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EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft 2024-07-22 at 16:01 By Richard Speed Was a 2009 directive on interoperability to blame? Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled […]

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PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT Hacker Groups Abuse Google Cloud for Credential Phishing 2024-07-22 at 16:01 By A Latin America (LATAM)-based financially motivated actor codenamed FLUXROOT has been observed leveraging Google Cloud serverless projects to orchestrate credential phishing activity, highlighting the abuse of the cloud computing model for malicious purposes. “Serverless architectures are attractive to developers and

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Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure 2024-07-22 at 15:16 By Connor Jones Supposed hacktivist efforts previously linked to the Kremlin’s GRU Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions to the US sanctions list.… This

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New honeypot techniques for addressing targeted attacks 2024-07-22 at 15:16 By Defenders should define their honeypot strategy by identifying attack risks and intelligence gaps.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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MSPs & MSSPs: How to Increase Engagement with Your Cybersecurity Clients Through vCISO Reporting 2024-07-22 at 15:01 By As a vCISO, you are responsible for your client’s cybersecurity strategy and risk governance. This incorporates multiple disciplines, from research to execution to reporting. Recently, we published a comprehensive playbook for vCISOs, “Your First 100 Days as

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How to Set up an Automated SMS Analysis Service with AI in Tines 2024-07-22 at 15:01 By The opportunities to use AI in workflow automation are many and varied, but one of the simplest ways to use AI to save time and enhance your organization’s security posture is by building an automated SMS analysis service.

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The Clacktop: A Thinkpad Yoga with a mechanical keyboard 2024-07-22 at 14:33 By Liam Proven Impressively home-made, this is the sort of laptop we wish we could buy new A Thinkpad Yoga, modded with a mechanical keyboard, may serve as a wake-up call to both Lenovo and Framework.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Unit4 ends support for research costing tool used to plan the Covid vaccine 2024-07-22 at 13:47 By Lindsay Clark UK university users face migration path following plan to withdraw support for product some build £1M solutions around Exclusive  Software used to cost the University of Oxford’s Covid vaccine research has become the subject of an

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Microsoft’s CISPE settlement includes a suspension of audits for members 2024-07-22 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Cloud group companies free of Redmond’s compliance cops for 2 years in return for ditching EC antitrust complaint EXCLUSIVE  Part of Microsoft’s settlement with a bunch of cloud providers in Europe to make an antitrust complaint disappear is a

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Serco appoints former GDS leader Tom Read to digital leadership role 2024-07-22 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Read also served at UK’s MoJ, where outsourcer paid fine over electronic tagging fiasco UK outsourcing provider Serco has appointed Tom Read, head of central government’s digital agency, to the role of group chief digital and technology officer.…

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SocGholish Malware Exploits BOINC Project for Covert Cyberattacks 2024-07-22 at 10:46 By The JavaScript downloader malware known as SocGholish (aka FakeUpdates) is being used to deliver a remote access trojan called AsyncRAT as well as a legitimate open-source project called BOINC. BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client, is an open-source “volunteer computing”

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HCL’s back-to-office plan: come in three days a week, or forget about holidays 2024-07-22 at 09:46 By Laura Dobberstein Indian tech workers’ union calls for a strike over 14-hour day proposal HCL Technologies has devised a measure to make sure its India-based employees change out of their pajamas and head into the office: making on-premises

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Curiosity rover is crushing it: ran over a rock and found pure sulfur 2024-07-22 at 08:34 By Simon Sharwood An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet The Curiosity rover has found something surprising: rocks made of pure sulfur.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Google, Oracle, and Microsoft make their case for VMware migrations – HPE on the outer? 2024-07-22 at 08:03 By Simon Sharwood New instance types and discounts galore, and Broadcom all smiles as its preferred licensing finds more friends Google Cloud has delivered a Broadcom-compliant version of its cloudy VMware offering, and pitched it as a

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New Linux Variant of Play Ransomware Targeting VMWare ESXi Systems 2024-07-22 at 07:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Linux variant of a ransomware strain known as Play (aka Balloonfly and PlayCrypt) that’s designed to target VMWare ESXi environments. “This development suggests that the group could be broadening its attacks across the Linux platform,

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Researchers discovered a new phishing kit on the dark web 2024-07-22 at 07:16 By Security leaders share their insights on a new phishing kit on the dark web.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes 2024-07-22 at 03:03 By Simon Sharwood Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5 million machines went down CrowdStrike’s now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.… This article is

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Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware 2024-07-20 at 20:31 By Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is facing the heat for causing worldwide IT disruptions by pushing out a flawed update to Windows devices, is now warning that threat actors are exploiting the situation to distribute Remcos RAT to its customers in Latin

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FTC grabs controller as Microsoft jacks up Game Pass price by 81% 2024-07-20 at 19:46 By Matthew Connatser This is exactly what we said would happen post-Blizzard merger, laments watchdog, as its appeal continues Microsoft plans to raise the price of its Game Pass subscriptions significantly – and one US watchdog isn’t amused.… This article

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