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US government warns water services are being targeted in cyberattacks

[ad_1] The US government has issued a warning to its allies that state-backed hackers from Iran and China are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure, with the most notable attacks against water systems. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) probed a number of Iranian attacks targeting Unitronic programmable logic controllers (PLC) used in water facilities.…

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US government probing security risks of mobile devices using Russian or Chinese satellites

[ad_1] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating the potential risks posed by Russian and Chinese satellite systems that are used by some US mobile devices. There are concerns that some satellites operated by Russia and China could be siphoning Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data. The FCC rules state that only approved satellite…

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Google CEO says that AI tips the scales in favor of defenders “disproportionately”

[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that AI could help strengthen cybersecurity against threat actors in a way that significantly benefits the defenders. While AI tools such as ChatGPT have lowered the bar to launch successful cyber attacks, the services could provide just as much utility to speed up the detection and quarantine…

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UK’s Southern Water reports huge leak – hundreds of thousands of customer’s data stolen by hackers

[ad_1] Up to 470,000 UK customers of water provider Southern Water may have had their data stolen by hackers, the company has warned. While investigations into exactly how many customers have been affected are still ongoing, Southern Water released a statement saying that they are planning to notify “5 to 10 percent” of its…

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“Data is complex, it’s messy, it doesn’t live in one place” — how Dynatrace leveraged its own platform to drive digital transformation

[ad_1] At Dynatrace Perform 2024, the word of the day was observability. Having the power to look at business data and understand how it can be best utilized to drive business transformation. Steve Tack, Dynatrace’s SVP Product, and Colleen Kozak, CTO explained in the opening hours of the Las Vegas conferences how the company…

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Thousands of businesses found handing tonnes of user data to Facebook

[ad_1] Alarming new research has found supposedly private user data is being shared between Facebook and thousands of companies through hidden tracking techniques. In the study, users downloaded a three year span of data from Facebook which found that on average, each individual had their data shared by 2,230 companies. While the individuals who…

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Intel in the crosshairs for billion dollar investment to secure military microchips

[ad_1] Intel has the potential to be selected to receive several billions dollars US government funding to produce microchips for military and intelligence application, new reports have claimed. According to the Wall Street Journal, the funds will assist in building a secure facility for the production of the microchips as a means to reduce…

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