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26 Jul 2024
Generative AI a top priority for Amazon QuickSight
By Eric AvidonThough the BI platform already enables users to analyze data and develop data products using natural language, AWS plans to do more to aid insight generation and user efficiency.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
By Beth PariseauExperts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
OpenAI takes on Google with new SearchGPT prototype
By Esther AjaoThe AI engine will provide users with information from the web. The AI vendor is working with publishers such as Newsmax. It will incorporate some features in ChatGPT.
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20 Mar 2024
Ukrainians crack network that stole 100m email, social accounts
By Alex ScroxtonThree members of an organised cyber criminal group who hacked and appropriated personal email and social media accounts face up to 15 years in prison
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20 Mar 2024
UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks
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19 Mar 2024
EMEA security spend will have another boom year in 2024
By Alex ScroxtonCyber security services and technology will once again be the focus of major investment across EMEA during 2024, according to the latest Technology Spending Intentions study from TechTarget and ESG
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19 Mar 2024
Australia’s cyber security spending to grow 11.5% this year
By Aaron TanHighly publicised cyber attacks and growing regulatory obligations are keeping security and risk top of mind for Australian organisations this year, says Gartner
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18 Mar 2024
Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk
By Beth PariseauCisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.
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18 Mar 2024
Exploitation activity increasing on Fortinet vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanThe Shadowserver Foundation recently saw an increase in exploitation activity for CVE-2024-21762, two days after a proof-of-concept exploit was published.
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18 Mar 2024
GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs
By Beth PariseauThree recently identified vulnerabilities, one designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.
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18 Mar 2024
Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOpen legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
By Alex ScroxtonAlex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
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18 Mar 2024
Cohesity: We won’t abandon NetBackup customers or force migration
By Yann SerraCEO promises no forced migration to Cohesity and not to abandon any NetBackup product while building new leadership in artificial intelligence and security around Cohesity Gaia
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17 Mar 2024
UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors
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15 Mar 2024
U.S. TikTok ban, data broker bills target data practices
By Makenzie HollandCongress is targeting companies' data practices through bills that limit data transfers and transactions to entities headquartered in countries of concern.
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15 Mar 2024
CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs
By Beth PariseauFederal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big risks remain, experts said.
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15 Mar 2024
London Mayor’s Office reprimanded over data breach
By Alex ScroxtonThe London Mayor’s Office has been reprimanded by the ICO after an internal error exposed the data of people who had made complaints against the Metropolitan Police
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14 Mar 2024
Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal
By Tommy GreeneNHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence
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14 Mar 2024
FluidOne bolsters security position with SureCloud Cyber Services buy
By Simon QuickeFirm continues M&A activity in move to add more depth to security division with increased skills and penetration testing expertise
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13 Mar 2024
US authorities move a step closer to banning TikTok
By Alex ScroxtonLawmakers in Washington DC have moved a step closer to enacting a broad national ban on controversial video app TikTok in the US, with global ramifications
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13 Mar 2024
Researchers warn devs of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins
By Beth PariseauOpenAI and two third-party providers fixed vulnerabilities in the experimental ChatGPT plugins framework, but Salt Security researchers caution devs that security risks persist.
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13 Mar 2024
Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros
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13 Mar 2024
British Library opens up over ransomware attack to help others
By Alex ScroxtonThe British Library has opted for full transparency after experiencing a devastating ransomware attack, publishing details of the intrusion, its response and the lessons it has learned
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday fixes critical Hyper-V vulnerabilities
By Tom WalatMicrosoft also corrects a remote code execution flaw on Exchange Server and issues an advisory related to changes with an outdated file-scanning feature on the messaging platform.
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws
By Alex ScroxtonTwo critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday
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12 Mar 2024
Sophos: Remote ransomware attacks on SMBs increasing
By Alexander CulafiAccording to new research from Sophos, small businesses are seeing a rise in threats such as remotely executed ransomware attacks, malvertising, driver abuse and more.
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12 Mar 2024
LockBit attacks continue via ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws
By Arielle WaldmanCoalition is latest company to confirm LockBit activity against vulnerable ScreenConnect instances. But the insurer found significant differences between previous LockBit attacks.
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12 Mar 2024
Identity threats in the cyber battleground
By Simon QuickeA shift towards cyber criminals trying to access datacentres has underlined the need for the channel to help customers counter attacks
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12 Mar 2024
More DDoS attacks launched against APAC financial firms
By Aaron TanThe financial sector in Asia-Pacific saw more DDoS attacks in 2023, but no notable impact was reported, according to a report by Akamai and FS-ISAC
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11 Mar 2024
CISA confirms compromise of its Ivanti systems
By Alexander CulafiCISA said that approximately one month ago, it identified 'activity indicating the exploitation of vulnerabilities in Ivanti products the agency uses.'
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11 Mar 2024
Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns
By Alex ScroxtonThe Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure
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11 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations vulnerable to deepfake fraud
By Kim LoohuisWith the information many employees share on social media, Dutch companies are especially vulnerable to a new form of fraud
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11 Mar 2024
How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services
By Aaron TanMicrosoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector
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11 Mar 2024
TechUK calls for next government to introduce ‘industrial strategy’ for AI
By Bill GoodwinTrade group TechUK publishes blueprint calling for winner of next election to boost tech startups, digitise government services and accelerate technology R&D
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08 Mar 2024
Midnight Blizzard accessed Microsoft systems, source code
By Alexander CulafiMicrosoft said Midnight Blizzard used data stolen from a breach of its corporate email system to access other parts of the company's network, including source code repositories.
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08 Mar 2024
OSS leaders detail commitments to bolster software security
By Alex ScroxtonCISA has announced a number of actions to help secure the global open source ecosystem, as leading package repositories including the Python and Rust foundations advance their own initiatives
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07 Mar 2024
DMA targets big tech platforms, furthers EU's data strategy
By Makenzie HollandThe EU's Digital Markets Act forces big tech companies to open their platforms to third parties and make data more accessible.
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07 Mar 2024
Microsoft whistleblower, OpenAI, the NYT, and ethical AI
By Esther AjaoThe vendor has filed a memorandum to dismiss some of the arguments The New York Times made in its copyright lawsuit. However, it now faces criticism from its own software engineer.
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07 Mar 2024
Former Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
By Arielle WaldmanLinwei Ding, a Chinese national, allegedly evaded Google's data loss prevention systems and stole confidential information to start his own China-based AI company.
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07 Mar 2024
PSNI chief denies ‘industrial’ use of surveillance powers against journalists
By Bill GoodwinPSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has agreed to provide a report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog
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07 Mar 2024
Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has responded to calls from a Lords committee that it must “proceed with caution” when it comes to autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence, arguing that caution is already embedded throughout its approach
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07 Mar 2024
NI Policing Board pressed to open inquiry into PSNI spying on journalists’ phones
By Bill GoodwinAmnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice have asked Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog to open an inquiry into the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s use of surveillance powers against journalists
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06 Mar 2024
Apple discloses 2 iOS zero-day vulnerabilities
By Alexander CulafiCVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, which bypass kernel memory protections, mark the second and third zero-day vulnerabilities that Apple has disclosed and patched this year.
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06 Mar 2024
SEC adopts climate risk disclosure rules
By Makenzie HollandThe SEC finalized climate risk disclosure rules to provide investors with consistent information about publicly filed businesses -- but the vote was not without controversy.
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06 Mar 2024
Apple patches zero-days amid ‘foundational’ post-quantum update
By Alex ScroxtonApple’s iOS 17.4 update not only fixes zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited, but includes important new security protocols to safeguard users against future attacks
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06 Mar 2024
Cash-strapped cyber pros go rogue on the dark web
By Alex ScroxtonResearch conducted by CIISec has turned up worrying evidence of hard-up legitimate cyber professionals offering their services to the cyber criminal underground
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06 Mar 2024
Nation states buying hacking tools from underground Russian cyber forums
By Bill GoodwinState-sponsored hacking groups, posing as hacktivists, are using Russian cyber crime forums to stock up on cyber weapons, says Check Point Software’s threat analyst, Sergey Shykevich
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05 Mar 2024
Rapid7 hits out over botched vulnerability disclosure
By Alex ScroxtonSoftware development firm JetBrains and security specialist Rapid7 fall out over the handling of a critical vulnerability disclosure, while customers are left rushing to patch
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05 Mar 2024
Alphv/BlackCat leak site goes down in possible exit scam
By Alexander CulafiAn Alphv/BlackCat affiliate accused the ransomware gang of stealing a ransom payment worth more than $20 million that may have been obtained in the Change Healthcare attack.
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05 Mar 2024
Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerabilities under attack
By Arielle WaldmanExploitation activity has started against two vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity, which has been targeted previously by nation-state threat actors such as Russia's Cozy Bear.
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05 Mar 2024
ALPHV/BlackCat gang vanishes amid ransomware ‘turmoil’
By Alex ScroxtonMystery surrounds the apparent disappearance of the ALPHV/BlackCat cyber crime gang amid reports that a prominent US victim paid a $22m ransom
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05 Mar 2024
Meta outage disrupts social media globally
By Alex ScroxtonMeta services, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, have been downed in a brief service outage
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05 Mar 2024
Inside an Alphv/BlackCat ransomware attack
By Rob WrightSygnia researchers investigated an intrusion in a client's network and discovered an Alphv/BlackCat ransomware actor had been lurking in the environment for weeks.
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05 Mar 2024
Kaseya: Security a major revenue earner for MSPs
By Simon QuickeFirm’s latest look into the managed service provider world reveals how security, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting the channel
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05 Mar 2024
Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPrivacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp
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05 Mar 2024
Focus on margin and technical enablement as Barracuda enhances programme
By Simon QuickeSecurity vendor has updated its three-month-old programme in response to feedback and with a view to improving channel profitability
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05 Mar 2024
Keepit brings backup and restore to unprotected SaaS applications
By Antony AdsheadSaaS backup specialist keeps data in its own cloud datacentres, protects cloud data across numerous platforms and aims to give customers the ability to rapidly add data sources
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05 Mar 2024
American Express customers exposed through third-party breach
By Karl FlindersUS card giant warns customers that their personal details may have been exposed after a third party experienced a systems breach
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05 Mar 2024
Banning ransomware payments back on the agenda
By Alex ScroxtonThe idea of banning ransomware payments to cyber criminals is back on the agenda, with former NCSC chief Ciaran Martin arguing that tougher measures need to be taken
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05 Mar 2024
Own targets SaaS backup and offers analytics insight
By Antony AdsheadTargeting a growing market – SaaS applications that lack backup – Own offers backup, fine-grained restores and analytics on data stores that can bring business insight
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04 Mar 2024
LockBit, Alphv/BlackCat highlight February ransomware activity
By Alexander CulafiWith events surrounding the LockBit and Alphv/BlackCat gangs and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws, ransomware activity continues this year after a surge in 2023.
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04 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Cyber security is about managing risk effectively
By Melisa OsoresEffective cyber security must lead to cyber resilience – that is, the ability to anticipate, protect against, withstand and recover from any adverse condition, disruption or compromise, as Kyndryl’s security practice leader explains
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01 Mar 2024
Acronis warns MSPs to check tools sitting on their networks
By Simon QuickeSecurity player has seen a trend for cyber criminals to install their own clean software monitoring tools to deepen their visibility of a victim’s infrastructure
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01 Mar 2024
Fancy Bear sniffs out Ubiquiti router users
By Alex ScroxtonThe authorities have warned users of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter products to take remedial action after a number of devices were hijacked into a malicious botnet by a Russian cyber espionage unit
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01 Mar 2024
APAC firms bullish on IT spending
By Aaron TanMore than half of organisations plan to spend more on key areas such as cyber security, generative AI and cloud in a sign of growing optimism across the region
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29 Feb 2024
CISA warns Ivanti ICT ineffective for detecting compromises
By Arielle WaldmanCISA observed ongoing exploitation against four Ivanti vulnerabilities and found problems with the vendor's Integrity Checker Tool, which is designed to detect compromises.
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29 Feb 2024
AWS on why CISOs should track 'the metric of no'
By Rob WrightAWS' Clarke Rodgers believes that tracking the number of times CISOs say no to line-of-business requests will ultimately help them build a stronger security culture.
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29 Feb 2024
Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law
By Bill GoodwinThe Information Commissioner’s Office has issued an enforcement notice against the Home Office after finding its programme to tag asylum seekers with GPS monitors breaches data protection law
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29 Feb 2024
Okta doubles down on cyber in wake of high-profile breaches
By Alex ScroxtonOkta launches Secure Identity Commitment to shore up its technology in the wake of a damaging breach and elevate best practice around identity
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29 Feb 2024
DSIT publishes results of public digital identity trust consultation
By Lis EvenstadReport from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology shows UK public wants government to be accountable and transparent, and views trust and inclusivity as key
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29 Feb 2024
Exclusive Networks provides investor cheer with solid 2023 numbers
By Simon QuickeThe arrows are all pointing upwards as the distributor shares its progress for the past year
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29 Feb 2024
Collibra adds AI governance to data management platform
By Eric AvidonThe data management vendor's new suite adds capabilities aimed at enabling enterprises to safely and securely use AI the same way data governance frameworks apply to data.
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29 Feb 2024
SCC adds SOC to bolster security division
By Simon QuickeChannel player SCC views the addition of a security operations centre as a key part of attaining more growth
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29 Feb 2024
Police arrested journalists as part of surveillance operation to identify confidential sources
By Bill GoodwinThree police forces took part in surveillance operations between 2011 and 2018 to identify sources that leaked information to journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal hears
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28 Feb 2024
New Nvidia, GitHub AI coding assistants expand devs' options
By Beth PariseauGitHub Copilot Enterprise and StarCoder2 LLMs, both released this week, will add to an array of AI coding assistants. But caution, especially with security, is still warranted.
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28 Feb 2024
Biden aims to protect data, calls for U.S. data privacy law
By Makenzie HollandPresident Joe Biden is aiming to stop the sale of Americans' sensitive data to countries of concern, while also pushing for a U.S. data privacy law.
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28 Feb 2024
New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims
By Alex ScroxtonAn updated version of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware has been spotted in the wild amid a series of attacks on American healthcare providers, prompting a new alert from the authorities
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28 Feb 2024
Alphv/BlackCat attacking hospitals following FBI takedown
By Alexander CulafiThe ransomware attacks against hospitals and the healthcare sector come after law enforcement agencies, led by the FBI, disrupted Alphv/BlackCat's network in December.
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28 Feb 2024
75% of third-party breaches target software, IT supply chains
By Alex ScroxtonData drawn from SecurityScorecard’s telemetry reveals how supply chain breaches are becoming a weapon of choice for threat actors
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28 Feb 2024
Users love their cyber teams, but find them frustrating
By Alex ScroxtonDespite strong support for security teams, a good number of ordinary workers see them as obstructive to business goals, and would like to see them operate more transparently
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27 Feb 2024
US tech used in Russian weapons, despite export controls
By Makenzie HollandU.S. export controls aren't keeping technology produced by Intel, AMD, Analog Devices and Texas Instruments from ending up in weapons systems used in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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27 Feb 2024
Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise vulns
By Alex ScroxtonMore ransomware gangs have been observed exploiting two dangerous vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software, prompting new warnings for users to get patching
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27 Feb 2024
Ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware activity is ramping up against vulnerable ScreenConnect systems as Black Basta and Bl00dy threat actors were observed exploiting the vulnerabilities.
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27 Feb 2024
VulnCheck bug listing to help track new threats quicker
By Alex ScroxtonExploit intelligence firm VulnCheck launches a proprietary Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in hopes of improving end-user access to intel on emerging threats and reaching those that the likes of CISA do not
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27 Feb 2024
Majority of UK employees ‘willingly gamble’ with security
By Alex ScroxtonHuman-centric threats originating from employees continue to damage organisations both financially and reputationally, according to a report
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27 Feb 2024
Executive interview: David Wong, Thomson Reuters
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief product officer of Thomson Reuters about working with artificial intelligence and embedding Microsoft Copilot for Word
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27 Feb 2024
Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup
By Yann SerraSaaS applications don’t usually come with built-in data protection, but Hycu plans to tackle that gap in the market with AI to generate the connectors needed to backup user data
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27 Feb 2024
Microsoft president commits to Azure open platform for AI
By Cliff SaranBrad Smith sets out Microsoft’s ambitions to make Azure the best platform to host foundational AI models, and train and run AI applications
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27 Feb 2024
Cozy Bear and other APTs changing tack as cloud adoption increases
By Alex ScroxtonA change in APT tactics has been observed resulting from greater adoption of cloud-based services, according to the NCSC
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26 Feb 2024
Microsoft allies with OpenAI rival Mistral AI
By Esther AjaoThe tech giant is investing in the open source startup. The partnership means Mistral's premium models, including its new model, Mistral Large, will be available on Azure.
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26 Feb 2024
New merger guidelines, crackdown affect business strategies
By Makenzie HollandThe FTC and DOJ will be closely scrutinizing mergers and acquisitions heading into 2024 based on new merger guidelines released in December 2023.
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26 Feb 2024
LockBit restores servers following law enforcement takedown
By Alexander CulafiLaw enforcement agencies last week announced a takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang that involved the seizure of servers, websites and decryption keys, as well as two arrests.
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26 Feb 2024
CISA: APT29 targeting cloud accounts for initial access
By Arielle WaldmanU.K. and U.S. government agencies have observed the Russian nation-state group increasingly target dormant and inactive cloud service accounts to gain initial access.
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26 Feb 2024
LockBit bids to save face after NCA takedown
By Alex ScroxtonThe LockBit gang’s ringleader resurfaces with new infrastructure and new victims, claiming to have shrugged off a multinational police sting
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26 Feb 2024
Storage and backup spend in 2024 targets risk and resilience
By Antony AdsheadThe TechTarget and ESG spending intentions survey finds big bias towards averting risk and building organisational resilience, but on-premise storage a significant planned outlay
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26 Feb 2024
Podcast: 2024 the year of ROI for generative AI
By Shaun SutnerGenerative AI technologies are proliferating rapidly, but vendors and investors are looking to monetize AI models, a pivot from last year's innovative frenzy.
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23 Feb 2024
GitHub Copilot replicating vulnerabilities, insecure code
By Rob WrightResearch from Snyk shows that AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot, which offer code completion suggestions, often amplify existing bugs and security issues in a user's codebase.
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23 Feb 2024
ConnectWise users see cyber attacks surge, including ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonConnectWise ScreenConnect users who have yet to patch against a critical vulnerability are now being targeted by a barrage of cyber attacks, including ransomware
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23 Feb 2024
NCA trolls under fire LockBit gang leaders
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCA has teased details of the identity of LockBit's main admin via the gang’s compromised dark web site, and hinted that he has been engaging with law enforcement
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22 Feb 2024
ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws under attack, patch now
By Alexander CulafiHuntress said in a blog post this week that the ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws, which have come under attack, were 'trivial and embarrassingly easy' for a threat actor to exploit.
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22 Feb 2024
Cyber experts alarmed by ‘trivial’ ConnectWise vulns
By Alex ScroxtonThe disclosure of two dangerous vulnerabilities in the popular ConnectWise ScreenConnect product is drawing comparisons with major cyber incidents, including the 2021 Kaseya attack
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22 Feb 2024
Ignition Technology adds human risk management with CultureAI
By Simon QuickeDistributor known for helping firms grow a channel base and increase market position is given the chance by CultureAI to deliver human risk management
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22 Feb 2024
Toshiba and Orange test quantum encryption on traditional network
By Cliff SaranResearchers used QKD on a fibre-optic network spanning 184km to show how the technology could be used to secure networks cost-effectively