Category: Viral
Scams, Social Media Here’s how cybercriminals go after YouTube channels and use them as conduits for fraud – and what you should watch out for when watching videos on the platform 01 Jul 2024 • , 4 min. read As one of today’s most popular social media platforms, YouTube is often in the crosshairs of…
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Jul 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Vulnerability A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.0), concerns a case of command injection that allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary…
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The cybersecurity vendor says the planned acquisition will assist with improving visibility across multiple types of assets and environments. Rapid7 announced Monday it has reached a deal to acquire Noetic Cyber, a startup whose technology is aimed at bolstering the vendor’s capabilities in cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM). The Boston-based cybersecurity vendor didn’t disclose…
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‘You’re getting improved data privacy and security through localized computing, as well as reduced cloud dependency because now you’re processing a lot of the data locally,’ says Vibha Rustagi, Cognizant’s global head of IoT and engineering. Global IT services provider Cognizant Monday unveiled Cognizant Neuro Edge, a new addition to its Neuro suite of technologies…
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Google has hired two top AWS and Microsoft former vice presidents who will lead the company’s newly formed Cloud AI business unit. Google Cloud has hired two vice presidents from rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft to lead its artificial intelligence cloud business as the three IT titans battle for AI market leadership. Google’s $38…
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Data extortion and ransomware attacks have had a massive impact on businesses during the first half of 2024. Biggest Cyberattacks And Breaches If the pace of major cyberattacks during the first half of 2024 has seemed to be nonstop, that’s probably because it has been: The first six months of the year have seen organizations…
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The software maker says it’s continuing to restore systems nearly two weeks after it was struck by a ransomware attack. CDK Global said Monday that it expects to complete the recovery from its recent ransomware attack by later this week, with a projection that all car dealerships will be reconnected to its platform by July…
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‘By combining our best-in-class software with Metrics’ cloud-based simulation as a service, we are excited to bring this groundbreaking technology to our EDA [electric design automation] and semiconductor customers,’ says Altair CEO James Scapa. AI cloud specialist Altair is acquiring Metrics Design Automation in a move to transform the semiconductor market by making top-notch automation…
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Auvik CEO Doug Murray tells CRN he is aiming to put more muscle behind sales, channel marketing and a go-to-market strategy to grow the channel business — and making it one of the fastest-growing parts of the company is ‘top of mind.’ In the last year, Auvik has seen 45 percent year-over-year growth, which CEO…
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Additional customers are now believed to have had their emails viewed in connection with the compromise of Microsoft’s corporate email system by the Midnight Blizzard threat group. Microsoft has reportedly sent out more notifications to customers impacted by the compromise of its corporate email system by Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard. According to Bloomberg, the…
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