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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 11, 2023,

updated Mar 11, 2023

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UK ends antitrust investigation of Google’s ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement with Meta

=> ↺ UK ends antitrust investigation of Google’s ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement with Meta

The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the decision today. The CMA also stated that it will continue to review some of the antitrust concerns raised during the probe, but in a different manner than before. The review will be combined with a separate, ongoing antitrust probe into Google that began last year.

New laptops are riddled with 'bloatware'

=> ↺ New laptops are riddled with 'bloatware'

Free trials of Microsoft Office and McAfee antivirus software are by far the most common additions to new computers, according to Which? research. But just under a third of consumers actually use the software that comes pre-installed. We run through the usual suspects and explain how you can get rid of unwanted software on your computer.

Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

=> ↺ Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

Unlike the private sale offer in the first listing, this second listing allows anyone with 8 forum credits or tokens to download the data. Free samples were provided of the data.

Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

=> ↺ Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

The compromised data is “extensive,” and includes sensitive data such as Social Security numbers, home addresses and information on Senate employees’ health insurance plans, the sergeant-at-arms said in the email, which urged Senate staff to freeze their family credit to guard against fraud.

Law enforcement gave the sergeant-at-arms a list of Senate employees whose data was stolen, the email said, and the sergeant-at-arms was contacting those employees so they could protect themselves from fraud.

EPA Requires States to Address the Cybersecurity of Public Water Systems

=> ↺ EPA Requires States to Address the Cybersecurity of Public Water Systems

[...] EPA’s memorandum requiring states to address the cybersecurity of PWSs follows quickly after the White House’s release of its new National Cybersecurity Strategy, which calls for the need to use minimum cybersecurity requirements, as opposed to voluntary measures, in critical sectors to enhance national security and public safety. [...]

Reddit is shutting down its Clubhouse-style feature Talk

=> ↺ Reddit is shutting down its Clubhouse-style feature Talk

Talk, the audio conversation feature inspired by the pandemic darling Clubhouse, is being folded before it even reaches its two-year anniversary. “Today we’re sharing that we have made the difficult decision to sunset the Reddit Talk product in the coming weeks,” the company announced.

City of Waynesboro targeted in cyber attack

=> ↺ City of Waynesboro targeted in cyber attack

Some personal information in floating around in cyberspace after a ransomware attack against the city of Waynesboro.

The city’s manager, Mike Hamp, said in a statement they were notified of a potential cyberattack in January. It affected Waynesboro’s information technology infrastructure.

Hamp declined to meet or speak with NBC29, but in the statement he says the city took immediate action to remove the attack and put in place preventative security measures to “lessen the system’s vulnerability to cyberattacks.” He goes on to say that the city and the police department are trying to identify what happened.

Co-Working for the Ransomware Age: How Hive Thrived

=> ↺ Co-Working for the Ransomware Age: How Hive Thrived

Business gurus who preach strategic adaptability may have no greater adepts than ransomware hackers, who have demonstrated levels of innovation that - were they not criminal extortionists - would be worthy of a business case study.

Another Malware with Persistence

=> ↺ Another Malware with Persistence

Here's a piece of Chinese malware that infects SonicWall security appliances and survives firmware updates.

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