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Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance 2024-09-06 at 17:16 By Richard Speed Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant’s dominance The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has administered a provisional rap over Google’s knuckles for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the advertising technology marketplace.…

Four cybersecurity best practices for keeping heads above the cloud 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By When organizations rely heavily on their cloud providers’ security controls, IT leaders need a way to decrease the likelihood of a cloud-based breach. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Data is everywhere: What this means for a backup strategy 2024-09-06 at 16:17 By Data is living in more places than ever before, with workloads frequently shifting between on-premises and the cloud. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Foot-thick wall workaround: Gigabit network links beamed through solid concrete 2024-09-06 at 15:31 By Dan Robinson Makes cabling a bit less onerous, says WaveCore maker Airvine Scientific has a product that could make life easier for IT staff. WaveCore is designed to beam a network signal through thick concrete walls, eliminating the need to drill

Defense AI models ‘a risk to life’ alleges spurned tech firm 2024-09-06 at 15:31 By Thomas Claburn Chatterbox Labs CEO claims Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office unfairly cancelled a contract then accused him of blackmail In-depth  Chatterbox Lab CEO Danny Coleman alleges that after three and a half years of uncompensated work to provide

New research shows 12% of CISOs faced budget declines in 2024 2024-09-06 at 15:16 By Research reveals the impact the global economy is having on security budgets.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Datacenters to emit 3x more carbon dioxide because of generative AI 2024-09-06 at 13:32 By Dan Robinson Carbon capture outfits could be making up to $45B, say analysts The datacenter industry is set to emit 2.5 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide between now and the end of the decade, three times more

The State of the Virtual CISO Report: MSP/MSSP Security Strategies for 2025 2024-09-06 at 13:17 By The 2024 State of the vCISO Report continues Cynomi’s tradition of examining the growing popularity of virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services. According to the independent survey, the demand for these services is increasing, with both providers and

Pat Gelsinger’s grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy 2024-09-06 at 12:49 By Tobias Mann Foundry faces a reckoning Comment  Intel’s fledgling foundry business is in trouble. The division is bleeding billions each quarter and now the chipmaker has revealed that it won’t even manufacture parts on its own long-awaited 20A node.… This article

Oak Ridge boffins enlist Quantum Brilliance to make supercomputers sparkle at room temp 2024-09-06 at 11:31 By Dan Robinson Diamond-based accelerators could help smash science problems Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is working with a company called Quantum Brilliance on the integration of quantum systems and high-performance computing (HPC) to tackle scientific concerns.… This article

Critical Security Flaw Found in LiteSpeed Cache Plugin for WordPress 2024-09-06 at 10:32 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered yet another critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could allow unauthenticated users to take control of arbitrary accounts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44000 (CVSS score: 7.5), impacts versions before and including 6.4.1.

SQL king Larry Ellison becomes sequel sultan with controlling interest in Paramount Global 2024-09-06 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Oh, great: another tech billionaire owns a media company – although his son probably runs the show Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison has been revealed as holding the controlling interest in US media giant Paramount

Apache OFBiz Update Fixes High-Severity Flaw Leading to Remote Code Execution 2024-09-06 at 08:47 By A new security flaw has been addressed in the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that, if successfully exploited, could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux and Windows. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45195 (CVSS score:

Pavel Durov Criticizes Outdated Laws After Arrest Over Telegram Criminal Activity 2024-09-06 at 08:47 By Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence nearly two weeks after his arrest in France, stating the charges are misguided. “If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against

NASA’s solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that’s part of the plan 2024-09-06 at 07:46 By Iain Thomson Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along? NASA has announced its experimental ACS3 solar-sailing spacecraft is working as expected, after it was spotted tumbling

A new malware named “Voldemort” may be a cyber espionage campaign 2024-09-06 at 07:16 By New research shows the growth of a new malware campaign called “Voldemort.” This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

VMware revenue bounces for Broadcom, chips were a little undercooked 2024-09-06 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood CEO says market for non-AI silicon has bottomed out Broadcom’s turnaround plan for VMware appears to be working, as the silicon-and-software-slinger reported 47 percent year on year revenue growth – but also posted a loss.… This article is an

Nvidia and chums inject $160M into Applied Digital to keep GPU sales rolling 2024-09-06 at 04:34 By Tobias Mann Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom AI has made GPUs one of the hottest commodities on the planet, driving more than $30 billion in revenues for Nvidia in Q2 alone. But, without datacenters,

Nvidia injects $160M into Applied Digital to keep its GPU sales rolling 2024-09-06 at 04:02 By Tobias Mann Datacenters are the lifeline for its $30B ML-fueled boom AI has made GPUs one of the hottest commodities on the planet, driving more than $30 billion in revenues for Nvidia in Q2 alone. But, without datacenters, the