2024

VMware’s end-user compute unit reportedly headed to private equity firm KKR 2024-02-26 at 04:38 By Simon Sharwood As users report Broadcom massively hikes license costs, consultant advises negotiation tactics used for Oracle or Microsoft will apply VMware’s end-user compute business unit is set to be acquired by private equity firm KKR, according to a Reuters […]

Security is hard because it has to be right all the time? Yeah, like everything else 2024-02-25 at 18:17 By Larry Peterson It takes only one bottleneck or single point of failure to ruin your week Systems Approach  One refrain you often hear is that security must be built in from the ground floor; that

Authorities Claim LockBit Admin “LockBitSupp” Has Engaged with Law Enforcement 2024-02-25 at 11:32 By LockBitSupp, the individual(s) behind the persona representing the LockBit ransomware service on cybercrime forums such as Exploit and XSS, “has engaged with law enforcement,” authorities said. The development comes following the takedown of the prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation as part of a coordinated

Microsoft Expands Free Logging Capabilities for all U.S. Federal Agencies 2024-02-24 at 14:31 By Microsoft has expanded free logging capabilities to all U.S. federal agencies using Microsoft Purview Audit irrespective of the license tier, more than six months after a China-linked cyber espionage campaign targeting two dozen organizations came to light. “Microsoft will automatically enable

Judge slaps down law firm using ChatGPT to justify six-figure trial fee 2024-02-24 at 13:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Use of AI to calculate legal bill ‘utterly and unusually unpersuasive’ You’d think lawyers – ostensibly a clever group of people – would have figured out by now that relying on ChatGPT to do anything related to

Microsoft catches the Wi-Fi 7 wave with Windows 11 2024-02-24 at 02:21 By Richard Speed In with the new, but old Insider bugs remain More than a month after the Wi-Fi alliance introduced certification for Wi-Fi 7 devices, Microsoft has added support for the technology to Windows 11.… This article is an excerpt from The

Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain 2024-02-24 at 00:47 By Thomas Claburn Oodles of problems with data decompression and suchlike, depending on system settings Some recent Intel microprocessors are crashing systems – and the problem appears related to the chips’ firmware and clock rates settings.… This article is an excerpt from The

LockBit extorted billions of dollars from victims, fresh leaks suggest 2024-02-24 at 00:32 By Connor Jones Investigating LockBit’s finances has blown previous estimates of the operation’s wealth out of the water Authorities digging into LockBit’s finances believe the group may have generated more than $1 billion in ransom fees over its four-year lifespan.… This article

AI comes for jobs at studio of American filmmaker Tyler Perry 2024-02-24 at 00:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo $800M expansion canceled after a mere glimpse at the power of Sora If you ask American film mogul Tyler Perry, AI isn’t coming for jobs – it’s already taken them. Case in point, Perry’s Atlanta film studio, where

China breakthrough promises optical discs that store hundreds of terabytes 2024-02-23 at 23:46 By Dan Robinson The coasters are making a comeback … but tech won’t be commercially available for some time Optical discs that can store up to 200 TB of data could be possible with a new technology developed in China. If commercialized,

Varda capsule proves you don’t need astronauts for gravity-defying science 2024-02-23 at 23:16 By Richard Speed Space factory startup celebrates successful re-entry Almost drowned out by last night’s lunar landing, Varda Space Industries celebrated the re-entry and landing of the capsule from its W-1 mission in the Utah desert.… This article is an excerpt from

U-Haul tells 67K customers that cyber-crooks drove away with their personal info 2024-02-23 at 22:17 By Jessica Lyons Thieves broke into IT system using stolen login U-Haul is alerting tens of thousands of folks that miscreants used stolen credentials to break into one of its systems and access customer records that contained some personal data.…

Google Maps leads German tourists to week-long survival saga in Australian swamp 2024-02-23 at 20:16 By Richard Currie Pair had to dodge croc on trek back to civilization Two German tourists got more than they bargained for when they put their lives in the hands of Google Maps and blindly followed the service into the

81% of security leaders predict SEC rules will impact their businesses 2024-02-23 at 20:01 By Organizations have been working to adjust to the new SEC expectations with mixed results.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Dormant PyPI Package Compromised to Spread Nova Sentinel Malware 2024-02-23 at 19:46 By A dormant package available on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository was updated nearly after two years to propagate an information stealer malware called Nova Sentinel. The package, named django-log-tracker, was first published to PyPI in April 2022, according to software supply chain

LockBit identity reveal a bigger letdown than Game of Thrones Season 8 2024-02-23 at 18:32 By Connor Jones NCA still left enough for onlookers to wonder if there’s anything more to come The grand finale of the week of LockBit leaks was slated to expose the real identity of LockBitSupp – the alias of the

Lender threatens to sweep MariaDB accounts over private equity bid 2024-02-23 at 17:17 By Lindsay Clark Publicity around offer breaches loan agreement, or so SEC filing alleges MariaDB has been warned by a bank lender that it may “sweep” its accounts in retaliation for the publication of a private equity bid for the troubled database