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Cyber attack on Greater Lawrence Technical School claimed by ransomware gang
Ransomware gang Abyss yesterday claimed responsibility for a data breach at Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover, Massachusetts. The group says it stole 1.1 TB of data and is demanding the school pay a ransom by December 2, 2024. Greater Lawrence Technical School announced a “network outage” on November 11, 2024 that forced it to cancel classes, athletics, and extracurricular…
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Adopting more security tools doesn’t keep you safe, it just overloads your teams and creates greater risks
While most security decision makers are expanding their security tools rather than replacing them, this could create greater risks for practitioners. According to new Google Workspace research, while nearly two-thirds (62%) of UK-based IT leaders admitted to adding new security tools as they go along, those ending up with ten or more experience more security incidents than those with fewer.…
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Windows 11 will finally give you greater control over HDR features
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 27686 with some hidden HDR-related changes. As noticed by Phantom on X, one of the hidden features is the ability to “allow HDR video streaming even when HDR is off.” As the name suggests, this basically allows you to stream HDR content without enabling HDR for the entire system. New HDR settings in Windows 11 Additionally, the…
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Thousands targeted with phishing emails after cyber attack on Greater Manchester councils
A major cyber attack that’s hit councils across Greater Manchester has highlighted the risks local authorities face. The attack on Locata affected the housing websites for Manchester, Salford, and Bolton councils, which are run by the software firm. It’s led to thousands of users being sent a phishing email asking them to ‘activate your tenancy options’ and hand over their…
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