In a letter obtained by RTÉ, Health Service Executive interim chief information officer Fran Thompson said the costs associated with the ransomware attack include $14.2 million for ICT infrastructure, $6.1 million to pay for outside cybersecurity assistance, $17.1 million for vendor support and $9.4 million for Office 365. The letter was sent to Aontú party leader Peadar Tóibín, and Thompson noted that they are projecting the end cost to be more than $100 million....

Tell us about Covata and how you got involved in data security? Covata got its start developing a solution for the Australian Department of Defense to enable secure battlefield communications. The resulting technology was a very powerful and secure approach for end-to-end encryption of data, with identity-based encryption keys. Basically, information is always encrypted and it can only be decrypted by authorized users, not someone who happens to intercept the data or who breaks into the system where the information is stored....

When it starts to affect the quality of service delivered to the customers, it becomes an issue, as most service provides have service level agreements with the consumers that often have penalties built in. As I continue my research in these areas, and after talking to multiple clients, I have come to the realization that most enterprises are not set up to handle IT-related incidents or crises in real time....

You only need to look at the chaos caused by a ransomware attack launched against Colonial Pipeline this year – leading to panic buying and fuel shortages across part of the US – to see what real-world disruption cyber incidents can trigger, and their consequences can go far beyond the damage one company has to repair. It was only last month that the Port of Houston fended off a cyberattack and there is no reason to believe cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) won’t continue – or, perhaps, become more common....

Black Friday 2020 has been and gone, but now we’ve entered Cyber Monday, you can expect a range of tablet deals to appear. From Samsung Galaxy tablets to Apple iPads, over the course of the shopping event – no longer just a one-day shopping spree, and now closer to a week-long promotion – US retailers will be competing for business by offering decent discounts on these mobile devices. Tablets can be suitable for a variety of purposes; from checking your email on the road to saving and sharing presentations, reading, accessing mobile apps, streaming content, and more....

According to research by cybersecurity company Trend Micro, just half of IT decision makers believe that the board understands cyber risks. Of the 5,321 IT leaders surveyed, 90% said that the C-suite aren’t focused on cybersecurity because they have other priorities, such as digital transformation or improving productivity. As a result, they see cybersecurity as a barrier to reaching their preferred goals. However, there’s also a significant minority of board members who actively aren’t trying to learn about cybersecurity....

Crowdstrike’s 2022 Global Threat Report details how the cyber-threat landscape has evolved during the past year. One of those developments is the rise of new countries engaging in offensive cyber operations, including Turkey and Colombia. In accordance with Crowdstrike’s naming conventions, attacks by Turkish-linked groups are detailed as attacks by ‘Wolf’ while attacks by Colombian operations have been Dubbed ‘Ocelot’ – in a similar way to how cybersecurity researchers name Russian government-backed activity ‘Bear’ or Chinese hacking groups ‘Panda’....

This year’s Dell XPS 15 and 17 will receive an all-new 13th Gen Intel Core processor and upgrades to their graphics card. With a 13th Gen Intel processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards, the new Dell XPS 15 and 17 will deliver AI-powered graphics, an immersive gaming experience, and super-fast content creation workflows, according to Nvidia. Also: The best laptops for every type of person and budget The Dell XPS 15 will offer Nvidia RTX 4050, 4060, or 4070....

The airline actually made a profit in the third quarter. Its employees are getting vaccinated without (exactly) being told to. It believes business travel will fully return in 2022. It’s not a good time, then, to be annoying the living daylights out of your customers. Especially some of your most loyal, uplifted customers who travel regularly. You know, the rich and business sorts. Yet here’s Delta becoming something of a joke, of the slightly bitter kind....

DevOps is an important career choice in itself. A recent glance at the Dice technology jobs listing shows more than 7,000 open positions for DevOps engineers and specialists. Companies are seeking such individuals who can drive “automation and containerization strategies,” as well as “collaborate with product owners, developers, cloud engineers, DevOps engineers and operations to plan, design, test and deliver pipelines and infrastructure using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) model.” Also: Tech jobs are changing....

The mini-documentary is available exclusively on smart TV devices such as Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android TV for now, but is slated to come to the desktop at some point. It includes interviews with former Palm executives and Handspring founders Donna Dubinsky, Jeff Hawkins, and Ed Colligan. Springboard forms a third volume in an unplanned trilogy of documentaries about pioneering mobile devices. The highest-profile of these was General Magic, a 2018 exploration of the heralded startup of the same name, that focuses on the company’s vision, luminary-filled staff, and management missteps....

The company has already started delivering food via drone from local restaurant It’s Just Wings. Flytrex said the effort was part of a partnership between Causey Aviation Unmanned, the Federal Aviation Administration, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, The Town of Holly Springs and Kite Realty Group Trust. The drone company said it was delivering food from the town center of Holly Springs to both backyards and front yards in the Forest Springs neighborhood....

That subtlety and the quality of the build owes a lot of its characteristics to the fact that Drop chose to base the board on its proven ENTR model. This all-aluminum body provides a solid foundation for the board, which offered a solid typing experience in my testing. It had little or no unpleasant vibration or key spring whine, and performed reliably, whether laying flat or raised on its foldable feet....

The contract is initially for seven years, with an option to extend it for another year. Some of the specific services that Empired will deliver under the digital workplace services component will include service desk, desktop support, field services, mobility services, standard operating environment, and managed operating environment services. “This strategic partnership with Empired will focus on innovative solutions to provide the best experience for our people from anywhere, anytime, across the state to ensure we can deliver great value to our customers, the people of Western Australia, now and in the future,” Water Corporation IT general manager Elise Vervetjes said....

FTP has long been used to exchange files between computers on a network, but it’s burdened by enough security issues that browser makers are dropping support for the protocol because the exchange happens without encrypting data in transit between two points. “The biggest security risk is that FTP transfers data in cleartext, allowing attackers to steal, spoof and even modify the data transmitted,” Mozilla’s security team note. “To date, many malware distribution campaigns launch their attacks by compromising FTP servers and downloading malware on an end user’s device using the FTP protocol....

The sort of terms that come with conditions and make you agree to them. Windows 11 looks more lovely than Windows 10, and, despite some initial rough patches, relative peace has descended upon the Windows firmament. This isn’t enough for Microsoft. It clearly wants you to feel love. Windows, it insists, brings you closer to the things you love. Despite truly trying, I’ve been unable to grasp what this means....

The fix for the app comes after reports that Eufy security cameras were sending captured images of the camera feed and detected faces to AWS cloud servers, even when the cloud storage option on the app’s settings was turned off. The Eufy Security app gives users the option to have push notifications show only text, or text and a thumbnail of the image captured by the camera. These photos are only sent to the cloud when a customer chooses to have the push notifications on their phones display the thumbnail....

The discussion even turned up a humorous (yet informative) image posted by ‘user Luuuuuis’ that portrays how dangerous compromised components can be: Image posted by user Luuuuuis: https://github.com/veged/coa/issues/99 A substantial amount of companies and software developers utilize some of the NPM open-source packages for their projects. These packages are not sufficiently secure, which can lead to cases like this. A small compromised component in a package like this can have overarching domino effect consequences for organizations that are undertaking large projects and using these packages somewhere in the process....

“This year we are refocusing F8 on developers,” Zuckerberg said. “Some of the most important services in the world started when someone looked at an existing issue, and just found a better way to build. And I’m optimistic that some of the next generation of services are going to start right here with you.” Facebook said this year’s F8 announcements are focused on technologies that enable developers and businesses to build and grow on Facebook’s platforms....

Facebook describes its investment as a starting point for the long road ahead. The fund is officially called the XR Programs and Research Fund. The company aims to work with policymakers, experts, and industry partners to bring the metaverse to life. Currently, Facebook’s biggest metaverse program is a platform called Horizon Workrooms, which allows people to have VR meetings. The open beta version of the Workrooms is available for free on Oculus Quest 2....