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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CSO Online: On Sept. 17, security vendor SonicWall announced that cybercriminals had stolen backup files configured for cloud backup. At the time, the company claimed the incident was limited to "less than five percent" of its customers. Now, the firewall provider has admitted that "all customers" using the MySonicWall cloud backup feature were affected. According to the company, the stolen files contain encrypted credentials and configuration data. "[W]hile encryption remains in place, possession of these files could increase the risk of targeted attacks," SonicWall warns in its press release. Security specialist Arctic Wolf also warns of the consequences of the incident. "Firewall configuration files store sensitive information that can be leveraged by threat actors to exploit and gain access to an organization's network," explains Stefan Hostetler, threat intelligence researcher at Arctic Wolf. "These files can provide threat actors with critical information such as user, group, and domain settings, DNS and log settings, and certificates," he adds. Arctic Wolf has previously observed threat actors, including nation-state and ransomware groups, exfiltrating firewall configuration files to use for future attacks. SonicWall urges all customers and partners to regularly check their devices for updates. Admins can find additional information here.

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The National Trust has faced a fierce backlash after it placed a dispenser for vegan tampons in the men's toilets at one of its sites.

They were the first Love Island couple to marry. It hasn't been easy though, and their roller-coaster past year has taken in pregnancy joy, 'vanishing twin syndrome' and a near-fatal birth.

The mobsters were part of an organised crime group where three firearms, ammunition, cash and £100,000 worth of cocaine were found at their addresses and in cars Litherland, Merseyside.

Victoria Beckham has revealed she removed her nineties boob job in a bid to be taken seriously in the fashion world.

The Come And Get It singer, 33, is now a married woman after tying the knot with Benny Blanco last month, but was still in bridal mode as she left a meeting at the Los Angeles establishment.

Leading British bone pathologist professor David Mangham is the subject of a General Medical Council inquiry after his conclusions in one case were dismissed by a judge.

Landon's mother is the rock star's ex wife, Shanna Moakler, who was a Playboy model and starred on the TV series Pacific Blue. The model is now 50-years-old.

Lopez is producing with former Vegas actress Molly Sims and not her ex-husband Ben Affleck whom she made Kiss Of The Spider Woman with.

smooth wombat writes: At one point in technology history, floppy disks reigned supreme. Files, pictures, games, everything was put on a floppy disk. But technology doesn't stand still and as time went on disks were replaced by CDs, DVDs, thumb drives, and now cloud storage. Despite these changes, floppy disks are still found in long forgotten corners of businesses or stuffed in boxs in the attic. What is on these disks is anyone's guess, but Cambridge University Library is racing against time to preserve the data. However, lack of hardware and software to read the disks, if they're readable at all, poses unique challenges. Some of the world's most treasured documents can be found deep in the archives of Cambridge University Library. There are letters from Sir Isaac Newton, notebooks belonging to Charles Darwin, rare Islamic texts and the Nash Papyrus -- fragments of a sheet from 200BC containing the Ten Commandments written in Hebrew. These rare, and often unique, manuscripts are safely stored in climate-controlled environments while staff tenderly care for them to prevent the delicate pages from crumbling and ink from flaking away. But when the library received 113 boxes of papers and mementoes from the office of physicist Stephen Hawking, it found itself with an unusual challenge. Tucked alongside the letters, photographs and thousands of pages relating to Hawking's work on theoretical physics, were items now not commonly seen in modern offices -- floppy disks. They were the result of Hawking's early adoption of the personal computer, which he was able to use despite having a form of motor neurone disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, thanks to modifications and software. Locked inside these disks could be all kinds of forgotten information or previously unknown insights into the scientists' life. The archivists' minds boggled. These disks are now part of a project at Cambridge University Library to rescue hidden knowledge trapped on floppy disks. The Future Nostalgia project reflects a larger trend in the information flooding into archives and libraries around the world.

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Scientists are warning that rates of a rare but highly deadly cancer are on the rise in the US, with cases climbing three times faster than other, more common, cancers.

The Gold radio presenter, 49, showed off her unique sense of style as she stepped out dressed head to toe in sequins to celebrate Global's Make Some Noise Day on Friday.

Khoury-Haq said that 60,000 small retailers and 150,000 jobs are at risk if reform is not delivered in England.

It's been a momentous week in the history of gold. The price reached a record $4,040 an ounce, and forecasts predict it could go further, too.

Having hit a record high of 9548 on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 index followed up a 0.4 per cent dip on Thursday with a slide of 0.9 per cent on Friday to end the week at 9427.47.

Business activity has been driven into the secretive world of private equity and credit. That is always going to be an opportunity for recklessness and finagling.

The group - which is headquartered in Liverpool's Liver Building (pictured) - is best known for its Princes Tuna and Napolina products.

Paloma Faith revealed she once suspected her best pal Alan Carr of accidentally leaking her breakup to the press in a resurfaced clip from her podcast on Friday. 

Australia's Queensland state government said on Friday it would run coal power plants at least into the 2040s, reversing a previous plan to pivot rapidly to renewables and in turn making national emissions reduction targets harder to achieve. From a report: The centre-right Liberal National Party won last year's election in Queensland, a huge chunk of land in Australia's northeast where more than 60% of electricity comes from coal-fired plants that are mostly owned by the state.

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Written and directed by James Lucas (and executive-produced by Moss herself), the film focuses not on the finished painting but on its creation, and the pair's evolving relationship.