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Lurie Children’s Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack 2024-02-05 at 17:01 By Connor Jones It’s the second Chicago hospital to disclose a major incident in the same week For the second time in one week, cybercriminals have targeted a Chicago children’s hospital, this time causing significant operational disruption.… This article is an excerpt […]

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Oracle database deal in Azure comes with a health warning from licensing experts 2024-02-05 at 16:16 By Lindsay Clark Five months after cloud love-in, critics worry about costs of deploying Oracle hardware and DBs in Microsoft’s cloud As the dust settles on Microsoft’s decision to house Oracle hardware in its datacenters, experts keeping a close

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Atos talks to banks over refinancing after rights issue falls through 2024-02-05 at 15:46 By Dan Robinson Shares in French IT giant plummet 25% Ailing tech integrator Atos is in talks with creditors on refinancing options for debt following the cancellation of its €720 million ($774 million) rights issue and ongoing uncertainty over efforts to

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IPv4 address rentals to mint millions of dollars for AWS 2024-02-05 at 13:47 By Dan Robinson You were warned AWS could rake in between $400 million and $1 billion a year from charging customers for public IPv4 addresses while migration to IPv6 remains slow.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Combined Security Practices Changing the Game for Risk Management 2024-02-05 at 13:31 By A significant challenge within cyber security at present is that there are a lot of risk management platforms available in the market, but only some deal with cyber risks in a very good way. The majority will shout alerts at the customer

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Rocket Lab is a David among Goliaths in the space race 2024-02-05 at 13:17 By Richard Speed CEO Peter Beck on the future of commercial launches and not raining debris over national reserves Interview  Rocket Lab is a relatively small player in a launcher marketplace dominated by governments and billionaires. However, despite some notable anomalies,

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Whether to move off Oracle is the $100M+ question for Europe’s largest public body 2024-02-05 at 12:17 By Lindsay Clark After car-crash implementation, Birmingham City Council must weigh up options after current problems are fixed Auditors of Europe’s largest local government body say it’s time to decide whether to grind on with a rollout of

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Pegasus Spyware Targeted iPhones of Journalists and Activists in Jordan 2024-02-05 at 10:16 By The iPhones belonging to nearly three dozen journalists, activists, human rights lawyers, and civil society members in Jordan have been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to joint findings from Access Now and the Citizen Lab. Nine of the 35

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Google flushes cached search results forever 2024-02-05 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Chap in charge hopes the Internet Archive is willing to pipe in historical search results as a substitute Google has stopped offering links to cached versions of web pages alongside search results.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong biz out of $25 million 2024-02-05 at 08:46 By Laura Dobberstein Recordings of past vidchats suspected as source of fakery – so there’s another class of data you need to lock down A Hong Kong-based finance professional at a multinational was reportedly swindled out of $25 million (HK$200 million) of

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Behind the scenes of emergency management 2024-02-05 at 07:17 By Security leaders should consider regional differences when building emergency management plans. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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3 steps to a comprehensive security threat assessment 2024-02-05 at 07:17 By A comprehensive physical security threat assessment is a complex project, but it’s worth its weight in gold. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Two of India’s most prominent startup tech giants are in deep trouble 2024-02-05 at 06:31 By Simon Sharwood Paytm’s bank has been locked out, edtech darling Byju’s faces bankruptcy Two of India’s tech leaders, both of which have been widely hailed as exemplars of local entrepreneurialism, are in deep trouble.… This article is an excerpt

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New Mispadu Banking Trojan Exploiting Windows SmartScreen Flaw 2024-02-05 at 06:31 By The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit a now-patched Windows SmartScreen security bypass flaw to compromise users in Mexico. The attacks entail a new variant of the malware that was first observed in 2019, Palo Alto

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SBF likely off the hook for misplaced FTX funds after cops bust SIM swap ring 2024-02-05 at 03:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: more glibc vulns discovered; DraftKings hacker sentenced; and a hefty dose of critical vulnerabilities Infosec In Brief  The recent indictment of a massive SIM-swapping ring may mean convicted crypto conman Sam Bankman-Fried is

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What Big Tech’s balance sheets this week said – and didn’t say – about real-world AI adoption 2024-02-03 at 17:03 By Chris Williams Is there anything more terrifying than a ‘smart’ HR chatbot? Well, OK, yes, but … This ongoing generative AI assistant hype-cycle already feels like it’s been going on for a decade, with

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Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format 2024-02-03 at 13:01 By Thomas Claburn Fans of the spec bemoan lack of transparency in Interop 2024 process Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, alongside two software consultancies, celebrated a moment of unity and common purpose on Thursday with the announcement

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Researchers remotely exploit devices used to manage safe aircraft landings and takeoffs 2024-02-03 at 11:46 By Connor Jones The closest thing we may ever get to a real-life Die Hard 2 scenario Criminals could remotely tamper with the data that apps used by airplane pilots rely on to inform safe takeoff and landing procedures, according

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U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks 2024-02-03 at 09:46 By The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against six officials associated with the Iranian intelligence agency for attacking critical infrastructure entities in the U.S. and other countries. The officials include Hamid Reza Lashgarian, Mahdi Lashgarian, Hamid Homayunfal, Milad

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Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account 2024-02-03 at 09:01 By The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account. “Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account,” the maintainers said

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