Bringing old-school tech into the modern day, Future Retro’s take on vector synthesis is a hugely endearing weirdo. Greg Scarth finds out more. You only need a few seconds with the Future Retro Vectra to conclude that it’s an oddball. Here’s a synth with a 29-key capacitive touch keyboard, for a start; that’s an approach […]
The cryptocurrency company Tether seized $1.4 million on behalf of U.S. law enforcement investigating a tech support scam targeting elderly citizens, the company announced Tuesday — as it attempts to burnish its reputation amid accusations that its USDT coin is the currency of choice for online fraudsters. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District […]
Security leaders recognize that the pattern of buying new tech and the frantic state of find-fix vulnerability management is not working, according to Cymulate. Security leaders take proactive approach to cybersecurity Rather than waiting for the next big cyberattack and hoping they have the right defenses in place, security leaders are now more than ever […]
More than a decade ago, the concept of the ‘blameless’ postmortem changed how tech companies recognize failures at scale. John Allspaw, who coined the term during his tenure at Etsy, argued postmortems were all about controlling our natural reaction to an incident, which is to point fingers: “One option is to assume the single cause […]
A coalition of dozens of countries, including France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with tech companies such as Google, MDSec, Meta, and Microsoft, have signed a joint agreement to curb the abuse of commercial spyware to commit human rights abuses. The initiative, dubbed the Pall Mall Process, aims to tackle the proliferation and irresponsible […]
The tech industry has shaped a series of weak privacy laws nationwide, according to a new report, with half of the 14 states to have passed such laws receiving failing grades and none receiving an “A” on the report’s scorecard. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund assessed the 14 bills across […]
Governance & Risk Management , Healthcare , Industry Specific Complaint Alleges Tech Giant Is Breaking Privacy Promises, Putting Patients at Risk Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 19, 2024 Image: Google Two tech advocacy groups are pushing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, alleging the company has reneged on a promise it […]
A Russian tech student could face treason charges for helping Ukrainian hackers carry out cyberattacks against Russia. A resident of the Siberian city of Tomsk, Seymour Israfilov was detained by Russian security services (FSB) in October, but little information was given about him and his alleged crime at the time of his arrest. The FSB […]
The flaws affect Tianocore’s EDK II UEFI implementation and other major tech companies and BIOS providers, prompting a coordinated disclosure effort by CERT/CC and CERT-FR.
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