SolarWinds
SolarWinds and its CISO not off the hook over “materially misleading” security statement
"Flat falsehoods" says district judge of public security statement -- but dismisses multiple other SEC claims.
News
Cyber Resilience Bill: What does it mean for the UK?
"The Bill will strengthen our defences..."
Change Healthcare
Single ransomware attack has $2.45 billion impact -- with "direct response" costs hitting $776 million
One Citrix appliance with no MFA = $2 billion in damages.
Intel
Intel RAG chatbot leaps data hurdles at Paris Olympics
Chip hurler shares lessons for enterprises from the International Olympic Committee's test of retrieval-augmented generation
Cisco
Critical Cisco vulnerability CVE-2024-20419 lets unauthenticated attackers change admin passwords
"A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access the web UI or API with the privileges of the compromised user."
News
Samsung acquires knowledge graph startup Oxford Semantics
The acquisition "will further boost Samsung’s strong capabilities in knowledge engineering.”
News
Hyperscalers demand suppliers serve up embodied carbon emissions intel
Headaches all round as datacenter operators come under scrutiny over energy use
Banking
Bank of America plans $4 billion "technology initiatives" spend
"AI has moved from cost-savings ideas to enhancing the quality of our customer interactions" says CEO.
UK government
King's Speech: Labour sets out cybersecurity rules, but fails to introduce 'AI Bill'
Tories criticise "mystery bill that creates months of uncertainty and loses the UK jobs and investment just as it has in the EU.”
News
Datadog rumoured to be sniffing round GitLab as tech M&A market heats up
That corporate tech roulette wheel never stops spinning
Microsoft
UK regulator launches 'new merger inquiry' into Microsoft’s hiring of AI luminaries
Watchdog probes decision to bring 'certain former employees' of Inflection AI into the Microsoft fold
GenAI
What 'went wrong' with GenAI in business and the enterprise? Princeton professor warns of 'unsolved challenges'
'The AI-in-your-face approach by Microsoft and Google has led to features that are occasionally useful and more often annoying.'