Month: October 2024
Henry Schein has finally disclosed a data breach following at least two back-to-back cyberattacks in 2023 by the BlackCat Ransomware gang, revealing that over 160,000 people had their personal information stolen. Henry Schein is a healthcare solutions provider and a Fortune 500 company with operations and affiliates in 32 countries and revenue of over $12…
Read MoreCognizant CEO On ‘Becoming The First Partner’ In ServiceNow’s ‘Ground-Breaking Workflow Data Fabric’
‘The combination of all this coming together—the in-memory database with real-time data sitting with AI agents which are actually embedded into the workflow—will make this one of the most fascinating opportunities in enterprises,’ Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S tells CRN. Global IT services provider Cognizant Wednesday became the first strategic partner of ServiceNow to bring…
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Microsoft has released the optional KB5044384 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, which includes twenty-four changes, including a bug that caused the sfc /scannow command to always display corrupt file errors. The October 2024 non-security preview update is designed for power users and IT admins to test upcoming changes to the operating system before next month’s…
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Insurance administrative services company Landmark Admin warns that a data breach impacts over 800,000 people from a May cyberattack. Landmark Admin is a third-party administrator for insurance companies, offering back-office services like new business processing and claims administration for large insurance carriers. Some insurance carriers working with Landmark Admin include American Monumental Life Insurance Company, Pellerin Life…
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LinkedIn received a €310 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating European Union’s law related to the processing of personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising. The penalty follows an inquiry into the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency of LinkedIn’s data processing, which started from a complaint several years ago from French non-profit org La Quadrature…
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Cisco fixed a denial of service flaw in its Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software, which was discovered during large-scale brute force attacks against Cisco VPN devices in April. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-20481 and impacts all versions of Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD up until the latest versions of the software. “A vulnerability in…
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‘We’ve got very good traction in our GenAI products as well as in our automation suite and we can look at our pipelines and expect that those will be maintained,’ IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the last quarter saw “good traction” in Big Blue’s enterprise AI business, growing…
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Oct 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced version of the Qilin ransomware sporting increased sophistication and tactics to evade detection. The new variant is being tracked by cybersecurity firm Halcyon under the moniker Qilin.B. “Notably, Qilin.B now supports AES-256-CTR encryption for systems with AESNI capabilities, while still retaining Chacha20 for…
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‘Now they can focus on managing the business rather than getting ready for a public offering. I expect them to continue supporting MSPs even better than before,’ says Mark Essayian, president of Lake Forrest, Calif.-based KME Systems. Shares of Ingram Micro soared by as much as 15 percent in trading Thursday after once again going…
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A suspected nation-state campaign has been targeting FortiManager customers — likely including MSPs — since at least late June, according to security researchers. The attacks exploiting a critical-severity vulnerability in Fortinet FortiManager are likely targeting MSPs in a nation-state espionage campaign, according to a security researcher. In a post Tuesday, well-known researcher Kevin Beaumont noted…
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