Month: November 2024
In a significant move to strengthen the cybersecurity of the North American electric grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released Order 887 in January 2023, which paved the way for NERC-CIP015, a new standard on Internal Network Security Monitoring (INSM). This directive, set forth by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), addresses a…
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Apple has added a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update released last month to ensure that iPhones automatically reboot after long idle periods to re-encrypt data and make it harder to extract. While the company has yet to officially confirm this new “inactivity reboot” feature, law enforcement officers were the first to discover…
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VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational, and personal use. In May, the company also made VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use, allowing students and home users to set up virtualized test labs and experiment with other OSs…
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A new ransomware family called ‘Ymir’ has been spotted in the wild, encrypting systems that were previously compromised by the RustyStealer infostealer malware. RustyStealer is a known malware family first documented in 2021, but its appearance with ransomware demonstrates another example of the recent trend of cybercrime operations working together. According to Kaspersky researchers who discovered…
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Have I Been Pwned warns that an alleged data breach exposed the personal information of 56,904,909 accounts for Hot Topic, Box Lunch, and Torrid customers. Hot Topic is an American retail chain specializing in counterculture-related clothing, accessories, and licensed music merchandise. The company operates over 640 stores across the United States and Canada, primarily located…
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Amazon confirmed an employee data breach after a threat actor leaked on a hacking forum what they claimed was data stolen during the MOVEit data theft attacks in May 2023. The threat actor, known as Nam3L3ss, leaked over 2.8 million lines of Amazon employee data, including names, contact information, building locations, email addresses, and more.…
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Microsoft has finally confirmed that some Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems were “unexpectedly” upgraded to Windows Server 2025 on devices if updates were managed using third-party patch management tools. The company also updated the Windows release health dashboard on November 6 to say that Windows Server 2025 is now offered as an optional update…
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ATSG, Success Computer Consulting, Zoom, Microsoft, CrowdStrike and Kyndryl were among the tech companies making key executive hires and moves in October 2024. New CEOs of ATSG and Success Computer Consulting and a new CFO at Zoom were among the biggest executive moves in October. Taking those top spots, respectively, were Russell Reeder, formerly with…
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Halliburton has revealed that an August ransomware attack has led to $35 million in losses after the breach caused the company to shut down IT systems and disconnect customers. Halliburton is a global provider of products and services to the energy industry, offering a range of solutions for oil and gas reservoirs, including exploration, development,…
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In our annual Stellar Startups special report, CRN shines a spotlight on some of the most exciting channel-focused startup vendors with leading-edge technologies that are creating new opportunities for solution providers. The pace of IT industry innovation, always moving at a brisk clip, has accelerated to a full-on sprint over the last two years with…
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