Cyber Security Today, Feb. 6, 2023 – Ransomware is targeting VMware’s hypervisor, hospitals are attacked and more
This episode reports on third-party cybersecurity risks, a warning to managed Chromebook admins, hacks at two U.S. background checking service
OSC&R, OpenVEX, C-SCRM set to tackle supply chain attacks
The OSC&R (Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference), Open Visibility Exploitability eXchange (OpenVEX), a tool for addressing vulnerabilities in enterprise software, and cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM), are set to help enterprises combat supply chain attacks. The tools will provide a common framework for evaluating and measuring the risk to their supply chains. OSC&R […]
Interpol preparing to clampdown on Metaverse crimes
Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, is researching how to police the metaverse, a digital world envisioned as an alternative to the real world, according to Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock. The secretary general of the International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, in an interview with the media house BBC stated that “criminals are sophisticated and […]
AI search for aliens boosted with eight potential signals
An international team of researchers searching for intelligent life in space has discovered eight promising radio signals in data collected at a U.S. observatory using artificial intelligence (AI). The study, published on January 30 in the journal Nature Astronomy, does not claim to have discovered proof of intelligent aliens; a brief follow-up search for the […]
OSTP chief Alondra Nelson announces plans to step down
Alondra Nelson, Director of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) at the White House of the United States of America (USA), has announced her intention to leave her role, and return to her faculty position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. “This is my last week @WHOSTP,” she said in the tweet. “It’s […]
Twitter to make free write-only API available to bots that provide valuable content
Elon Musk has announced that Twitter will provide a free write-only Application Programming Interface (API) for bots that provide useful content to the microblogging platform. “In response to feedback, Twitter will enable a light, write-only API for bots providing good, free content,” Musk tweeted. Twitter previously announced that, beginning February 9, it will no longer […]
Microsoft issues statement on KB5021751 update
Microsoft claims that the KB5021751 update protects users’ privacy while scanning for and identifying the number of customers running outdated or near-end-of-life Office versions. Microsoft explained in its accompanying support document that this update was intended to assist the company in identifying the number of Windows users who were running outdated or soon-to-be-outdated Office software […]
Dashlane launches open-source Android and iOS apps
Dashlane, a subscription-based password manager, has made the source code for its Android and iOS apps available on GitHub in order to encourage more collaborative and open development in the future. “Transparency and trust are part of our company values, and we strive to reflect those values in everything we do. We hope that being […]
Southwest names Lauren Woods as CIO
Southwest Airlines has promoted Lauren Woods to the position of chief information officer to help manage the airline’s technology upgrades following its system-wide operational meltdown in late 2022. Woods has “led key initiatives across Southwest’s technology department” since joining the airline in 2010, Southwest Airlines said. She was previously the vice president of technology. She […]
Schneider launches tools to address proposed SEC rules and fines
Schneider Electric, a power management company, has launched a set of tools to help its MSP and data center customers provide evidence of conformance with emission regulations to their customers. Schneider says it intends to provide customers with tools to produce detailed data on their emissions and “what-if” contexts to anticipate the effects of new […]
