Cybersecurity
Alphabet’s reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out
Cybersecurity outfit to go its own way to IPO and $1B ARR On the day of Alphabet's Q2 earnings call, cybersecurity firm Wiz has walked from a $23 billion takeover bid by Google's parent company.…
Securing AI around the world
Gain insight by joining this AI security webinar on July 31 Webinar As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries in the Middle East, protecting systems from cyber threats is critical.…
LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack
Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an "unprecedented" ransomware attack on Friday.…
Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns
More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.…
Oracle coughs up $115M to make privacy case go away
Big Red agrees not to capture personal details after two-year class action Oracle has agreed to cough up $115 million to settle a two-year class action lawsuit that alleged misuse of user data.…
EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft
Was a 2009 agreement on interoperability to blame? Did the EU force Microsoft to let third parties like CrowdStrike run riot in the Windows kernel as a result of a 2009 undertaking? This is the implication being peddled by the Redmond-based cloud and software titan.…
Two Russians sanctioned over cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure
Supposed hacktivist efforts previously linked to the Kremlin's GRU Flying under the radar on Clownstrike day last week, two members of the Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) hacktivist crew are the latest additions to the US sanctions list.…
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe
17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will 'relentlessly pursue' miscreants around the globe Cops in the UK have arrested a suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider crime gang, which is accused of crippling MGM Resorts in Las Vegas with ransomware last summer.…
CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear
Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday Kettle If you're an IT administrator with Windows boxes on your network, Friday can't have been a lot of fun. What's likely millions of systems were or still are stuck in blue-screen boot loop hell, mostly requiring manual intervention…
CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world
Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop - but there's a workaround Updated An update to a product from infosec vendor CrowdStrike is bricking computers running Windows globally.…