Cybersecurity

Orange Spain Faces BGP Traffic Hijack After RIPE Account Hacked by Malware

Jan 05, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Malware Mobile network operator Orange Spain suffered an internet outage for several hours on January 3 after a threat actor used administrator credentials captured by means of stealer malware to hijack the border gateway protocol (BGP) traffic. “The Orange account in the IP network coordination center (RIPE) has suffered improper […]

Cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Had Covert Access to Ukraine’s Telecom Giant for Months

Jan 05, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Breach Ukrainian cybersecurity authorities have disclosed that the Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Sandworm was inside telecom operator Kyivstar’s systems at least since May 2023. The development was first reported by Reuters. The incident, described as a “powerful hacker attack,” first came to light last month, knocking out […]

Cybersecurity

Mimecast acquires human risk management specialist Elevate Security

Dive Brief: Mimecast, a specialist in email and collaborative workspace security, reached an agreement to buy Elevate Security, a human risk management solutions provider.  Mimecast said the deal will help protect digital work environments by providing additional insight into human behavior. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. The companies have […]

Cybersecurity

Alert: Ivanti Releases Patch for Critical Vulnerability in Endpoint Manager Solution

Jan 05, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Ivanti has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its Endpoint Manager (EPM) solution that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE) on susceptible servers. Tracked as CVE-2023-39336, the vulnerability has been rated 9.6 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. The shortcoming […]

Data Center

What is dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) | Definition from TechTarget

What is dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)? Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is the adjustment of power and speed settings on a computing device’s various processors, controller chips and peripheral devices to optimize resource allotment for tasks and maximize power saving when those resources are not needed. DVFS refers to the dynamic or […]