Growing numbers of network engineers turn to this IT mindset to address mounting concerns of network safety in an age of hybrid work and edge commuting By Simon Pincus, VP of Engineering, Opengear Today, NetOps (network operations) utilizes a combination of automation, virtualization and orchestration, to make networking operations and functions faster and more accessible. While the potential for greater productivity may seem to be the main pull for engineers to adopt the current NetOps…

A digital forensics tool capable of retrieving previously unrecoverable data is now available to license from the United States Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center (DC3). DC3’s Advanced Carver was invented by digital forensics expert Dr. Eoghan Casey to salvage corrupted data files from almost any digital device. The tool can be used to recover digital content, including documents, databases, videos, images, and executable files, from devices such as smartphones, laptops, and cameras. “DC3 Advanced Carver was created…

A ransomware attack on a laboratory based in Florida has exposed the personal health information (PHI) of more than 30,000 patients.  Nationwide Laboratory Services, which is based in Boca Raton, identified suspicious activity on its network on May 19, 2021. An examination of the activity revealed that attackers had used ransomware to encrypt files across the healthcare provider’s network, making their contents inaccessible.  The lab hired a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate the attack and…

VMworld 2021 was full of incredible content across our general sessions, technical demos, and hands-on labs. Among the highlights were our customer conversations, in which we learned how organizations around the globe are leveraging VMware technologies to reach unprecedented heights.  We heard from Josef Schmid, Group IT infrastructure manager at SGB-SMIT, on the organization’s journey to the cloud and data center modernization. SGB-SMIT is a power transformer manufacturer headquartered in Regensburg, Germany, with 13 locations around the world. The challenge for the IT team at SGB-SMIT was the need to quickly scale data and processes…

The $10 million is for intel that leads to the identification or location of anyone who holds a leadership position in the DarkSide group. Image: Shutterstock/Vchal Any bounty hunters out there could potentially score a cool $10 million if they help the US government snag one of the leaders of the DarkSide ransomware gang. On Thursday, the US State Department announced the new bounty, offering the money for any information that helps to identify or…

Almost one in three (32%) workers are being monitored at work by their employers, according to a new survey of 2424 UK workers by the union Prospect.. This represents a substantial rise from April 2021, when 24% of employees reported being subjected to monitoring at work, sparking privacy and intrusion concerns. This rise has partially been driven by a significant uptick in home workers being monitored by cameras over this period, up from 6% in…