Day: October 12, 2021

Spectrum Threatens Former Customers In Renewal Shakedown

An anonymous reader writes: Spectrum has been sending former customers strange letters threatening to report them to the credit agencies unless they renew services, in attempt to win back their business. The letters say that “as a one-time courtesy,” the company will cancel debt it claims they owe and stop reporting them to credit agencies…


Microsoft Says It Mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS Attack, the Largest Ever

Microsoft said its Azure cloud service mitigated a 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service attack this year, at the end of August, representing the largest DDoS attack recorded to date. From a report: Amir Dahan, Senior Program Manager for Azure Networking, said the attack was carried out using a botnet of approximately…


Palo Alto Networks to Transfer Stock Exchange Listing to Nasdaq

Palo Alto Networks anticipates meeting the requirements for inclusion in the NASDAQ-100 index when it rebalances in December. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Oracle Cloud Joins ONUG Collaborative

ONUG Collaborative welcomes new members including Oracle Cloud, Sysdig, Wiz, Intuit, Adobe, Qualys, and F5. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Kaspersky Updates Industrial Cybersecurity Service

Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity unlocks centralized management and visibility across entire OT infrastructure. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Amazon CEO: Directors and team leaders will determine return to work policy for white collar workers

And warehouse staff, data centre engineers, retail staffers? ‘Thanks for your dedication’ but no flexible work for you Amazon says team leaders will determine when white collar workers return to the office and how many days they’ll be expected to be in.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Not Hitting Your Security KPIs? Get the Whole Business Involved

CISOs can deliver better outcomes and get the support they need by linking security processes to business results. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Emerson merges software units with AspenTech in $11bn deal

Currently awaiting new trial over Facebook data centre trade secrets spat Mega conglomerate Emerson will buy a majority stake in asset optimisation software biz AspenTech and merge its software units with the firm in an $11bn deal.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Brit MPs blast Baroness Dido Harding’s performance as head of NHS Test and Trace

Programme lacked transparency at critical stage in pandemic, report says Baroness Dido Harding’s tenure as head of NHS Test and Trace – a vital plank of the UK’s COVID-19 pandemic response – has been given a damning verdict by a committee of MPs.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Refi rates on Oct. 12, 2021: Rates increase – CNET

Multiple key refinance rates ticked up today. …read more Source:: CNet