July 2024

X.org lone ranger rides to rescue multi-monitor refresh rates 2024-07-25 at 13:34 By Liam Proven X11 isn’t dead while people still keep working on it It isn’t quite XKCD 2347, but it’s close. At least one developer is still working away on the X.org codebase with an effort to improve variable refresh rate support in several

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Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Growing Number of Threats Leveraging AI 2024-07-25 at 13:18 By Nguyen Hoang Giang, Yi Helen Zhang Threat actors utilizing Large Language Model (LLM) AIs to generate code used in malware campaigns. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Webinar: Securing the Modern Workspace: What Enterprises MUST Know about Enterprise Browser Security 2024-07-25 at 13:16 By The browser is the nerve center of the modern workspace. Ironically, however, the browser is also one of the least protected threat surfaces of the modern enterprise. Traditional security tools provide little protection against browser-based threats, leaving organizations

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Researchers Reveal ConfusedFunction Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform 2024-07-25 at 13:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud Functions service that an attacker could exploit to access other services and sensitive data in an unauthorized manner. Tenable has given the vulnerability the name ConfusedFunction. “An attacker could escalate

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Datacenters guzzled more than a fifth of Ireland’s electricity in 2023 2024-07-25 at 12:46 By Dan Robinson Bit barns binge on Emerald Isle power Datacenters consumed more than a fifth of Ireland’s electricity supply during 2023, according to the latest figures from the republic’s Central Statistics Office (CSO). The news comes amid growing concerns over

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OpenBSD enthusiast cooks up guide for the technically timid 2024-07-25 at 11:46 By Liam Proven If you want a simple step-by-step, this is the best we’ve seen French BSD enthusiast Joel Carnat has written a how-to guide on setting up a laptop with OpenBSD for general use. It’s worth a go for the Unix-curious.… This

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Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job 2024-07-25 at 10:31 By Brandon Vigliarolo Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck? Comment  Patching: The bane of every IT professional’s existence. It’s a thankless, laborious job that no one wants to do, goes unappreciated when it interrupts work, and

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You’re not hallucinating: generative AI is helping IBM’s mainframes grow 2024-07-25 at 09:46 By Simon Sharwood Big Blue brings in more cash and profit than predicted Generative AI’s powers extend to helping the ancient concept of a proprietary enterprise OS and hardware stack to thrive, if IBM’s Q2 2024 results are any guide.… This article

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Critical Docker Engine Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authorization Plugins 2024-07-25 at 09:01 By Docker is warning of a critical flaw impacting certain versions of Docker Engine that could allow an attacker to sidestep authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2024-41110, the bypass and privilege escalation vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0,

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