Category: Technology

I’ll admit it: I’m a skeptic, and a grouchy one at that. I rarely let fun or interesting new products go by without a “harumph” or a “humbug.” That’s why I think I need to issue a retraction here. See, when niche video game console maker Analogue announced the Analogue Pocket, its first handheld retro gaming system, […]

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: In the wake of a reconfiguration of company meeting culture, a connection is emerging between employee retention and meeting attendance, according to data from workspace collaboration analytics company Vyopta. Employees who would later leave their […]

In March 2015, the Deepwater Champion rig was at work for Exxon Mobil, exploring for oil in the Atlantic Ocean 120 miles off the coast of Guyana, drilling below 6,000 feet of water and through 12,000 feet of earth. Ultra-deepwater drilling is so complex that experts liken it to space travel, and the dangers are […]

Fortinet is warning customers to apply security upgrades after a critical vulnerability was found in FortiOS SSL-VPN that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands and take control of a targeted system.  A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, CVE-2022-42475, could allow a remote attacker to take over an affected system, Fortinet said. There […]

Dive Brief: Federal cyber authorities on Tuesday urged organizations to patch a critical vulnerability in Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) and Citrix Gateway. The remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2022-27518, is being actively exploited in the wild, Citrix said in a security update. It has a CVSS score of 9.8.  The National Security Agency issued a […]

Dive Brief: Prominent threat actors have abused legitimately signed Microsoft drivers to bypass traditional endpoint security and launch attacks against organizations in several key industries, according to research from SentinelOne and Mandiant. Researchers discovered Poortry and Stonestop malware, which are part of small toolkits that can shut down antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) […]

Dive Brief: CISOs with graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outnumber those with an advanced degree in business administration or management for the first time this year, according to a Marlin Hawk report published on Tuesday. More than 3 in 5 CISOs at large enterprises have earned a STEM advanced degree, reflecting […]

Dive Brief: Rackspace Technology confirmed that a financially motivated threat actor was behind the Dec. 2 ransomware attack, which disrupted email service to thousands of customers that use its Hosted Exchange service, the company said in an update Wednesday evening. The cloud services provider said the investigation by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity experts, along […]

A cryptographic algorithm standard first published almost 30 years ago has reached the end of the road, the National Institute of Standards and Technology said Thursday. While NIST reemphasized the need for anyone relying on secure hash algorithm (SHA-1) for security to migrate to newer and more advanced algorithms in SHA-2 or SHA-3, the issue […]

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: While trying to retrieve stolen data from its network, the Little Rock School District’s board voted 6-3 on Dec. 5 to approve a $250,000 settlement that would end a recent ransomware incident. An LRSD school […]