News
Is it really different this time? Nvidia briefly more valuable than Amazon as markets salivate over AI
Investors betting big on AI chips
vmware
VMware kills free ESXi stone dead
"Along with the termination of perpetual licensing, Broadcom has also decided to discontinue..."
News
NCSC vuln management guide details why to update by default - and why not to
Business should own the risk - not the security team
Bank of England
Bank of England's tech overhaul: 'Open Sesame' or more friction?
Proposed changes for account onboarding front-load compliance burden, even as technology gets slicker...
CISA
How secure is your package repo? CISA defines four levels of security maturity, starting at zero
"Package managers are at a critical point in the open source ecosystem and have the capability to scale security improvements across open source ecosystems"
infrastructure
"(Almost) all of the decisions I endorse or regret after four years running startup infrastructure"
"Unless you’re penny-pinching (and your time is free), there’s no reason to run your own control plane..."
News
Shell says it's collecting “5 trillion rows of data” for AI – but CEO warns on IT cost cuts
"We've reduced some 35% of our IT contractors since the middle of last year – and really getting much sharper on where we want to focus our scarce IT dollars."
Fortinet
Fortinet patches MORE pre-auth RCEs, with exploits reported. Ivanti also slips out a fresh VPN fix...
"Disable SSL VPN (disable webmode is NOT a valid workaround..."
Dynatrace
Dynatrace hits $1.4 billion ARR, grabs logos from AppDynamics, aims to grow logs offering
"The number of IT resources that are available to do manual processing of IT workloads is constrained and sophisticated observability and application security [is becoming] more critical..."
Europe
European cybersecurity labels are coming. Who's signed up?
Scheme will pave the way for upcoming certification schemes: EUCS on cloud services and EU5G on 5G security
ransomware
Ransomware earns scumbags $1 billion in 2023
"Invest in, understand and test your entire recovery strategy"
white house
White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy rapped over lack of “performance measures”
"Traditional cybersecurity delivery metrics... have lost their relevance."