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Atlas Oil: The Consequences of a Ransomware Attack 2024-06-25 at 16:01 By Arthur Erzberger Overview Atlas Oil, a major player in the oil and fuel distribution industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by the Black Basta group. This attack not only compromised sensitive company data but also exposed a variety of documents that […]

EU accuses Microsoft of antitrust violations for bundling Teams with O365 2024-06-25 at 15:46 By Paul Kunert Statement of Objections sent to Redmond HQ following probe that began July 2023 Microsoft broke the European Union’s antitrust regulations by “tying” collaboration tool Teams to its dominant online Office productivity suite, according to preliminary findings from an

UK and US cops band together to tackle Qilin’s ransomware shakedowns 2024-06-25 at 15:16 By Jessica Lyons Attacking the NHS is a very bad move UK and US cops have reportedly joined forces to find and fight Qilin, the ransomware gang wreaking havoc on the global healthcare industry.… This article is an excerpt from The

New Attack Technique Exploits Microsoft Management Console Files 2024-06-25 at 14:46 By Threat actors are exploiting a novel attack technique in the wild that leverages specially crafted management saved console (MSC) files to gain full code execution using Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and evade security defenses. Elastic Security Labs has codenamed the approach GrimResource after

On-prem AI has arrived – the solution to cloudy problems no one really has 2024-06-25 at 14:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Which isn’t to say Nvidia and hyperscalers will win, says analyst Steve Brazier, as regulators circle HPE discover  Walking the floor at HPE’s Discover show in Las Vegas last week, this vulture was left with

Intel investor sues over Foundry flop, seeks to reforge corporate governance 2024-06-25 at 13:47 By Dan Robinson Lawsuit demands big changes and a little transparency in reporting Intel executives have been hit by a shareholder derivative lawsuit from an investor alleging that they and others were misled regarding the financial performance of the company’s foundry

How to Cut Costs with a Browser Security Platform 2024-06-25 at 13:46 By Browser security is becoming increasingly popular, as organizations understand the need to protect at the point of risk – the browser. Network and endpoint solutions are limited in their ability to protect from web-borne threats like phishing websites or malicious browser extensions.

GenAI dominates the narrative in ERP, but what is it good for? 2024-06-25 at 12:46 By Lindsay Clark Low-code and report production vie for early use cases, but risks remain With vendors obsessed with adding generative AI to everything, does it really have a place in ERP software? It’s very early days, say analysts at

Humanity’s satellite habit could end up choking Earth’s ozone layer 2024-06-25 at 11:56 By Dan Robinson Just when you think we’ve solved chlorofluorocarbons Large numbers of low Earth orbit satellites such as those operated by Starlink could pose a threat to the planet’s ozone layer once they re-enter the atmosphere, according to recent research.… This

South Korean Lithium battery plant takes at least 23 lives 2024-06-25 at 11:01 By Laura Dobberstein National Fire Agency responds with inspection of 213 battery-related workplaces A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing plant in Hwaseong, South Korea on Monday killed at least 23 people and injured eight others.… This article is an excerpt from

Ooredoo to splash Nvidia GPUs across the Middle East 2024-06-25 at 10:31 By Tobias Mann Qatari telco reckons deal will give it an 18–24 month lead in region Amid US restrictions curbing the export of certain high-end AI accelerators to much of the Middle East, Silicon Valley’s Nvidia has reached an agreement to furnish Qatari

Airbn-bye: Barcelona bans short-term apartment rentals for tourists 2024-06-25 at 09:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Spanish sublet shock solution to housing crisis Tourists in the Spanish city of Barcelona will have fewer lodging options come 2028, as the city has decided to evict operators of short-term apartment rentals. … This article is an excerpt from The Register

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Released from U.K. Prison, Heads to Australia 2024-06-25 at 09:01 By WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the U.K. and has departed the country after serving more than five years in a maximum security prison at Belmarsh for what was described by the U.S. government as the “largest compromises of

Alibaba Cloud unleashes thousands of Chinese AI models to the world 2024-06-25 at 08:31 By Simon Sharwood Like Bedrock or Azure OpenAI Studio – but with the added fun of geopolitical risk Alibaba Cloud has created an English language version of Modelscope, its models-as-service offering.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Empowering remote healthcare workers: A collaborative approach 2024-06-25 at 07:16 By Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting remote work as a permanent strategy. In this new era, robust cybersecurity is critical. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Multiple WordPress Plugins Compromised: Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts 2024-06-25 at 07:01 By Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions. “The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends those details

4 FIN9-linked Vietnamese Hackers Indicted in $71M U.S. Cybercrime Spree 2024-06-25 at 07:01 By Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies. The defendants, Ta Van Tai (aka Quynh

Julian Assange freed after agreeing to plead guilty to US charges 2024-06-25 at 03:31 By Simon Sharwood WikiLeaks boss already off from the UK to ultimately Australia Breaking news  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the UK after agreeing to plead guilty to charges brought against him by the United States.… This article

America’s best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good 2024-06-25 at 03:16 By Thomas Claburn ‘Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal’ Analysis  Introduced in April, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was – in the words of its drafters – “the best opportunity we’ve had in

Record labels gang up to sue AI music generator duo into utter oblivion 2024-06-25 at 00:46 By Matthew Connatser Recording Industry Ass. of America orchestrates war on Udio and Suno Big name record labels are together suing two AI startups for allegedly training their music-generating models on copyrighted tracks without permission, resulting in the software