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Target’s ‘Circle Week’ Sale Starts Before Amazon’s October Prime Day
We may earn a commission from links on this page. October Prime Day usually marks the start of the holiday shopping season, but Target has been pulling a fast one on Amazon lately, beginning their competition sale before Amazon’s for two years in a row. Here is everything you need to know about Target Circle Week. What (and when) is…
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Cyber workforce growth slows as tight budgets hit hiring targets — and it’s going to create a more dangerous threat landscape and send burnout through the roof
Growth of the global cybersecurity workforce has slowed for the first time in six years, according to new research, while cyber threats show no signs of slowing. ISC2’s Cybersecurity Workforce Study found the global workforce amounted to 5.5 million people, marking a 0.1% year on year increase, whereas the labor pool had grown by as much as 8.7% year on…
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Salesforce targets gains with AI voice agents in latest acquisition
Salesforce confirmed it has signed an agreement to acquire AI-powered voice agent developer Tenyx in a move that will see the CRM provider onboard staff and technology from the firm. Upon completion of the deal, Salesforce will benefit from an extension in its autonomous agent capabilities within ‘Agentforce Service Agent’ by incorporating Tenyx’s technology. Tenyx’s expertise will help “advance its…
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Linux version of new Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers
Image: Midjourney A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is impersonating the legitimate Cicada 3301 organization and has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked companies worldwide. The new cybercrime operation is named after and uses the same logo as the mysterious 2012-2014 online/real-world game named Cicada 3301 that involved elaborate cryptographic puzzles. However, there’s no connection between…
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Cicada3301 ransomware’s Linux encryptor targets VMware ESXi systems
Image: Midjourney A new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation named Cicada3301 has already listed 19 victims on its extortion portal, as it quickly attacked companies worldwide. The new cybercrime operation is named after the mysterious 2012-2014 online/real-world game that involved elaborate cryptographic puzzles and used the same logo for promotion on cybercrime forums. However, it is unlikely there’s a connection between the…
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