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Guarding the Vault: Unmasking Cyber Threats Facing the Financial Sector in 2023. 19/10/2023 at 16:47 By Banks and other financial institutions have the one thing every criminal desires. Money. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

Report: Cyberattacks No. 1 cause of downtime and data loss 19/10/2023 at 16:47 By A new report reveals cyberattacks are the leading cause of IT downtime and data loss in 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll 19/10/2023 at 16:02 By Paul Kunert Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated Nokia, one of the world’s largest telecommunications kit makers, is erasing up to 14,000 jobs after a plunge in net profit was caused by jittery

First Brexit, now X-it: Musk ‘considering’ pulling platform from EU over probe 19/10/2023 at 15:19 By Richard Currie Plus: Working from home is ‘detached from reality’ says world’s richest man Comment  Elon Musk is said to be toying with the idea of withdrawing access to X in the European Union rather than go to the

To overcome compliance challenges, financial institutions must look beyond ZTNA 19/10/2023 at 15:19 By The embrace of new technologies and the roll out of a seemingly endless stream of new digital services are making it difficult for compliance teams to adjust their policies and procedures accordingly.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security

Vulnerability Scanning: How Often Should I Scan? 19/10/2023 at 15:19 By The time between a vulnerability being discovered and hackers exploiting it is narrower than ever – just 12 days. So it makes sense that organizations are starting to recognize the importance of not leaving long gaps between their scans, and the term “continuous vulnerability scanning”

Google Play Protect Introduces Real-Time Code-Level Scanning for Android Malware 19/10/2023 at 15:19 By Google has announced an update to its Play Protect with support for real-time scanning at the code level to tackle novel malicious apps prior to downloading and installing them on Android devices. “Google Play Protect will now recommend a real-time app

UK tribunal agrees with Clearview AI – Brit data regulator has no jurisdiction 19/10/2023 at 14:49 By Jude Karabus American selfie-scraper shakes off $9M privacy fine as the ‘actions of a foreign state are out of scope’ A British tribunal yesterday ruled US selfie-scraper Clearview AI would not have to pay a £7.5 million ($9

Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB’s decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels 19/10/2023 at 14:33 By Lindsay Clark ‘Their future is murky at the moment’ Database industry observers are slamming MariaDB’s decision to ditch two of its core products as it restructures the business in the face of financial challenges.… This article is an excerpt from

Iran-Linked OilRig Targets Middle East Governments in 8-Month Cyber Campaign 19/10/2023 at 13:46 By The Iran-linked OilRig threat actor targeted an unnamed Middle East government between February and September 2023 as part of an eight-month-long campaign. The attack led to the theft of files and passwords and, in one instance, resulted in the deployment of a PowerShell

NASA celebrates 40 years of Discovery, the longest-serving Space Shuttle 19/10/2023 at 12:48 By Richard Speed OV-103 was there for Hubble and the assembly of the ISS Never one to ignore a bit of history, NASA this week marked the 40th anniversary of Space Shuttle Discovery’s public debut during a rollout at the Palmdale manufacturing

In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk 19/10/2023 at 11:31 By Lindsay Clark Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs Redis, the go-to in-memory database used as a cache and system broker, is looking to include disk as part of a tiered storage architecture to reduce costs and broaden

Mars chilled for aeons, but stayed so stressed it gets crusty marsquakes 19/10/2023 at 11:20 By Simon Sharwood Multiple orbiters failed to find a crater matching rumble. Boffins now blame Red planet’s internal problems Mars doesn’t have tectonic activity but still manages to have marsquakes, according to a paper that probed a 2022 shake detected

HashiCorp CEO talks license changes and the role of foundations 19/10/2023 at 11:20 By Richard Speed Open Source or Source Available? Does anyone really care? Interview  Controversial cloud wrangler HashiCorp came out swinging last week at its San Francisco HashiConf shindig when the topic of licensing came up.… This article is an excerpt from The

Microsoft Warns of North Korean Attacks Exploiting TeamCity Flaw 19/10/2023 at 10:16 By North Korean threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in JetBrains TeamCity to opportunistically breach vulnerable servers, according to Microsoft. The attacks, which entail the exploitation of CVE-2023-42793 (CVSS score: 9.8), have been attributed to Diamond Sleet (aka Labyrinth Chollima) and Onyx Sleet (aka

Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy 19/10/2023 at 09:33 By Laura Dobberstein Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years Amazon on Thursday released photos of its newest delivery drone, the MK 30, and announced will expand its Prime Air drone delivery operations to

India courts IBM, Intel, and Tower for chip partnerships – all in one day 19/10/2023 at 08:03 By Simon Sharwood Big Blue in early talks to advance local RISC-V designs India’s pursuit of a slice of the world’s semiconductor industry has seen it court three major players – Intel, Tower Semiconductors, and IBM – on

Google TAG Detects State-Backed Threat Actors Exploiting WinRAR Flaw 19/10/2023 at 07:33 By A number of state-back threat actors from Russia and China have been observed exploiting a recent security flaw in the WinRAR archiver tool for Windows as part of their operations. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2023-38831 (CVSS score: 7.8), which allows attackers to execute

‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities 19/10/2023 at 06:17 By Simon Sharwood Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence US and South Korean authorities have updated their guidance on how to

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city’s crime woes 19/10/2023 at 04:03 By Iain Thomson Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests San Francisco’s mayor, London Breed, has proposed drone surveillance and cameras on public buildings to curb the city’s crime problems.… This article is an excerpt from The