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  • US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars

    Kevin Townsend reports: Data for CyberSN’s jobs report is aggregated from JobSpikr (with duplicates removed). The various job titles are then analyzed and assigned to CyberSN’s taxonomy of 45 cybersecurity functional roles in ten categories. The result is an assessment of the job market by skills required rather than by the recruiting companies’ role titles.... Source

  • More NHS staff sacked for accessing records of Nottingham stabbing victims

    Ellie Ng reports: More NHS staff have been dismissed for inappropriately accessing medical records of the Nottingham stabbing victims, taking the total sacked so far to 15, a trust said. Students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and grandfather Ian Coates were stabbed to death in the city by Valdo Calocane in 2023. During its investigation,... Source

  • ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 Tenants

    ConnectWise on Saturday said it has disabled seven ConnectWise application identities as it continues its investigation into an incident in which unknown threat actors obtained unauthorized access to the application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. The disabled identities are listed below - ConnectWise Cloud Backup - 506e08f9-6e9a-4da4-942b-a099a03644ae ConnectWise

  • Gîtes de France: 117,574 件のアカウント情報が流出

    gites-de-france.com / 侵害日 2026-05-16 / 漏洩データ: Booking details, Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses In May 2026, the French holiday rental network Gîtes de France suffered a data breach affecting some of its departmental branches. The incident exposed hundreds of thousands of customer records, including 118k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, postal addresses and booking details.

  • crecheck v6.0 has been released

    Antananrivo, Madagascar - October 14, 2026 PostgreSQL credcheck extension The credcheck PostgreSQL extension provides few general credential checks, which will be evaluated during the user creation, during the password change and user renaming. By using this extension, we can define a set of rules: allow a specific set of credentials reject a certain type of credentials deny password that can be easily cracked enforce use of an expiration date with a minimum of day for a password define a password reuse policy define the number of authentication failure allowed before a user is banned define…

  • pgBackRest 2.60.0 Released

    October 18, 2026 : The pgBackRest community is pleased to announce the release of pgBackRest 2.60.0, the latest version of the reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest databases and workloads. pgBackRest supports a robust set of features for managing your backup and recovery infrastructure, including: parallel backup/restore, full/differential/incremental backups, block incremental backup, multiple repositories, delta restore, parallel asynchronous archiving, malware/ransomware protection, per-file checksums, page checksums (when enabled) v…

  • FOSDEM PGDay 2027: two days of PostgreSQL, with calls for papers and sponsors now open!

    Join us for FOSDEM PGDay 2027 on January 28 and 29 at the Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place . This year, we're expanding to two days, bringing you more PostgreSQL talks and more time to connect with fellow enthusiasts from around the world. Start your FOSDEM trip with dedicated PostgreSQL content, then enjoy the main FOSDEM event over the weekend! - New for 2027: sponsor the event - For the first time, we're offering sponsorship opportunities for FOSDEM PGDay! Our Platinum , Gold and Silver packages offer different ways to get involved. Platinum and Gold packages include an exhibition desk…

  • pg_utl_smtp v2.0 released

    Antananarivo, Madagascar - October 06, 2026 PostgreSQL UTL_SMTP compatibility extension pg_utl_smtp is a PostgreSQL extension to create, manage and use Oracle-style UTL_SMTP package. The use and behavior is just like with the UTL_SMTP Oracle package. This work is released from the HexaRocket project. This extension allows email notifications to be sent from triggers or stored procedures. By integrating the extension directly into the database, you can trigger data-driven actions without waiting for application intervention. Examples include security alerts or notifications when certain minimu…

  • pg_hint_plan v1.9.0 Released

    The pg_hint_plan development team is pleased to announce pg_hint_plan 1.9.0. This release of pg_hint_plan adds compatibility with PostgreSQL 19, and includes various improvements and bug fixes. For more details, see the release notes . This new major version includes support for path generation strategies (PGS). pg_hint_plan is a PostgreSQL extension that offers the possibility to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans using so-called "hints" in SQL comments. For more information, see the project page . The documentation of the project is published at this page , and is synced up automatically from…

  • NY AG James and CT AG Tong Secure $2.7 Million from Boston Children’s Health Physicians and XTIUM for 2024 Data Breach

    NY’s Attorney General and CT’s Attorney General held both a provider and its IT company liable for a data breach. The settlement also includes a corrective action plan to improve data security. New York Attorney General Letitia James and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today secured $2.7 million from Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP), a... Source

  • Hack exposes data on millions of California students

    Eric He and Tyler Katzenberger report: Personal information about millions of California students was stolen in a hack of a non-profit organization that contracts with the state’s Department of Education, officials announced Friday. The names, addresses, demographic information and disability status of all 7 million students enrolled in California public schools over the past three... Source

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