September 2023

Hackers Exploit MinIO Storage System Vulnerabilities to Compromise Servers 04/09/2023 at 17:32 By An unknown threat actor has been observed weaponizing high-severity security flaws in the MinIO high-performance object storage system to achieve unauthorized code execution on affected servers. Cybersecurity and incident response firm Security Joes said the intrusion leveraged a publicly available exploit chain

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Microsoft calls time on ancient TLS in Windows, breaking own stuff in the process 04/09/2023 at 17:18 By Richard Speed Hold onto your SQL Server, enterprise admins Microsoft has reminded users that TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will soon be disabled by default in Windows.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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X (Twitter) to Collect Biometric Data from Premium Users to Combat Impersonation 04/09/2023 at 16:47 By X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has updated its privacy policy to collect users’ biometric data to tackle fraud and impersonation on the platform. “Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information

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ArcaOS 5.1 gives vintage OS/2 a UEFI facelift for the 21st century 04/09/2023 at 16:32 By Liam Proven When your ’90s nostalgia craves a modern touch In the OS/2 world, ArcaOS 5.1 is a long-awaited release which enables this 32-bit OS from the late 20th century to run on modern PC hardware.… This article is

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Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach 04/09/2023 at 15:46 By Jude Karabus Came in wake of the force publishing their own people’s data in botched FoI Nearly four weeks after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) published data on 10,000 employees in a botched response to

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Everything You Wanted to Know About AI Security but Were Afraid to Ask 04/09/2023 at 14:47 By There’s been a great deal of AI hype recently, but that doesn’t mean the robots are here to replace us. This article sets the record straight and explains how businesses should approach AI. From musing about self-driving cars

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So you want to save energy? Ditch web apps and go native, boffins say 04/09/2023 at 13:46 By Thomas Claburn Take up less CPU time and memory? What amazing tech is this?! Eggheads at Vrije Universiteit (VU) in the Netherlands recommend that people with Android devices use native apps rather than web apps when viewing

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IT needs more brains, so why is it being such a zombie about getting them? 04/09/2023 at 12:47 By Rupert Goodwins Open-book exams aren’t nearly open enough Opinion  Knowing when the universe is trying to tell you something is a core competency for many paths through life. You can’t pass an exam in that, sadly,

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Vietnamese Cybercriminals Targeting Facebook Business Accounts with Malvertising 04/09/2023 at 12:19 By Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware. “Threat actors have long used fraudulent ads as a vector to target victims with scams, malvertising, and more,” WithSecure researcher Mohammad

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