsay Clark GPU-based system offers high performance off Parquet files Analytics software startup Voltron Data claims to have completed the full TPC-H 100 terabyte scale factor on unsorted Parquet files directly from storage in less than an hour with only

Linux kernel 4.14 gets a life extension, thanks to OpenELA 2024-03-19 at 12:04 By Liam Proven Could this be the first green shoot of enterprise vendors paying for long-term maintenance? The Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has stepped up to maintain Linux kernel version 4.14 – which went out of support in January – to

VMware by Broadcom offers a lifeline to small cloud service providers 2024-03-19 at 12:04 By Simon Sharwood ‘White label’ program also means retaining customers Exclusive  VMware by Broadcom appears to have made concessions to some of the cloud service providers it has previously indicated it will spurn.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Dell adds Nvidia’s next GPUs to its portfolio of AI platforms 2024-03-19 at 10:05 By Dan Robinson Nvidia is a kingmaker, and who wouldn’t want to be king? Dell has tied its AI flag firmly to Nvidia’s mast with its latest offerings, comprising a fully integrated end-to-end platform for enterprise customers looking to build and

Apple to settle class action for $490 million after Tim overcooked China outlook 2024-03-19 at 10:05 By Laura Dobberstein CEO’s optimism was not reflected in the supply chain Apple will cough up $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook concealed plummeting iPhone demand in China from shareholders.… This article is an