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65% of organizations prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk 05/09/2023 at 19:47 By A recent report by Syxsense shows that 78% of respondents report experiencing an increase in vulnerability volume over the past 12 months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Fedora and Asahi Linux pals revamp installation process 05/09/2023 at 18:47 By Liam Proven Switch to Calamares aims to make setup simpler The forthcoming Asahi/Fedora distro for Arm64 Macs will use the Calamares installer – but the mainstream Fedora 39 might get a new, simpler installation program too.… This article is an excerpt from The

Cyber attack survival: Incident response planning for retail business 05/09/2023 at 18:18 By Without warning a cyber attack strikes an online business. How do you ensure operations continue? Incident response planning.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Amerita and PharMerica announce data breach 05/09/2023 at 18:18 By Amerity and parent company announced a data breach that exposed personal information after learning of suspicious activity on their computer network. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New BLISTER Malware Update Fuelling Stealthy Network Infiltration 05/09/2023 at 18:02 By An updated version of a malware loader known as BLISTER is being used as part of SocGholish infection chains to distribute an open-source command-and-control (C2) framework called Mythic. “New BLISTER update includes keying feature that allows for precise targeting of victim networks and lowers

Freecycle gives users the gift of a data breach notice 05/09/2023 at 17:32 By Richard Speed Change your passwords. And maybe give the recycling a miss this time Freecycle, the charity aimed at recycling detritus that would otherwise be headed for landfill, has become the latest organization to suffer at the hands of cyber attackers

Largest local government body in Europe goes under amid Oracle disaster 05/09/2023 at 16:33 By Lindsay Clark Authority effectively bankrupt as ERP car crash adds to equal pay liability Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, has declared itself in financial distress after troubled Oracle project costs ballooned from £20 million to around

New Python Variant of Chaes Malware Targets Banking and Logistics Industries 05/09/2023 at 16:01 By Banking and logistics industries are under the onslaught of a reworked variant of a malware called Chaes. “It has undergone major overhauls: from being rewritten entirely in Python, which resulted in lower detection rates by traditional defense systems, to a comprehensive

Researchers Warn of Cyber Weapons Used by Lazarus Group’s Andariel Cluster 05/09/2023 at 16:01 By The North Korean threat actor known as Andariel has been observed employing an arsenal of malicious tools in its cyber assaults against corporations and organizations in the southern counterpart. “One characteristic of the attacks identified in 2023 is that there are numerous

Key Cybersecurity Tools That Can Mitigate the Cost of a Breach 05/09/2023 at 16:01 By IBM’s 2023 installment of their annual “Cost of a Breach” report has thrown up some interesting trends. Of course, breaches being costly is no longer news at this stage! What’s interesting is the difference in how organizations respond to threats

Way Too Vulnerable: Join this Webinar to Understand and Strengthen Identity Attack Surface 05/09/2023 at 16:01 By In today’s digital age, it’s not just about being online but how securely your organization operates online. Regardless of size or industry, every organization heavily depends on digital assets. The digital realm is where business takes place, from

Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded 05/09/2023 at 15:48 By Richard Speed Bezo birds to provide a mobile backhaul. When they finally launch Vodafone has linked arms with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to extend 4G and 5G services to more regions in Europe and Africa, despite Jeff Bezos’ satellite constellation

Northern Ireland top cop quits in wake of data breach and disciplinary controversy 05/09/2023 at 14:51 By Jude Karabus Simon Byrne faced backlash over FoI blunder, plus claims officers were ‘punished’ to appease Sinn Féin Northern Ireland’s police chief, Simon Byrne, resigned last night after an emergency meeting of the Policing Board amid discontent in

CrowView: A clamp-on, portable second laptop display 05/09/2023 at 13:51 By Liam Proven Elecrow’s dual-screen peripheral is more versatile and cheaper than the old Lenovo version CrowView is a 14-inch USB-C monitor with a cunning folding stand-cum-clamp system which allows it to attach to most sizes of laptop for some more pixels on the move.…

Three years after setting off, Bus Open Data Service wants consultants to help it on its journey 05/09/2023 at 13:02 By Lindsay Clark UK tender hopes to boost beleaguered local bus services The UK’s Department for Transport is promising a £24 million ($30 million) contract to a tech biz that can help set up a

Snowflake’s Instacart protestations hint at challenges for poster child of the data cloud 05/09/2023 at 11:47 By Lindsay Clark If customers can slash bills by ‘optimizing,’ what does that mean for revenue? Opinion  Snowflake should have been enjoying positive results at the end of last month. Revenue for the second for the quarter was $674.0

IBM Cloud to ‘uplift’ prices by up to 29 percent 05/09/2023 at 10:47 By Simon Sharwood All PaaS, including RedShift, gets a three-point bump. IaaS users outside the US get the nastiest numbers IBM has announced price rises for its cloud services, effective January 1, 2024.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Meta Takes Down Thousands of Accounts Involved in Disinformation Ops from China and Russia 05/09/2023 at 10:00 By Meta has disclosed that it disrupted two of the largest known covert influence operations in the world from China and Russia, blocking thousands of accounts and pages across its platform. “It targeted more than 50 apps, including

Guild behind actors’ strike fears video game workers also at risk from AI 05/09/2023 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Authorizes strike for voice and motion capture talent at major game studios The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has authorized its members employed in the interactive media industry at giant