‘These larger opportunities often involve strategic decisions and C-suite approvals, causing them to take longer to close and to have greater variability in timing, outcome and deal structure,’ Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami told investors this week. Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami told investors that in the wake of Broadcom’s price changes, more and larger VMware customers…

Read More

‘These larger opportunities often involve strategic decisions and C-suite approvals, causing them to take longer to close and to have greater variability in timing, outcome and deal structure,’ Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami told investors this week. Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami told investors that in the wake of Broadcom’s price changes, more and larger VMware customers…

Read More

Microsoft warned customers on Thursday that the May 2024 non-security preview update for Windows 11 is causing taskbar crashes and glitches. This month’s KB5037853 optional update was released on Thursday, and it fixes multiple File Explorer problems and 32 other issues. Today, one day after this cumulative update was rolled out, Redmond added a new known issue to the KB5037853 support document…

Read More

A malware botnet named ‘Pumpkin Eclipse’ performed a mysterious destructive event in 2023 that destroyed 600,000 office/home office (SOHO) internet routers offline, disrupting customers’ internet access. According to researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, who observed the incident, it disrupted internet access across numerous Midwest states between October 25 and October 27, 2023. This left…

Read More

Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer Daniel Dines will become UiPath’s new CEO as Rob Enslin says in a LinkedIn post that he has ‘made the difficult decision to resign as CEO of UiPath for personal reasons.’ A returning CEO and investing in its partner ecosystem are part of UiPath’s go-forward strategy after the automation software…

Read More

Malware droppers at the core of cybercrime ecosystem Botnets have been around for decades, but their purpose has changed over time based on what made the most money for cybercriminals. At some point, the largest botnets were used to hijack email addresses and address books to send spam. At other times they deployed Trojans capable…

Read More

Cybercriminals are distributing a malware cocktail through cracked versions of Microsoft Office promoted on torrent sites. The malware delivered to users includes remote access trojans (RATs), cryptocurrency miners, malware downloaders, proxy tools, and anti-AV programs. AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has identified the ongoing campaign and warns about the risks of downloading pirated software. The…

Read More

​A threat actor known as ShinyHunters is selling what they claim is the personal and financial information of 560 million Ticketmaster customers on the recently revived BreachForums hacking forum for $500,000. The allegedly stolen databases, which were first put up for sale on the Russian hacking forum Exploit, supposedly contain 1.3TB of data and the customers’…

Read More

“This is a company that has a lot of legacy infrastructure. It is what makes Ticketmaster possible. But that comes with a lot of legacy risk,” she said. “Old software and old hardware and old policies and procedures, that all introduces a lot of additional risk.” Britton White, who publicly says that he works in…

Read More

A malware botnet named ‘Pumpkin Eclipse’ performed a mysterious destructive event in 2023 that destroyed 600,000 office/home office (SOHO) internet routers offline, disrupting customers’ internet access. According to researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, who observed the incident, it disrupted internet access across numerous Midwest states between October 25 and October 27, 2023. This left…

Read More