Enterprise IT
‘29 systems to order boots’ – MOD warned on digital strategy hurdles
“The high level of support may help the MoD achieve more fundamental change this time."
Cybersecurity
3 trillion open source downloads, a 633% rise in malicious activity -- and a worrying sense of security
IT managers say their orgs are better prepared - infosec pros are less confident...
Cybersecurity
FIDO2 is touted as a security panacea: Why isn't it everywhere?
FIDO2 makes the user initiate all authentication attempts.
Cybersecurity
Windows fails to update vulnerable driver blocklist for THREE YEARS
MS now says the blocklist will only be updated alongside major Windows releases.
Cybersecurity
British gov't aims to kill off Companies House's Bobby Tables problem
The British government is changing Companies House name rules to prevent people from creating company names which include code that could sabotage unwary data processors through cross-site scripting (XSS) injection attacks. When a company is registered in the UK, it has to follow certain rules about its name – but provided
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UK’s Open Cosmos plans communal satellite constellation
“Partner members can contribute satellites to the constellation."
Enterprise IT
Execs at Goldman Sachs conference see IT spending keep growing...
“What do we make of that? We're not quite sure, to be honest with you."
Cybersecurity
Uber hack update: Initial analysis suggests contractor creds bought on dark web
“We’ve not seen the attacker accessed the production systems."
Enterprise IT
This Cargo shipping giant is testing AI voyage optimisation, but it's taking a while to build trust
"Suddenly we had 10,000 data points in our database, and needed to make sense of that."
Cybersecurity
Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows TCP/IP vuln allows bad packets to gain pre-auth RCE, plus 0day
More than half the release involves RCE - time to get patching.
Cybersecurity
Malware use is plummeting because employee credentials are so easy to get: CrowdStrike
"Adversaries continue to have success with older, widely publicized and patchable exploits."
Enterprise IT
UK fintech investment drops 65% in a year – are we doomed? (no)
2021's Refinitiv deal distorts the picture...