emissions
UK government IT emissions are climbing
"As consumers we all need to look at that consumption and usage data as our baseline... and then design and deliver more efficient digital systems and services"
cybercrime
FCA’s £11 million Equifax fine comes with a fresh cybersecurity warning
"The risk of identity theft never stops. Cyber criminals are sophisticated and innovative... firms must raise their standards."
open source
A free new repository offers intel on malicious open source
OpenSSF's new Malicious Packages Repository is free to use in and available in OSV format.
SAP
AWS Systems Manager for SAP goes GA - Do you really want to do that?
Enterprises running – or looking to run – SAP HANA in the cloud have got an improved proposition from AWS, with AWS Systems Manager for SAP generally available (GA) this week and offering new capabilities to operate, manage, and backup SAP applications on AWS more efficiently. AWS Systems Manager for SAP is
CISO
CISO salaries: 20% earning over $700,000; GRC backgrounds get less
"We’re seeing CISOs getting elevated in the business, taking on a larger scope and being exposed to increased liability."
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..."
News
Patch Tuesday is 20: Curl fix lands, Skype’s under attack and there’s a wormable pre-auth RCE in the mix
A CVSS 9.8, pre-auth RCE that lets an attacker execute arbitrary code without user interaction is wormable on systems where Message Queuing is enabled.
DDoS
Most of the internet exposed to HTTP/2 zero day, as hyperscalers report record DDoS attacks
"Any enterprise or individual that is serving an HTTP-based workload to the Internet may be at risk from this attack"
NHS
The Streaming Surgeon: Hips, headsets, privacy, and bad Wi-Fi
"People often think theatre is very scary and confrontational. It can be at times. But it's not the way we do it and I think that's why it’s a very unique experience..."
News
A local, free, open source, generative AI stack for developers? Docker and friends aim to cover all the bases
Package includes Ollama, which lets you download a range of open source LLM model packages, bundling weights, configuration and data into a single portable file
banks
Metro Bank wins a lifeline, but for how long?
Efficient at IT, but not much else looks hugely attractive
Estonia
Meet the female founders disrupting tech in Estonia and beyond
A former innovation manager for a major bank, a scientist with over a decade of research experience and a general manager of multiple restaurants and cafés. These three women may have different career backgrounds, but all identified problems in their respective sectors and are solving them with tech. As shocking