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The energy industry is highly critical, providing people with vital services required for everyday use. That role makes it a prime target for cyber criminals. That risk was demonstrated earlier this year when the Colonial Pipeline was hit with a ransomware attack, leading to the gasoline shortages across the Eastern United States. Colonial ended up paying cyber criminals almost $5m dollars for a decryption key to restore the network. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) And it’s not just cyber criminals who have an interest in hacking into the networks of energy providers; they’re also a top target for nation state-backed hacking groups for whom breaching a network could be a path towards causing significant disruption....

Case in point, PikaOS is very similar to that of Nobara Linux, which opts for a Fedora base. But what are these two Linux distributions? Simply put, they are Linux for gamers. Although I’m not a hard-core gamer (my gaming tends to be relegated to the Nintendo Switch), I can seriously appreciate that a development team has opted to make gaming on Linux easier. During my early days of Linux (back when I had considerably more time to spend playing games and didn’t mind sitting at my desk even longer), playing games on Linux was not easy....

According to new research from Qualtrics, 62% of employees prefer to have fewer office locations in exchange for better facilities with more amenities in centralized locations. The general thought among employers is that hybrid work models will become standard operating practice, and in order to attract and retain talent, businesses will need to use data-driven methods to give workers what they want. Per Qualtrics’ research, there’s almost an even split in the number of employees wishing to return to an office and those who want to stay remote with a hybrid option....

According to analysis of ransomware incidents during the past year by researchers at security company Secureworks, 52% of attacks started with malicious hackers exploiting remote services. Vulnerabilities in internet-facing applications have become the most common attack vector for ransomware operations. Often, these internet-facing applications are standard across enterprise environments around the world, making them a very tempting target for malicious hackers. These applications and services could be internet-facing because organisations need them to enable employees to work remotely – or organisations might not even be aware that these applications are exposed to the internet at all....

According to research by Microsoft, addressing the threat posed by ransomware is the number one cybersecurity challenge currently facing CISOs, closely followed by configuring cloud security and protecting hybrid, multi-platform enterprise environments. Ransomware was the most significant cybersecurity issue during 2021 and, according to the survey, CISOs don’t think that’s going to change any time soon, as cyber criminals continue attempts to encrypt networks and demand a ransom payment – which can be millions of dollars – for the decryption key....

As well as taking a step upmarket, Realme has boosted its eco-credentials, using just 0.3% of plastic in the GT 2 Pro’s packaging, and making the rear panel from a biopolymer that looks distinctive while also reducing carbon emissions during manufacture. Looks don’t make a great phone, but they do make a distinctive one, and Realme has gone to town with the backplate of the GT 2 Pro by using a biopolymer made from renewable resources....

Chainalysis data shows that about $2.2 billion was outright stolen from DeFi protocols in 2021. As of 2022, Chainalysis estimated that illicit addresses currently hold at least $10 billion worth of cryptocurrency, with most held by wallets implicated in cryptocurrency theft, darknet markets and scams. Digging deeper into the figures, Chainalysis researchers found that cybercriminals brought in 82% more in revenue from scamming last year, raking in $7.8 billion in cryptocurrency from victims....

Gartner says global spending on RPA software reached $1.58 billion in 2020. The analyst predicts that 90% of large organisations globally will have adopted RPA in some form by 2022. Employees can use the technology to configure scripts, often referred to as ‘bots’, that automate business and IT processes, such as searching data, triggering responses or executing transactions. SEE: What is digital transformation? Everything you need to know about how technology is reshaping business Analyst Forrester believes we’re about to enter a new phase of RPA and automation....

Last year, Red Hat decided to stop supporting CentOS 8 and shifted focus to CentOS Stream. CentOS had some huge enterprise users, among them Disney, GoDaddy, RackSpace, Toyota, and Verizon. In response, Greg Kurtzer, one of CentOS’s founders, kicked off Rocky Linux in December 2020. Seven months later, the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) released the first stable release of Rocky Linux 8.4. And now Kurtzer’s firm, CIQ, the founding sponsor and services partner behind Rocky Linux, has secured $26 million in Series A funding led by Two Bear Capital....

More: Everything you need to know about Web 3.0 The Samsung US Discord server, which requires a free invite to join, reached more than 100,000 members within the first 12 hours of launching. (It’s up to 162,178 at the time of writing). The virtual channel serves as a connection hub for fans, gamers, and creators to win exclusive digital products, VIP access to events, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and more. There will also be daily giveaways to reward users’ engagement....

The Exynos W920 will support the new unified wearable platform that Samsung built jointly with Google, the South Korean tech giant added. The chip will first be applied to the upcoming Galaxy Watch, Samsung said. This is likely referring to its new Galaxy Watch 4 that is expected to be unveiled at Unpacked this week along with its new foldable phones. According to Samsung, the Exynos W920, its first wearable processor made with the 5nm node, will pack two Arm Cortex-A55 cores and an Arm Mali-G68 GPU....

The M8 – or S32BM801 to give its full model number – has now shipped, and at just $699.99 or £699 it provides an attractive 32-inch display with 4K resolution for less than half the price of Apple’s Studio Display ($1,599/£1,499). It’s also more than a simple computer display, as it runs Samsung’s Linux-based Tizen operating system, which allows it to function as a standalone smart TV when not connected to a PC or Mac....

The South Korean tech giant said on Thursday in its earnings guidance that it expects 14 trillion won in operating profit and 77 trillion won in revenue for the second quarter. It is an increase of 11.4% and 21%, respectively, from the same time period a year ago. South Korean analysts are forecasting a strong performance from the company’s chip division and a favorable exchange rate for the Korean won to have contributed to the growth....

Known for its camera ingenuity, Samsung continues to find unique innovation with the Flip 4’s “Flex Mode.” Perfect for content creators or photo enthusiasts, when you flip open the phone, you can use the bottom half as a camera “stand” and the top screen as your camera. Instead of having to set a self-timer and frantically run back to hit the perfect pose, just hold up a hand gesture for a quick, hands-free snap or video....

The technology is being rolled out gradually and will see approximately 10 million individual and corporate clients using mobile banking for transactions invited to register to use the functionality. In use across most neobanks in operation in Brazil, smartphone-based facial biometrics is being described by Santander as a safer option for identity verification than fingerprints, which are currently captured at ATMs. According to Ulian, the bank will build its own facial biometrics database, which is considered more reliable than using a third-party database....

What’s happened over the past 18 months? SAS Viya on Azure is still a fraction of SAS’s core business, but growth is starting to pick up. For calendar Q4 2021, Viya on Azure sales were up 30% over a year ago as the company closed 20 seven-figure deals, one of them topping out at $6 million for a three-year legacy SAS 9.4 migration to Viya. Over the past year, the largest was a similar $15 million multi-year migration engagement....

BEC schemes can be simple to execute and among the most potentially devastating for a business, alongside threats such as ransomware. A BEC scam will usually start with a phishing email, tailored and customized depending on the victim. Social engineering and email address spoofing may also be used to make the message appear to originate from someone in the target company – such as an executive, the CEO, or a member of an accounts team – in order to fool an employee into making a payment to an account controlled by a criminal....

Dual nano-SIM support is not available on iPhones outside of China. Instead, those markets offer a single physical SIM with support for a second eSIM. But YouTuber Hugh Jeffreys got thinking. What if you changed the SIM reader and tray in a regular iPhone for one from a Chinese iPhone? Surely it wouldn’t work. But it did. Must read: Why you need to urgently update all your iPhones, iPads, and Macs - NOW!...

Fowler discovered a database run by Gale Healthcare Solutions with 170,239 exposed records that included names, emails, home addresses, photos and in some cases, Social Security Numbers as well as tax documents. Gale Healthcare Solutions is a Tampa, Florida tech company that connects healthcare workers with healthcare organizations looking to hire people for certain shifts. Fowler said the information also included forms about certain incidents, disciplines and terminations. “We only reviewed a limited sampling of documents and did not review each and every file....

“I think digital health pass is one way to help make travel seamless for customers,” Wang said during Salesforce’s virtual Dreamforce conference on Wednesday. “At the same time, to help operation be very efficient – so that when you’re using digital health pass for check-in, for example – our backend system has already marked all these things that you don’t really need to go to the airport for, [such as] queuing at the counter, which would increase the risk....