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Credit to Author: Alison Matte| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000

In my role as sustainability leader for EcoStruxure IT, I have the unique vantage point of seeing how the IT and Data Centre industry is changing to limit its impact on the environment. Data centres are voracious energy consumers, accounting for nearly 2.7% of European electricity usage…

The post The EU Energy Efficiency Directive and its impact on CIOs, Data Centre Owners and Operators appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

ScadaICS Schneider

February 7, 2024 admin

Empowering Wellness: Unveiling Schneider Electric’s Well-being Programs

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:51:07 +0000

At Schneider Electric, we understand the pivotal role that employee well-being plays in fostering a thriving, innovative, and sustainable work environment. Our commitment to well-being extends beyond traditional health initiatives to encompass a comprehensive approach built around 6 key pillars. Through programs and support mechanisms,…

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Security Wired

February 7, 2024 admin

Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.

Security Wired

February 7, 2024 admin

2054, Part III: The Singularity

Credit to Author: Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000

“You’d have an incomprehensible level of computational, predictive, analytic, and psychic skill. You’d have the mind of God.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

Independent Krebs

February 7, 2024 admin

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:10:18 +0000

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation.

MalwareBytes Security

February 7, 2024 admin

How to tell if your toothbrush is being used in a DDoS attack

Your essential guide to toothbrush security.

Kaspersky Security

February 7, 2024 admin

What kind of education does a cybersecurity specialist need? | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:42:27 +0000

What kind of education does a cybersecurity specialist need: formal or “additional”?

ComputerWorld Independent

February 7, 2024 admin

What a future without browser cookies looks like

Most online users have experienced it. You do an online search for healthcare purposes, travel information, or something to buy and soon you’re being bombarded with emails and targeted online ads for everything related to your search. That’s because browser cookies were tracking you as you performed your searches; they identified you and your activity.

Over the past few years, the online advertising industry has been undergoing a sea change as regulators restricted how cookies can be used and browser providers moved away from their use in response to consumer outcries over privacy.

“They often feel surveilled; some even find it ‘creepy’ that a website can show them ads related to their behavior elsewhere,” according to a recent study by the HEC Paris Business School.

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