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Brit charged in US over Scattered Spider cyber attacks

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The United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday unsealed criminal charges against five individuals, including a 22 year-old British national named as Tyler Robert Buchanan, over their alleged involvement in the Scattered Spider cyber attacks. During their criminal rampage, the gang used social engineering techniques to game their victims into giving up vital credentials, often…

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IT and business leaders face big gap in understanding of data priorities

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Over three-quarters (77%) of business leaders claim it is easy to use the data they need for their jobs, yet IT people struggle with data management, research has found. The Morning Consult survey of 4,000 business leaders and tech practitioners for Capital One found that 70% of IT staff report spending up to four hours…

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IAM within the framework of defence in depth

7 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By

IT leaders should address their internal processes to minimise their organisations’ IT security risk exposure and attack surface. This becomes ever more complex as business IT environments evolve. Leaders not only need to consider which employees and job roles require access to which IT systems, but also non-human access controls where either an internal or…

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Gambling cloud provider bets on Nutanix and cools on VMware

4 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Cisco, Cloud, cloud-native, Kubernetes, Tech / By

Cloud provider Continent 8 has shifted its virtualisation environment to Nutanix from VMware, in a move partly driven by changes to VMware licensing, but also in an infrastructure shift to hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and because of influence gained in its ongoing partnership with Nutanix. The move has seen Continent 8 shift the bulk of its…

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AMD pushes GPU advantage with HPC top spot

3 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, HP, IBM, IBM Cloud, machine learning, Tech / By

The AMD-powered El Capitan supercomputer, housed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), is now ranked as the world’s fastest supercomputer. Built by HPE, the supercomputer uses AMD Instinct MI300A accelerated processing units (APUs). It achieved a High-Performance Linpack (HPL) score of 1.742 exaflops based on the latest Top500 list.  The LLNL is using the…

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Interview: Raymond Boyle, vice-president of data and analytics, Hyatt Hotels

8 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Cloud, data science, machine learning, Tech / By

Raymond Boyle, vice-president of data and analytics at Hyatt Hotels, is an experienced executive who helps his business make the most of its information. He is responsible for Hyatt’s data strategy, governance, engineering, science and analytics capabilities. His team’s data-led insights boost customer and colleague experiences. “I took the opportunity because I love the role,”…

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Microsoft Ignite: A $4m zero-day reward plus $349 thin client

3 minutes of reading / AI, Cloud, Microsoft, Tech / By

During the opening session of Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reaffirmed the company’s ongoing commitment to improving the security of the its products. The focus on security includes the principles of secure by design, secure by default, and what Nadella refers to as “secure by operations”. Describing the company’s commitment to the…

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Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms

20 minutes of reading / API, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, Computer, GDPR, Microsoft, NEC, Tech / By

Nine police forces are seeking to replace their common records managements system (RMS) with a cloud-based alternative – but despite upcoming changes to the UK’s data laws, experts say the strong likelihood of a US-based hyperscaler winning the contract presents continued risks. Under the UK’s current data regime, moving sensitive police records to one of…

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Apple’s new auto-reboot iPhone feature is driving authorities crazy

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Cloud, iCloud, iPhone, Tech, Twitter / By

Apple has been pretty serious about improving the iPhone’s anti-theft features. With iOS 18, users can finally lock and hide apps with Face ID. These functions make sensitive data safer while preventing scammers from accessing key apps like banks, photos, emails, and more.However, another feature went unnoticed for months. As first reported by 404 Media,…

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Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers

3 minutes of reading / API, Atlassian, Cisco, Cloud, Fortinet, Microsoft, Tech, VPN / By

Threat actors – both state-backed and financially motivated – are increasingly taking advantage of previously unknown vulnerabilities, or zero-days, to compromise their victims before fixes or patches are made available by the tech industry, according to an advisory published by the Five Eyes cyber agencies, including the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the…

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