Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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LinuxSecurity ☛ Understanding the Implications of CentOS Stream 8 End-of-Life on Enterprise Environments
CentOS Stream 8, released alongside CentOS 8, has become a stable and reliable platform for many enterprise users. However, with the end of support for CentOS 8, users have migrated to CentOS Stream as a viable alternative. Unfortunately, CentOS Stream 8 will also reach its EOL on May 31, 2024. This poses significant challenges in the areas of security, support, and compliance for enterprises.
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Windows TCO
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IT Wire ☛ Microsoft: state-backed actors in our systems for nearly two months
Attackers claimed to be backed by Russia were inside Microsoft's corporate systems for nearly two months before the company detected their presence, it says in a blog post published on Friday.
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Coventry school reprimanded for data breach after IT system ‘hacked three times’
A Coventry school has been reprimanded for data breaches after its IT system was ‘hacked three times’. In doing so, the Information Commissioners Office has said that Finham Park Multi Academy Trust did not have adequate account lockout or password policies in place..
The ICO said, in a report, that an unauthorised third party utilised compromised credentials to access and encrypt Finham Park’s systems. It listed that, in total, 1,843 UK Data Subjects were affected by the incident, and the ICO’s investigation found Finham Park did not have adequate account lockout or password policies in place.
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UPDATE: Ransomware attack affecting Tietoevry’s services for some customers in Sweden
The attack was limited to one part of one of our Swedish datacenters, impacting Tietoevry’s services to some of our customers in Sweden. Tietoevry immediately isolated the affected platform, and the ransomware attack has not affected other parts of the company’s infrastructure. Tietoevry has taken highest level of action to investigate, mitigate and resolve the situation. A large team of experts are working on several tracks in parallel around the clock on this. We have notified the directly affected customers and are in dialogue with them for updates on the situation.
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