Howard Solomon

3 weeks ago | lemondeinformatique.fr | Howard Solomon

Microsoft a publié ce week-end des mises à jour hors bande pour corriger le problème de démarrage des ordinateurs Windows 11 après application du Patch Tuesday du mois de mai. La mise à jour défectueuse affecte surtout les PC dans les environnements virtuels exécutant les versions 22H2/23H2 du système d'exploitation. Sur certains de ces systèmes, l'OS ne trouve pas le fichier crucial ACPI.sys au moment de l'installation de la mise à jour de sécurité Windows de mai (KB5058405).

3 weeks ago | computerworld.com | Howard Solomon

Windows administrators stung by a faulty Microsoft update in the May Patch Tuesday releases now have fixes for the problem. Over the weekend, Microsoft released out-of-band updates to correct the failure of Windows 11 computers running versions 22H2/23H2 of the operating system, mainly in virtual environments, to start. The problem: While installing the May Windows security update (KB5058405) on some of these computers, the OS thinks a crucial file – ACPI.sys – is missing.

1 month ago | solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon

Canada’s privacy commissioner has started an investigation into a March data breach and ransomware attack at Nova Scotia Power that resulted in the theft of personal information of some 280,000 subscribers.

1 month ago | solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon

When IT teams become swamped with data their network devices spew out they often turn to SIEM (security information and event management) or SOAR (security orchestration, automation and response) platforms. SIEM solutions collect, aggregate, and correlate log data so network defenders can monitor activity and uncover advanced cyber threats.

1 month ago | solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon

More free guidance on securing data used to train and operate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems is now available. It comes from cybersecurity agencies in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, who today issued joint guidance to IT developers and administrators for AI system lifecycle and general best practices to secure data during the development, testing, and operation of AI-based systems.