Microsoft Security Failures and Lies
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Microsoft Says China Is Abusing Vulnerability Disclosure Requirements To Hoard Exploits [Ed: Microsoft is more an enemy than China is. This is Microsoft leveraging nationalism fro distract from its liability.]
Plenty of countries have vulnerability disclosure requirements in place. This is supposed to increase the security of all users by requiring notification of affected platforms or software of exploits that may be used by malicious entities.
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Why do university IT systems drive staff round the bend? [iophk: Windows TCO]
The University of Edinburgh was recently brought to a near standstill by a switchover to a new payments system, with PhD students going unpaid, contracts cancelled and the overseers of multimillion-pound research projects unable to order basic necessities such as paper.
While an extreme example, the case demonstrated what many who work in higher education have known for years: the systems universities rely on to function on a day-to-day basis are often apparently not fit-for-purpose.
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Medibank sticks by [ransomware] ransom call [iophk: Windows TCO]
But Mr Wilkins said paying a $US9.7m ransom was never an option and would have supercharged the [ransomware] industry.
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Cyber attack to cost Medibank up to $35m [iophk: Windows TCO]
“Based on our current actions in response to the cybercrime event, we currently estimate $25 million to $35 million of pre-tax non-recurring costs will impact earnings in the first half of 2023,” Chief Executive David Koczkar will say in his address at Wednesday’s annual general meeting in Melbourne.
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Top Zeus Botnet Suspect “Tank” Arrested in Geneva [Ed: Windows TCO]
Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources.