Monthly Archives: September 2022

Criminals are registering millions of malware-spreading domains every month

Every month, cybercriminals register roughly 13 million domains to be used to host and distribute malware, in phishing campaigns, or otherwise malicious activities. This is according to cybersecurity researchers at Akamai, which claims to have flagged some 79 million brand new, malicious domains in the first half of 2022 alone.  Not only is that some…

Cloudflare wants to get rid of CAPTCHAs for good

Leading CDN provider Cloudflare has released Turnstile, a free alternative to the “terrible user experience” currently offered by CAPTCHA services used by websites to verify authentic users online. Announcing Turnstile in a blog post, the company claimed its CAPTCHA alternative would also increase user privacy on the web, as sites using it won’t have to provide…

Insurance Technology Spend Forecast: What’s Driving Growth for P&C and Life Insurers in the US, UK, and Canada

US, UK, and Canadian insurers are striving to digitize their entire businesses to enhance their customer experience and cut costs.  And overall IT/tech spend will begin climbing again from 2020 to 2024 across both insurance lines in all three countries. You can learn more in our Insurance Technology Spend Forecast. Do you work in the…

Big banks face $1.8 billion in fines for employee messaging record-keeping blunder

The news: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have levied fines totaling more than $1.8 billion against eight banks and three other financial institutions for failing to retain employee messages, per MarketWatch. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More

The Nord Stream pipeline methane gas leak could be one of the largest and pose a huge climate change risk, experts say

Danish military video of bubbles in Baltic Sea where Nord Stream pipeline leaked. Danish Defense Command A natural gas pipeline, which may have been deliberately sabotaged, is spewing methane in the Baltic Sea.  Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and leaks have been prime targets to slow the rate of climate change. It’s unclear how…

2 years after a disastrous launch, the video game ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ is making a comeback thanks to a hit new Netflix series

“Cyberpunk 2077.” CD Projekt The video game “Cyberpunk 2077” is making a comeback after a disastrous launch two years ago. Game sales are strong and a new “Cyberpunk” anime is one of Netflix’s top shows right now. The game had originally debuted with game-breaking bugs on last-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles.  The video game “Cyberpunk…