Month: October 2024
Solution providers applauded Sophos’ planned acquisition of Secureworks, an XDR specialist with 1,500 employees. Solution providers applauded the announcement Monday that cybersecurity giant Sophos plans to acquire Secureworks, a specialist in extended detection and response (XDR), for $859 million in a major industry consolidation deal. Calling the acquisition deal a “very positive” move for Sophos,…
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Threat actors have been exploiting a vulnerability in the Roundcube Webmail client to target government organizations in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, the successor of the former Soviet Union. An attack was discovered by Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologies in September, but the researchers determined that the threat actor activity had started in…
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Cyber-resilience has become more crucial than ever, as demonstrated by the recent CrowdStrike incident that led to widespread IT outages. This event, deemed “the largest IT outage in history,” disrupted critical services like air traffic control and government departments, showing how even a small percentage of offline devices can cause global chaos. Microsoft estimated that…
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A threat actor claimed they have and are selling data of two different U.S. local authorities in a dark web forum. The first one is U.S. local authority in Durango (durangoco.gov). The threat actor has claimed that another threat actor breached via a vulnerability in the website of the local authority three months ago, and…
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In episode 2 of the Channel Women in Security podcast, eSentire’s Tia Hopkins dives into the concept of cyber resilience, exploring its significance in today’s cybersecurity landscape. In episode 2 of the Channel Women in Security podcast, eSentire’s Chief Cyber Resilience Officer and Field CTO Tia Hopkins dives into the concept of cyber resilience, exploring…
Read MoreWordPress sites are being hacked to install malicious plugins that display fake software updates and errors to push information-stealing malware. […] Source link lol
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In separate reports,Bernstein and Bank of America predicted about $15 billion in revenue for IBM’s third quarter, in line with Wall Street’s expectations. Updates on the artificial intelligence portfolio, a strong z16 mainframe cycle and performance in IBM Consulting are some of the subjects expected to come up on the tech giant’s latest quarterly earnings…
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‘To me, there’s a lot of these partners that are just now starting to figure out what their AI story is and where they can help their customers, and we’re ready to take that journey with them,’ Lenovo North American Channel Chief Rob Cato tells CRN. Lenovo’s North American channel chief told CRN the company…
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Microsoft is warning of Windows crashing with the blue screen of death on some ASUS laptop models when trying to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system, Windows 11 version 24H2. Microsoft acknowledged the problem in a bulletin late last week, noting that it impacts ASUS X415KA and X515KA laptop models. The technology giant explained that…
Read MoreMicrosoft is warning of Windows crashing with the blue screen of death on some ASUS laptop models when trying to upgrade to the latest version of the operating system, Windows 11 version 24H2. Microsoft acknowledged the problem in a bulletin late last week, noting that it impacts ASUS X415KA and X515KA laptop models. The technology giant explained that…
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