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19 Dec 2024
Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024
As the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over some of the notable stories relating to women in tech, diversity and inclusion throughout 2024
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18 Dec 2024
CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
Following the Salt Typhoon attacks, CISA offers advice to 'highly targeted' individuals, such as using end-to-end encryption and moving away from purely SMS-based MFA.
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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
In 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises.
Security News from the past 365 days
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15 Nov 2024
MFA required for AWS Organizations member accounts in 2025
AWS is one of several cloud providers that will implement MFA requirements over the next year, with other relevant names including Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
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15 Nov 2024
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management interfaces under attack
Palo Alto Networks confirmed that threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in PAN-OS firewall management interfaces after warning customers to secure them for nearly a week.
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15 Nov 2024
Maintel interim CEO details transformation progress
The channel player has been through a process of focusing the business on specific areas
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14 Nov 2024
Trump's Department of Government Efficiency will face issues
Big political and bureaucratic obstacles await Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead the department with the goal of slashing spending and stripping regulations.
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14 Nov 2024
Infoblox: 800,000 domains vulnerable to hijacking attack
While the 'Sitting Ducks' attack vector continues to pose a problem, Infoblox says domain registrars, DNS providers and government bodies remain inactive.
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14 Nov 2024
CISA, FBI confirm China breached telecommunication providers
The government agencies confirmed Wall Street Journal reports that China-backed threat actors breached telecommunication providers and access data for law enforcement requests.
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14 Nov 2024
Williams Racing F1 team supports kids cyber campaign
A multi-region campaign will teach pre-teen children cyber security basics – with a little help from Formula 1 star Alex Albon
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14 Nov 2024
MPs hold first ever debate on live facial recognition
MPs have held an open debate on police use of live facial recognition technology for the first time since it was initially deployed by the Met Police in August 2016
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14 Nov 2024
Ping CEO on ForgeRock integration and future of identity
Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand discusses the company’s unified roadmap, commitment to customer stability and growth plans in the evolving identity landscape following the merger with ForgeRock
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13 Nov 2024
Most widely exploited vulnerabilities in 2023 were zero days
While zero-day exploitation surged throughout 2023, CISA said threat actors continue to exploit known vulnerabilities that were disclosed and patched as far back as 2017.
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13 Nov 2024
China’s Volt Typhoon rebuilds botnet in wake of takedown
Nine months after its malicious botnet comprising legacy routers was disrupted by the Americans, Chinese APT Volt Typhoon is rebuilding and presents as persistent a threat as ever
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13 Nov 2024
Ex-boxer fights US government over legality of Sky ECC cryptophone intercepts
Lawyers for former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic argue that US prosecutors’ reliance on messages obtained by a European police hacking operation into the SKY ECC encrypted phone network breaches the US constitution
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13 Nov 2024
European eArchiving project aims at eternal archive with smart metadata
The European Commission’s eArchiving project has got to version 2.0 and aims at open formats and sector-specific metadata to allow organisations to exploit data for decades to come
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft halts 2 zero-days on November Patch Tuesday
The company addressed 88 vulnerabilities, including an Exchange Server spoofing flaw and a significant number of SQL Server bugs, this month.
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024
High-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update
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12 Nov 2024
Amazon employee data leaked from MoveIt Transfer attack
Although Amazon confirms that employee data was leaked, it stresses that data was stolen via a third-party vendor and that only contact information was obtained.
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12 Nov 2024
Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers
Threat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023
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12 Nov 2024
More data stolen in 2023 MOVEit attacks comes to light
Over a year since the infamous MOVEit Transfer cyber attacks affected thousands of organisations, more new victims have come to light after an anonymous threat actor leaked their data on the dark web
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12 Nov 2024
Exclusive adds Druva to the mix and extends Gigamon
Distributor continues to enhance the portfolio of products and services it can provide partners with a focus on data security
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12 Nov 2024
Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms
Ongoing data protection issues with the use of hyperscale public cloud infrastructure by UK police could complicate the ambitions of nine forces to move their common records management system into the cloud
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12 Nov 2024
How quantum computing could reshape financial services
Experts at the Singapore FinTech Festival predict quantum computing will improve risk management, investment strategies and fraud detection in the financial sector, while also posing new challenges for data security
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
Clinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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08 Nov 2024
What the election of former President Trump means for AI
Once in power, Donald Trump will likely cut or dilute the Biden administration's executive order on AI. Trump's relationship with Elon Musk could also affect technology policy.
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08 Nov 2024
ESET shines light on cyber criminal RedLine empire
ESET publishes fresh data on the inner workings of the RedLine Stealer malware empire, which was taken down at the end of October
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08 Nov 2024
Kaseya boss on fixing MSP economics
Managed service providers continue to be undervalued for the services they deliver, but the firm’s CEO is keen to change that situation
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08 Nov 2024
Illumio listens to partner feedback and rolls out programme enhancements
Security player Illumio has taken feedback from partners on board and has introduced a number of additions to its Enlighten offering
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07 Nov 2024
Trump plans to repeal Biden order, limit AI regulation
Donald Trump might want less regulation, but he has close ties to tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has supported AI regulation, including California's AI safety bill.
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07 Nov 2024
Ransomware attacks caused prolonged disruptions in October
The Ransomhub, Rhysdia and Interlock ransomware gangs claimed responsibility for attacks that knocked victims' services offline, sometimes for several weeks.
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07 Nov 2024
Google DORA issues platform engineering caveats
As with generative AI, the same techniques that can boost enterprise developer productivity can also slow and destabilize overall software delivery.
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
Tech industry will see less regulation under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump will likely repeal President Joe Biden's AI executive order and introduce new tariffs that could create problems for companies and consumers.
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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07 Nov 2024
CrowdStrike doubles down on Ireland
Security player makes a couple of distribution appointments to increase its channel activity in the country
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07 Nov 2024
UBDS Group expands depth with 3B Data Security buy
Acquisition will add more capabilities to its SOC and expand the services the UBDS Group can offer across the UK
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07 Nov 2024
Interview: Petra Molnar, author of ‘The walls have eyes’
Refugee lawyer and author Petra Molnar speaks to Computer Weekly about the extreme violence people on the move face at borders across the world, and how increasingly hostile anti-immigrant politics is being enabled and reinforced by a ‘lucrative panopticon’ of surveillance technologies
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07 Nov 2024
MSPs benefitting from customer security demand
Research from EasyDMARC has put some numbers to anecdotal reports of sustained customer spending on data protection
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06 Nov 2024
CISA on 2024 election security: 'Good news' for democracy
CISA Director Jen Easterly says that despite disruptions including bomb threats in multiple states, Election Day 2024 was a success story from a security standpoint.
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06 Nov 2024
UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises
The platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks
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06 Nov 2024
Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws
A Lords committee has expressed concern about the use of facial recognition technology by retailers to combat shoplifting, and is calling on the government to introduce new laws to ensure there are minimum standards for their deployments
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06 Nov 2024
Improving markets and security growth bolster Infinigate H1
Distributor Infinigate shares revenue update, indicating that the UK is performing as Europe starts to show signs of economic recovery
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06 Nov 2024
Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smuggling
The UK government has announced a further £75m of funding for its Border Security Command, meaning it will now have £150m over two years to spend on new technologies and staff
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05 Nov 2024
Canadian authorities arrest alleged Snowflake hacker
Alexander Moucka was arrested last week and is expected to appear in court Tuesday for allegedly breaching dozens of Snowflake customers.
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05 Nov 2024
Google Cloud to roll out mandatory MFA for all users
Google's three-phase plan for mandatory MFA, which will culminate in late 2025, follows similar efforts from other cloud providers such as AWS and Microsoft.
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05 Nov 2024
Exclusive UK and Ireland managing director plans to increase partner support
SME-sized resellers and MSSPs are going to be getting increased backing from the distributor
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05 Nov 2024
Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade
Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court
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05 Nov 2024
Exclusive Networks makes marquee signing with NetApp
Distributor adds more depth to portfolio around data protection, striking relationship with sizeable vendor
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05 Nov 2024
Nakivo aims at VMware refugees tempted by Proxmox
Version 11 of Nakivo has added Microsoft 365 cloud-to-cloud backups, support for Proxmox virtualisation backups – following Veeam – and NAS file data backups to cloud targets
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04 Nov 2024
CISA: U.S. election disinformation peddled at massive scale
CISA said the U.S. cybersecurity agency has seen small-scale election incidents 'resulting in no significant impacts to election infrastructure,' such as low-level DDoS attacks.
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01 Nov 2024
CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins
The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats
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01 Nov 2024
Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’
UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase
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31 Oct 2024
China-based APTs waged 5-year campaign on Sophos firewalls
For years, several advanced persistent threat groups tied to the Chinese government targeted Sophos firewall products with custom malware and zero-day exploits.
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31 Oct 2024
Lottie Player NPM package compromised in supply chain attack
Threat actors published compromised versions of the Lottie Player component on NPM, and the malicious code prompted users to access their cryptocurrency wallets.
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31 Oct 2024
Harris, Trump economics differ on new tariffs, higher taxes
Regardless, businesses will feel the effects of the economic proposals from the two leading U.S. presidential candidates.
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30 Oct 2024
Play ransomware attack tied to North Korean nation-state actor
A relationship between North Korean actor Jumpy Pisces and Play ransomware would be unprecedented, as the former has not collaborated with cybercrime gangs previously.
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30 Oct 2024
Microsoft warns of Midnight Blizzard spear phishing campaign
The tech giant is notifying users affected by a recently observed campaign, which has targeted more than 100 victim organizations globally so far.
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30 Oct 2024
RedLine, Meta malwares meet their demise at hands of Dutch cops
A multinational action led by authorities in the Netherlands has resulted in the takedown of the notorious RedLine and Meta infostealer malwares
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30 Oct 2024
Cisco executive outlines rationale of partner programme changes
EMEA president shares insights into why the vendor needs to update its approach and why delivering customer value is the route to success
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30 Oct 2024
Cisco signals fresh partner programme
Vendor Cisco announces its 360 offering, with its channel given a 15-month transition period to get ready for the changes
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29 Oct 2024
REvil convictions unlikely to curb Russian cybercrime
In a rare action against cybercrime, a court in Russia sentenced four individuals tied to the Revil ransomware gang for money laundering and malware distribution charges.
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29 Oct 2024
Microsoft, Google feud heats up with 'astroturfing' accusation
After Google filed a complaint with the EU about Microsoft's cloud practices, Microsoft accused Google of funding shadow campaigns to hurt its business.
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29 Oct 2024
GitHub Copilot Autofix expands as AI snags software delivery
GitHub Copilot Autofix could help vulnerability management keep pace as the volume of AI-generated code swamps delivery processes, but can AI be trusted to rein in AI?
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29 Oct 2024
EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goals
With NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance
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28 Oct 2024
Delta sues CrowdStrike over IT outage fallout
Delta said it suffered $500 million in damages. CrowdStrike said the airline company's claims 'demonstrate a lack of understanding of how modern cybersecurity works.'
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28 Oct 2024
Russian Linux kernel maintainers blocked
To ensure compliance, the Linux kernel will no longer allow Russian software developers to work on maintaining the codebase
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28 Oct 2024
UK launches cyber guidance package for tech startups
The NCSC and NPSA, alongside agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, have issued guidance for startups on how to secure themselves against common cyber threats and targeted industrial espionage
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28 Oct 2024
Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework
Google Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI
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28 Oct 2024
How Manulife is empowering sales and call centre agents with AI
Canadian insurance giant is leveraging generative AI to personalise customer experiences, transform contact centre workflows and automate underwriting processes
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25 Oct 2024
Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence
Stark paradox in Dutch cyber security landscape has business leaders expressing high confidence in their IT infrastructure as cyber attacks rise
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25 Oct 2024
How Infoblox is tackling multicloud complexity and boosting security
Infoblox CEO Scott Harrell discusses the company’s new Universal DDI service designed to address the growing challenges of managing network security in hybrid IT environments
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24 Oct 2024
Cisco ASA and FTD zero day used in password spraying attacks
One day after Cisco disclosed a zero-day vulnerability discovered in its VPN software, CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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24 Oct 2024
Growing AI energy use, tech workloads constrain IT
Speakers at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2024 warned of rising energy use and cost. Workarounds include acceleration; microgrids; and, eventually, emerging technologies.
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24 Oct 2024
Fortinet FortiManager zero-day flaw exploited since June
Mandiant researchers first observed exploitation activity against CVE-2024-47575 on June 27, with more than 50 FortiManager devices compromised since.
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24 Oct 2024
Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says government
The Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use
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24 Oct 2024
AWS CDK security issue could lead to account takeovers
Aqua Security researchers discovered AWS Cloud Development Kit is susceptible to an attack vector the vendor refers to as 'shadows resources,' which can put accounts at risk.
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24 Oct 2024
Prudential taps AI to improve health insurance experience
Insurance giant Prudential teams up with Google Cloud to streamline claims processing, personalise healthcare journeys and improve health outcomes
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24 Oct 2024
Datatec shares H1 2025 numbers
Results shine light on progress being made by Westcon-Comstor and Logicalis towards increasing recurring revenue
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23 Oct 2024
Fortinet discloses critical zero-day flaw in FortiManager
According to Fortinet, the FortiManager vulnerability 'may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.'
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23 Oct 2024
Government hails Cyber Essentials success
Scheme to help keep organisations’ IT safe and secure has given businesses more confidence they won’t fall victim to a cyber attack
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23 Oct 2024
ServiceNow touts Now platform as AI engine for transformation
At the ServiceNow World Forum in Melbourne, company executives touted the transformative power of AI in streamlining workflows, improving user experiences and driving business value
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23 Oct 2024
Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK court
Pro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware
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22 Oct 2024
Disinformation campaigns pose risk to enterprise businesses
Spotting and stopping disinformation campaigns often involve multiple entities within an enterprise business, including security, marketing and social media teams.
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22 Oct 2024
SEC charges 4 companies for downplaying SolarWinds attacks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined the companies for misleading investors about intrusions stemming from the SolarWinds supply chain attack.
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22 Oct 2024
Thoma Bravo-owned Sophos to acquire Secureworks for $859M
Sophos said it plans to integrate Secureworks' products into a broader portfolio that serves both large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses.
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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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21 Oct 2024
Cisco confirms attackers stole data from DevHub environment
While Cisco said its systems were not breached, the vendor did confirm that attackers stole sensitive information from the public-facing portal.
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21 Oct 2024
Study outlines 'severe' security issues in cloud providers
Possible security issues involving cloud systems should be taken seriously, as the paper noted the five vendors outlined are responsible for more than 22 million users.
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21 Oct 2024
Kaseya exposes ongoing need for user security training
MSP specialist shares findings from survey that revealed main challenge identified by customers
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21 Oct 2024
Sophos highlights channel benefits of Secureworks move
The acquisition of fellow security vendor by Sophos will provide partners with access to more products to protect SMEs
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21 Oct 2024
Synology takes aim at enterprise customers and flash storage
Best known as an SME and consumer brand, Synology claims multiple enterprise customers especially in backup and storage of infrequently accessed data, but has plans for flash, too
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21 Oct 2024
Can AI be secure? Experts discuss emerging threats and AI safety
International cyber security experts call for global cooperation and proactive strategies to address the security challenges posed by artificial intelligence
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18 Oct 2024
Blackberry pushing MDR and growing OT channel
Firm’s EMEA channel lead shares an update on the current partner strategy at the security vendor
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17 Oct 2024
HashiCorp Vault scalability updates target big enterprises
HashiCorp Vault 1.18 updates make it more suited to large companies, which the vendor is courting with a lighter cloud migration push than with Terraform.
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17 Oct 2024
Joe Sullivan: CEOs must be held accountable for security too
The former CSO at Uber was found guilty in 2022 of obstruction of justice relating to a breach. Now he's calling for clearer regulatory frameworks for security.
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17 Oct 2024
DOJ charges alleged Anonymous Sudan ringleaders
Two Sudanese brothers are accused of leading the cybercriminal group that caused significant damage to healthcare organizations as well as other high-profile victims.
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17 Oct 2024
September a quiet month for ransomware attacks
Notable ransomware attacks in September involved a Rhode Island public school district, a Texas hospital system, and Kawasaki Motors' European branch.
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17 Oct 2024
NCSC chief warns of gap in cyber threats and defence capabilities
The UK and its allies must take collective action to improve their cyber resilience and repel the increasing volume of severe cyber attacks, says NCSC chief
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17 Oct 2024
Cisco partners viewing AI as major revenue generator
Bulk of activity for the vendor’s channel over the next few years will be connected with selling technologies that support artificial intelligence
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17 Oct 2024
Okta bolsters support to drive partner-first strategy
Security player Okta is keen to increase the volume of business going via partners and has enhanced the enablement it provides
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17 Oct 2024
EU cyber security bill NIS2 hits compliance deadline
The EU’s NIS2 bill will harmonise how companies and member states approach cyber security, but its success will depend on how well it is implemented and enforced