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Uncle Sam’s had enough of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, sues to end monopoly 2024-05-23 at 22:31 By Thomas Claburn Music to everyone’s ears The US Department of Justice, in the company of 30 state and district attorneys general, filed a civil antitrust complaint against Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster subsidiary today, claiming the entertainment […]

Google guru roasts useless phishing tests, calls for fire drill-style overhaul 2024-05-23 at 22:16 By Connor Jones Current approaches aren’t working and demonize security teams A Google security bigwig has had enough of federally mandated phishing tests, saying they make colleagues hate IT teams for no added benefit.… This article is an excerpt from The

US Space Force says it needs more practice at responding to orbital emergencies 2024-05-23 at 21:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo But still just once a year because this stuff is expensive. Hopefully that’s enough In the military world, preparation is everything. That’s why the US Space Force is planning to up its tactical response launch practice

Microsoft gives Windows admins a break and MFA a hard push 2024-05-23 at 20:46 By Richard Speed Updates now optional, but Azure security is not Microsoft has given administrators additional flexibility in managing Windows updates and clarified what it meant by stating: “Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users.”… This article is an excerpt

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache Flink Security Vulnerability 2024-05-23 at 20:46 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting Apache Flink, the open-source, unified stream-processing and batch-processing framework, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2020-17519, the issue relates to a case of

Ransomware Attacks Exploit VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities in Alarming Pattern 2024-05-23 at 20:46 By Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi infrastructure following an established pattern regardless of the file-encrypting malware deployed. “Virtualization platforms are a core component of organizational IT infrastructure, yet they often suffer from inherent misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, making them a lucrative and highly effective target for

Arm servers are on Nutanix’s long-range radar, not yet its to-do list 2024-05-23 at 20:01 By Simon Sharwood CTO waiting for major OEMs to get on board, but when/if that happens it’ll be game on … perhaps for AI Next  Nutanix is contemplating the day when it ports some of its wares to the Arm

ESA to fetch stuff from space before ISS takes the plunge 2024-05-23 at 19:16 By Richard Speed Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company tapped for retrieval ops The European Space Agency has signed contracts with two European companies in a bid to get cargo back from the International Space Station (ISS) – hopefully before

Understand candidate screening data sources 2024-05-23 at 19:16 By All recruitment screening agencies are not equal, so look before you leap.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Europe buying more Chinese phone brands as market starts to bounce back 2024-05-23 at 18:46 By Matthew Connatser Apple and Samsung still on top, though, and pre-pandemic numbers but a faraway dream The first quarter of 2024 saw the European smartphone market register its first year-over-year increase in shipments since 2021, and Chinese brands are

Computer modeling deepens scientists’ understanding of solar cycle 2024-05-23 at 18:16 By Lindsay Clark Phenomenon underpinning aurora has eluded explanation as we approach 11-year flip Skywatchers this month feasted their eyes on ramping up of the aurora borealis, a light show caused by the interaction between the solar wind of charged particles and Earth’s magnetic

Veeam says critical flaw can’t be abused to trash backups 2024-05-23 at 17:46 By Connor Jones It’s still a rough one, so patch up Veeam says the recent critical vulnerability in its Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM) can’t be used by cybercriminals to delete an organization’s backups.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

New Frontiers, Old Tactics: Chinese Espionage Group Targets Africa & Caribbean Govts 2024-05-23 at 17:46 By The China-linked threat actor known as Sharp Panda has expanded their targeting to include governmental organizations in Africa and the Caribbean as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. “The campaign adopts Cobalt Strike Beacon as the payload, enabling

VBScript nudged nearer to the grave with next big Windows 11 update 2024-05-23 at 17:16 By Richard Speed The writing’s on the wall for veteran scripting language Microsoft has sent Windows 11 24H2 into the Release Preview channel and confirmed that VBScript will be starting its journey to full deprecation by becoming an on-by-default Feature

70% of CISOs worry their org is at risk of a material cyber attack 2024-05-23 at 16:46 By Jessica Lyons Wait, why do you want this job again? Chief information security officers around the globe “are nervously looking over the horizon,” according to a survey of 1,600 CISOs that found more than two thirds (70

Nvidia beats market expectations again, but for how long? 2024-05-23 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson 262% topline increases won’t last forever, amid market worries that mega AI investments won’t pay off… Nvidia has turned in another set of sizzling results on the back of AI-driven demand for its products, yet industry watchers are increasingly wondering

Teradata takes plunge into lakehouse waters, but not everyone is convinced 2024-05-23 at 15:32 By Lindsay Clark We have not changed our minds, the industry has evolved, data warehouse stalwart claims With its vision of a unified enterprise data warehouse, Teradata attracted globally dominant customers including HSBC, Unilever and Walmart. But earlier this month, it

UK PM Sunak calls election, leaving Brits cringing over memory of his Musk love-in 2024-05-23 at 15:16 By Lindsay Clark Man who promised the Unicorn Kingdom must now face judgement from the real thing Drenched in British spring rain, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election yesterday, surprising colleagues and commentators. And if opinion polls

Nearly 90% of organizations suffer damage after a security incident 2024-05-23 at 15:16 By According to a recent cybersecurity incident report, nearly 90% of organizations suffer damage before containing and investigating incidents. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

EPA reveals most water systems do not meet compliance requirements 2024-05-23 at 15:16 By An investigation by the EPA reveals that a majority of water systems do not meet compliance standards. Security leaders are sharing their thoughts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source