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IT chiefs plan to spend and innovate their way out of ransomware swamp
Ransomware is the scourge of the contemporary CIO’s data defenses. It’s the security infraction that makes for, quite literally, sleepless nights because it affects not just IT departments and SOCs but the whole operational function of the organization, reaching out to its partners and customers. At the same time, it…
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LockBit ransomware site returns — but don’t worry, it might actually be OK
The website of ransomware hackers LockBit, which was seized by police and shut down, has relaunched. However, it wasn’t the hackers that propped it back up, but rather the law enforcement agents who originally seized it. The refreshed website includes some new details about the group and its leader. Some…
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We may all hate them — but it seems parrots don’t mind video calls
Four years ago and almost overnight, the world went digital. With workers globally sent home as governments started issuing pandemic warnings, companies were forced to adopt new, online ways of working. Today, the thought of joining yet another video conferencing call fills many of us with dread, and recent years…
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Microsoft Graph is becoming a popular target for hackers
Multiple hacking collectives are been actively using Microsoft Graph API to hide their communications with command & control (C2) infrastructure hosted on Microsoft cloud services, cybersecurity researchers from Symantec Threat Hunter Team have revealed. The researchers claim that for two and a half years now, groups such as APT28, REF2924,…
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World’s largest HDD company wants to launch massive 60TB SSD in 2024 — WD CEO spills beans on solid state roadmap as he divulges that enterprise customers want much bigger capacities, fast
During Western Digital’s recent Q3 earnings call, CEO David Goeckeler disclosed that the ever-growing need for higher capacity and speedier data access from customers across the world is pushing the company to expand its solid-state capacities. The company chalked up a profitable quarter, with revenues soaring over forecast to $3.46…
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Five ways to keep up with the AI revolution
I’ve been working with the technologies associated with conversational AI for two decades. The wide adoption moment that the release of ChatGPT ushered in was something I’d been waiting for (and something I predicted in my book, Age of Invisible Machines). People like having conversations with technology using natural language.…
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