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So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn’t work 2024-09-11 at 16:46 By Jessica Lyons A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure For C-suite execs and security leaders, discovering your organization has been breached, your critical systems locked up and your data stolen, then receiving a ransom demand, is probably […]

72% of BEC attacks were from free webmail domains 2024-09-11 at 16:46 By A report found that fraudsters are calling potential victims directly and luring them with messages containing a phone number for the target to call. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move 2024-09-11 at 16:02 By Richard Speed Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs Research published by Civo indicates that more than half of VMware customers are considering leaving the platform under Broadcom’s ownership.… This article is

Singapore Police Arrest Six Hackers Linked to Global Cybercrime Syndicate 2024-09-11 at 15:46 By The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the arrest of five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean man for their alleged involvement in illicit cyber activities in the country. The development comes after a group of about 160 law enforcement officials conducted

Windows 11 users still living in the past face forced update, like it or not 2024-09-11 at 15:16 By Richard Speed 22H2 and 21H2 holdouts about to be dragged to 23H2 Microsoft has warned that a forced update is on the way for Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 users still clinging to the past.… This

Only 5% of business leaders report seamless connectivity 2024-09-11 at 15:16 By A new survey highlights the relationship between connectivity and cybersecurity.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Why Is It So Challenging to Go Passwordless? 2024-09-11 at 15:01 By Imagine a world where you never have to remember another password. Seems like a dream come true for both end users and IT teams, right? But as the old saying goes, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”  If

‘IT failure’ hits blood tests as another critical incident declared by NHS 2024-09-11 at 14:46 By Connor Jones Unlike in London, foul play isn’t suspected The UK’s National Health Service’s (NHS) capability to deliver pathology services is taking another beating, with a critical incident declared this morning at two hospitals in England.… This article is

How $20 and a lapsed domain allowed security pros to undermine internet integrity 2024-09-11 at 14:02 By Jessica Lyons What happens at Black Hat… While trying to escape the Las Vegas heat during Black Hat last month, watchTowr Labs researchers decided to poke around for weaknesses in the WHOIS protocol. They claim to have found

Amazon to pour £8B into UK datacenters through to 2028 2024-09-11 at 13:46 By Dan Robinson How kind. Now how about looking at the corporation tax bill… Those kindly philanthropists at Amazon Web Services (AWS) plan to invest £8 billion ($10.4 billion) on datacenters in Britain between now and 2028, a move welcomed by the

Developers Beware: Lazarus Group Uses Fake Coding Tests to Spread Malware 2024-09-11 at 13:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new set of malicious Python packages that target software developers under the guise of coding assessments. “The new samples were tracked to GitHub projects that have been linked to previous, targeted attacks in which developers

Mind the talent gap: Infosec vacancies abound, but hiring is flat 2024-09-11 at 13:16 By Thomas Claburn ISC2 argues security training needs to steer toward what hiring managers want The shortfall between the number of working security professionals and the number of security job openings has reached 4.8 million – a new high, according to

Keen to bring it on home? Private cloud appliance pitched at compliance-conscious 2024-09-11 at 12:32 By Richard Speed Service with endless scalability, at least that’s the plan Enterprises that need to worry about compliance have yet another fresh option, as Civo enters the appliance game with its FlexCore private cloud solution.… This article is an

Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK 2024-09-11 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age TV has lost its crown as the most popular source of news in the UK, according to research from Ofcom.… This

Ivanti Releases Urgent Security Updates for Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities 2024-09-11 at 10:46 By Ivanti has released software updates to address multiple security flaws impacting Endpoint Manager (EPM), including 10 critical vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution. A brief description of the issues is as follows – CVE-2024-29847 (CVSS score: 10.0) – A deserialization

Microsoft Issues Patches for 79 Flaws, Including 3 Actively Exploited Windows Flaws 2024-09-11 at 10:46 By Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed that three new security flaws impacting the Windows platform have come under active exploitation as part of its Patch Tuesday update for September 2024. The monthly security release addresses a total of 79 vulnerabilities, of

AI has colonized our world – so it’s time to learn the language of our new overlords 2024-09-11 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Brush up on your ‘Delvish’ – the lingo that flatters LLMs into a sort of submission Despite growing evidence that generative AI creates more work for humans than it saves, organizations are

Medical cannabis CTO says vendors would hang up when he called looking for a deal 2024-09-11 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Alternaleaf now has an outsized tech team, a build-not-buy mentality, and a love of FOSS When Myles Lawlor took the job as chief technology officer at Alternaleaf, Australia’s largest online alternative health clinic, he

Robot enters Fukushima’s nuclear core to retrieve melted-down remains 2024-09-11 at 08:32 By Iain Thomson Trying for 3 grams, only 880 tons to go! Video  On Tuesday, a robot began entering the Unit 2 reactor at the defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant, in an attempt to retrieve a tiny piece of the fuel that melted