On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, a threat actor named “Belsen Group” published a trove of Fortinet FortiGate firewall data on the dark web, allegedly from 15,000 organisations. The data released included IP addresses, passwords, and firewall configuration information — a potentially significant risk for organisations whose data was leaked.
Each of Oracle’s pricing changes over the past five years introduced more complexity, higher costs, and increased scrutiny. For IT Asset Management (ITAM) and Software Asset Management (SAM) professionals, these commercial developments signal a critical warning – an Oracle Java audit, or at a minimum, a Oracle sales call is likely inevitable.
Dynatrace has announced that it has extended its existing compliance capabilities to support the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) EU regulation. As part of this, Dynatrace is introducing the Compliance Assistant app, purpose-built to provide organisations with the visibility, insights, and automation to mitigate risk and reduce time-consuming compliance configuration checks associated with DORA.
Microsoft patched a whopping 157 CVEs in its inaugural Patch Tuesday for 2025. Not only is this the largest number of CVEs patched in January, it is the largest number of CVEs patched across any Patch Tuesday release since 2017.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider Leaseweb Global has announced the launch of a new highly efficient Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution. Designed for businesses that need a combination of exceptional price-performance, fast local storage and easy deployment.
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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire
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