Some big names in the storage digest this week, with Dell (sort of) formally recognising VAST by producing what’s known as a sales knock-off card, IBM adding better tiering to its z/OS mainframe software, and a Microsoft staffer penning a truly great blog about the E1.S SSD format set to…
BENGALURU, India, LONDON and ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Microland today announced it has been named a finalist (runner-up) in the Microsoft 2021 Government Partner of the Year Awards. The company was honored with this recognition among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and…
Facebook has uncovered two hacking groups targeting a range of officials on opposite sides of the political divide in Palestinian politics. On Wednesday, Facebook’s security team announced that it had disrupted a hacking effort linked to the Palestinian Authority-controlled intelligence agency, the Preventive Security Service (PSS), and a campaign targeting…
A new spate of lawsuits suggests that despite legislation and prosecutions by foreign governments, alleged investment fraud remains a lucrative business in Israel, with local law enforcement doing little to crack down on suspected online scammers. Among the recent lawsuits — filed in Israel by alleged victims from countries including…
Many of the world’s largest cybercrime gangs are still actively hacking and extorting victims, undeterred by the international spotlight after one of their peers hacked a U.S. fuel pipeline. A Russian-affiliated hacker gang, DarkSide, disappeared last week after it hacked Colonial Pipeline, which provides fuel for much of the U.S….
It is the second Tuesday of the month and that means it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of its Windows operating system as well as for other company products such as Microsoft Office. Our overview starts with an…
For the first time, researchers have mapped all the known targets, including journalists, activists, and human rights defenders, whose phones were hacked by Pegasus, a spyware developed by NSO Group. Forensic Architecture, an academic unit at Goldsmiths, University of London that investigates human rights abuses, scoured dozens of reports from…
Russian government-linked hackers were behind last week’s cyberattack targeting the U.S. Republican National Committee, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The hack appears to have originated with APT29, also known as Cozy Bear, a hacker group that is widely believed to be linked to Russia’s…
Q: I schedule Windows 10 to install updates during my off-hours. But, prior to installing the update, my PC slows to a crawl. I can only speed it up again by allowing the update to install right away, which forces the PC to restart while I’m trying to work. Is…
Photo: Diego Cervo (Shutterstock) Microsoft recently released emergency patches to fix a major zero-day security flaw in Windows’ Print Spooler code dubbed “PrintNightmare,” but they didn’t fix the problem. Security researchers discovered the vulnerability is still present on several versions of Windows even after the patch (via TechRadar), leaving users…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke its previous record for current hospitalizations, set more than a year ago. The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to data reported…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke its previous record for current hospitalizations, set more than a year ago. The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to data reported…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke its previous record for current hospitalizations, set more than a year ago. The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to data reported…
The NSA issued a “best practices” guide for mobile device security last year in which it recommends rebooting a phone every week as a way to stop hacking-image courtesy NSA RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a…
WASHINGTON — Police in Spain arrested a British man Wednesday on U.S. charges accusing him of hacking the Twitter accounts of several prominent Americans and a foreign leader last year. The Justice Department said 22-year-old Joseph O’Connor was arrested in the Spanish coastal resort city of Estepona, after U.S. authorities…
REvil is an ambitious hacking group that extorts tens of millions from victims. REvil is likely Russia-based and linked to a ransomware strain used to attack healthcare firms. The group’s solely financial motivations can make it more dangerous than other hacking groups. LoadingSomething is loading. REvil, one of the most…
Last week, a new open-source Registry Editor was released that puts Windows Regedit software to shame by supporting a host of advanced features, making editing the Registry easier than ever. The Windows Registry is a centralized, hierarchical database used by the operating system to store system settings, hardware configurations, and user preferences. …
Since the discovery of PrintNightmare, Delpy has been working to both investigate and exploit it for research purposes. Initially, he reported that he could achieve both remote code execution and local privilege escalation using PrintNightmare on a fully patched server with “Point & Print” enabled. Following that development, Delpy was…
Screenshot of the hacked Serbian Public Debt Administration website on July 16. Photo: 021.rs A Turkish group called Cyber Warrior Tim Akincilar hacked the Serbian Public Debt Administration’s website on Friday in what appeared to be a protest against Serbia’s denial of the Srebrenica genocide. On the Public Debt Administration…
A fence surrounds the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington October 5, 2013 REUTERS/Mike Theiler WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia’s cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms and two other entities over “aggressive and harmful” activities –…
