cyberattack
Hack back: US disconnects Volt Typhoon
"This actor is not doing the quiet intelligence collection and theft of secrets... they can disrupt major services if, and when, the order comes down,"
patch
Patch now: Critical Jenkins exploits released
POCs validated, over 45,000 instances still publicly exposed after critical Jenkins vulnerability disclosed.
Big Data
Turn of the century UK pols say it's time to turn NHS health data into a 'competitive asset'
"If you’re selling data to the highest bidder, the people who buy it will be those who can make the most money, not who will do the most good for the NHS..."
AI
Britain wants Talent: Will AI whizzes switch to the public sector?
"More and more of the people we speak to want the opportunity to use their skills for the benefit of others"
cybercrime
Data breach compilation indexes over 12 terabytes of hackers' greatest hits
Over 26 billion records compromised in newly discovered trove of multiple breaches.
cyberattack
Ransomware attackers jack up attacks on tech companies
"Over 102.4 million records were breached via ransomware attacks on tech companies in 2023–a staggering 2,300 percent increase on 2022’s figure of 4.26 million. It’s also the highest number recorded across any industry since we began tracking confirmed ransomware attacks in 2018..."
AWS
AWS invests $15 billion in Japan - as Oracle mops up big customers
AWS is expanding its operations in Japan by building on its infrastructure capacity in Tokyo and Osaka.
AI
WEF: AI dominates talks but to what gain?
"Artificial intelligence by the name is not something that you can actually govern," says Dubai Futures CEO. But the World Economic Forum tries, nonetheless.
TikTok
Trending on TikTok: A catchy Korean jingle, “life-changing” shapewear – and tech layoffs
Clumsily or coldly firing staff? Be prepared for prime time on social media...
cyberresilience
CRA(P): Will Europe throw the open source baby out with the bathwater?
"The major concerns are that the responsibility for compliance would fall on the wrong parties..."
Hashicorp
Sebastian Stadil on Terraform, OpenTofu, and open source
"This tofu has beef with HashiCorp..." Core OpenTofu Contributor and Scalr Founder talks to The Stack at OSS Europe.
CI/CD
The Big Interview: Sacha Labourey on Tekton, GitHub Actions and taking CI/CD to the cloud
The CloudBees co-founder on a belated drive to cloud-native CI/CD and some of the choices to power that...