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The Honeymoon for Cloud Services Is Over 2025-01-28 at 16:33 By Nate Fitzgerald Breaches of major cloud platforms amplify the need to cover all your bases This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks 2025-01-28 at 16:18 By Connor Jones Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right? IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent) were forced to

Acting FBI director named, pending confirmation of Trump’s pick 2025-01-28 at 16:03 By The White House has named Brian Driscoll, a veteran agent, to serve as acting FBI director.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Fear of the unknown keeps Broadcom’s VMware herd captive. Don’t be cowed 2025-01-28 at 15:33 By Rupert Goodwins Prisoners of ware can’t escape by looking at each other. Form a committee, soldiers Opinion  With Broadcom putting the bite on VMware customers with more abandon than Dracula in a blood bank, one has to wonder. Why

Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers 2025-01-28 at 14:33 By Liam Proven Popular community site became unmentionable – the irony is thick enough to compile Facebook has lifted a temporary ban preventing users from posting links to popular OS comparison site Distrowatch – after going so far as to lock the

AI SOC Analysts: Propelling SecOps into the future 2025-01-28 at 14:33 By Triaging and investigating alerts is central to security operations. As SOC teams strive to keep up with ever-increasing alert volumes and complexity, modernizing SOC automation strategies with AI has emerged as a critical solution. This blog explores how an AI SOC Analyst transforms

40 years ago, classified Shuttle mission foreshadowed Challenger’s fatal flaw 2025-01-28 at 13:49 By Richard Speed O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers spotted O-ring seal defficiencies that would doom Challenger

Windows 10’s demise nears, but Linux is forever 2025-01-28 at 13:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols If you want a desktop that’s secure and reliable, forget about Microsoft Opinion  Come October 14, 2025, Windows 10 support dies. Despite that, more users than ever are using Windows 10 rather than moving to Windows 11.… This article is

How Long Does It Take Hackers to Crack Modern Hashing Algorithms? 2025-01-28 at 13:18 By While passwords remain the first line of defense for protecting user accounts against unauthorized access, the methods for creating strong passwords and protecting them are continually evolving. For example, NIST password recommendations are now prioritizing password length over complexity. Hashing,

Ransomware Targets ESXi Systems via Stealthy SSH Tunnels for C2 Operations 2025-01-28 at 13:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have found that ransomware attacks targeting ESXi systems are also leveraging the access to repurpose the appliances as a conduit to tunnel traffic to command-and-control (C2) infrastructure and stay under the radar. “ESXi appliances, which are unmonitored, are

Why does the UK keep getting beaten up by IT suppliers? 2025-01-28 at 12:19 By Lindsay Clark Tech and commercial functions need to get in shape for the challenges ahead It’s a line Brits love to quote: “You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape. With me, it’s a full-time job. Now, behave yourself.”

Protecting organizations: Password smarter, not harder 2025-01-28 at 12:03 By Outdated security practices, like certain password policies, can create more problems than they solve.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Enlightenment reaches 0.27, continuing its quiet but persistent journey 2025-01-28 at 11:34 By Liam Proven An elder returns, for those still seeking it Enlightenment is one of the granddaddies of Linux desktops, and after a couple of years, the project has a shiny new release.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Apple plugs security hole in its iThings that’s already been exploited in iOS 2025-01-28 at 10:20 By Jessica Lyons Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day Apple has plugged a security hole in the software at the heart of its iPhones, iPads, Vision Pro goggles, Apple TVs and macOS Sequoia Macs, warning some miscreants have

Top-Rated Chinese AI App DeepSeek Limits Registrations Amid Cyberattacks 2025-01-28 at 08:48 By DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that has captured much of the artificial intelligence (AI) buzz in recent days, said it’s restricting registrations on the service, citing malicious attacks. “Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services, we are temporarily limiting registrations to

Celebrating Data Privacy Day: Experts share data protection insights 2025-01-28 at 07:18 By This Data Privacy Day, cybersecurity experts share insights on data protection best practices. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Affecting iPhones, Macs, and More 2025-01-28 at 06:26 By Apple has released software updates to address several security flaws across its portfolio, including a zero-day vulnerability that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, has been described as a use-after-free bug in the Core

Google Maps will make Trump’s changes to show Gulf of America and Mount McKinley 2025-01-28 at 04:33 By Fox Business Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and Mount Denali as Mount McKinley. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

AI facial recognition could sink this murder investigation 2025-01-28 at 04:03 By Thomas Claburn Police relied on unreliable tech for search warrant, omitted details … so judge has disallowed evidence A murder case in Cleveland, Ohio, could collapse because the city’s police relied on AI-based facial recognition software to obtain a search warrant.… This article