‘It reinforced that [Desktop-as-a-Service] technology has its benefits to quickly recover from situations like this,’ says Nerdio co-founder and CEO Vadim Vladimirskiy. The recent faulty CrowdStrike update that downed about 8.5 million Microsoft Windows machines helped show the power of virtualization when it comes to recovering from cybersecurity incidents and outages, said Nerdio co-founder and…
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto exchange dYdX announced on Tuesday that the website for its older v3 trading platform has been compromised. dYdX also warned users not to visit or interact with the hacked dydx[.] exchange platform and cautioned against withdrawing assets until the platform was safe to use. “We just learned that dYdX v3 website…
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The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that .top…
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The private member information of the BreachForums v1 hacking forum from 2022 has been leaked online, allowing threat actors and researchers to gain insight into its users. Multiple forums have operated under the name BreachForums, all devoted to building a community of collectors and threat actors who trade, sale, and leak data stolen from breached companies.…
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To provide scope for this, more than 3,000 flights within, into, or out of the US were canceled on July 19, with more than 11,000 delayed. Planes continued to be grounded in the days since, with nearly 2,500 flights canceled within, into, or out of the US, and more than 38,000 delayed, three days after…
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Russian-linked malware was used in a January 2024 cyberattack to cut off the heating of over 600 apartment buildings in Lviv, Ukraine, for two days during sub-zero temperatures. FrostyGoop, the Windows malware used in this attack, is designed to target industrial control system (ICS) using the Modbus TCP communications, a standard ICS protocol across all…
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Verizon Communications has agreed to pay a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents at its wholly-owned subsidiary, TracFone Wireless, suffered after its acquisition in 2021. TracFone is a telecommunications service provider offering services through Total by Verizon Wireless, Straight Talk, and Walmart Family Mobile, among…
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The company has a rare opportunity ahead: To become the next cybersecurity giant. Yes, $23 billion is a lot of money to turn down. But in spurning Google’s acquisition offer, I believe Wiz is positioning itself for something even bigger—and even rarer to achieve—in the cybersecurity industry. Given the stunning growth of the cloud security…
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Accenture’s acquisition spree in 2024 continued Tuesday as the solution provider giant buys SAP consulting specialist Camelot Management Consultants, marking its 30th purchase this year. The acquisition engine at Accenture is on full throttle in 2024 as the solution provider powerhouse unveiled the purchase of SAP consulting specialist Camelot Management Consultants. The purchase of Germany-based…
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