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CrowdStrike: The massive companies you've never heard of with a hidden grip on our lives
The world is saturated by services and products provided by companies that have a "secret grip" on the way we live. In 1951, the French-born American industrial designer Raymond Loewy described a typical day "of the average ...
Jul 25, 2024
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Internet
One Tech Tip: To hide your internet activity or your IP address, use a virtual private network
On the move and looking for an internet connection to check email or post a video to TikTok? It's tempting to jump onto the free Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or the shopping mall. But don't do it unless you've got protection.
Jul 25, 2024
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Event-driven optical encryption advances information security through neuromorphic imaging
In an era where the internet connects virtually every aspect of our lives, the security of information systems has become paramount. Safeguarding critical databases containing private and commercial information presents a ...
Jul 24, 2024
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FraudGPT and other malicious AIs are the new frontier of online threats. What can we do?
The internet, a vast and indispensable resource for modern society, has a darker side where malicious activities thrive.
Jul 24, 2024
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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Security
Mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected, according to researchers
A research team led by faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York has been exploring how mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected. Their theory: since layoffs create conditions where disgruntled ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Business
CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity's firm role in global tech outage
U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Business
Devastating ransomware attack shuts down LA County courts
The Los Angeles County Superior Court, the biggest trial court in the country, remained closed July 22 as it sought to recover from a ransomware attack on its systems, officials said.
Jul 23, 2024
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Business
Researchers discover mathematical expression for 'blockchain trilemma'
In blockchain development, there is a rule of thumb that only two of the following are valid simultaneously: scalability, security, and decentralization. However, the mathematical expression of that rule was still a work ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Business
One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world—it's a timely warning
This weekend's global IT outage caused by a software update gone wrong highlights the interconnected and often fragile nature of modern IT infrastructure. It demonstrates how a single point of failure can have far-reaching ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Software
Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage: How a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe
The world as we know it increasingly relies on digital connectivity that, for the most part, works quietly and invisibly in the background. So how did a single software update bring down half the internet?
Jul 22, 2024
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Security
From ATMs to flights, epic IT crash leaves trail of destruction
In what will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems around the ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Internet
Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the delivery of uniforms for the Olympic Games represents a growing concern for cybersecurity ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Security
CrowdStrike says more machines fixed as customers, regulators await details on what caused meltdown
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a "significant number" of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Business
Small businesses grapple with global tech outages created by CrowdStrike
An owner of a consumer insights research firm couldn't pay her employees, make Friday's deadline to sign a contract for a new business or send key research to a key client. A psychiatrist, who runs a virtual mental health ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Business
Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
Jul 21, 2024
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