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EnGenius Cloud Managed ESG320 VPN Router improves security and network performance

EnGenius Cloud Managed ESG320 VPN Router improves security and network performance 2025-01-22 at 11:03 By Industry News EnGenius released EnGenius Cloud Managed ESG320 VPN Router. Designed to meet the growing demands of small businesses, the ESG320 delivers enterprise-grade performance, security, and simplified cloud-based management, making it the ideal choice for companies looking to optimize their network infrastructure, […]

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China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run

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China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run 2025-01-22 at 10:42 By Simon Sharwood 1,066 seconds of steady-state high-confinement plasma operation and all that China’s Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has claimed a new world record for maintaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation, a feat needed to create a fusion reactor that

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Inversion6 launches service to help companies combat cyber threats

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Inversion6 launches service to help companies combat cyber threats 2025-01-22 at 10:42 By Industry News Inversion6 launched its new Incident Response (IR) Service, a comprehensive offering to help organizations effectively manage, mitigate and recover from cybersecurity incidents. “Our new service empowers businesses to respond to incidents with speed and precision, safeguarding their operations and reputation,”

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Cyble Finds Thousands of Security Vendor Credentials on Dark Web

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Cyble Finds Thousands of Security Vendor Credentials on Dark Web 2025-01-22 at 10:23 By Paul Shread Overview Account credentials from some of the largest cybersecurity vendors can be found on the dark web, a result of the growing problem of infostealers, according to an analysis of Cyble threat intelligence data. The credentials – available for

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Google DeepMind CEO says 2025’s the year we start popping pills AI helped invent

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Google DeepMind CEO says 2025’s the year we start popping pills AI helped invent 2025-01-22 at 09:41 By Tobias Mann Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis thinks human trials will happen soon Clinical trials of the first drugs designed with the help of artificial intelligence could commence this year, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis suggested Tuesday.…

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Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products

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Oracle Releases January 2025 Patch to Address 318 Flaws Across Major Products 2025-01-22 at 09:41 By Oracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services. The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle

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Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3

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Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3 2025-01-22 at 09:22 By Tobias Mann Plus: Google stuffs Gemini into Workspace, with a hidden off switch? Ready or not, generative AI assistants and productivity aids are getting harder to avoid with a growing number of software vendors enabling them by default.…

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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device

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Mirai Botnet Launches Record 5.6 Tbps DDoS Attack with 13,000+ IoT Device 2025-01-22 at 09:22 By Web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date. The UDP protocol-based attack took place on

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China-aligned PlushDaemon APT compromises supply chain of Korean VPN

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China-aligned PlushDaemon APT compromises supply chain of Korean VPN 2025-01-22 at 08:04 By Help Net Security ESET researchers have uncovered a supply chain attack targeting a South Korean VPN provider, carried out by PlushDaemon, a newly identified China-aligned APT group. In this cyberespionage campaign, the attackers compromised the legitimate installer, replacing it with a malicious

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Acronis CISO on why backup strategies fail and how to make them resilient

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Acronis CISO on why backup strategies fail and how to make them resilient 2025-01-22 at 07:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at Acronis, discusses common backup strategy pitfalls, reasons for backup failures, and offers actionable advice for organizations looking to improve their backup and recovery processes. The post

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The end of digital transformation, the rise of AI transformation

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The end of digital transformation, the rise of AI transformation 2025-01-22 at 07:07 By Security magazine talks with Steve Tait, Chief Technology Officer at Skyhigh Security, regarding the key areas of risk that generative AI can create. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever

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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever 2025-01-22 at 06:38 By Help Net Security Despite progress made in privacy staffing and strategy alignment, privacy professionals are feeling increasingly stressed on the job within a complex compliance and risk landscape, according to new research from ISACA. Top three obstacles facing privacy programs ISACA’s State of Privacy

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Cybersecurity books on ransomware you shouldn’t miss

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Cybersecurity books on ransomware you shouldn’t miss 2025-01-22 at 06:18 By Help Net Security This list of ransomware-focused cybersecurity books is tailored for professionals seeking practical insights and deeper knowledge. Covering technical strategies, real-world cases, and the evolving tactics of attackers, these books offer valuable perspectives to help strengthen defenses and refine incident response plans.

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OpenAI and pals form biz to spend $500B on its own AI infrastructure

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OpenAI and pals form biz to spend $500B on its own AI infrastructure 2025-01-22 at 04:50 By Thomas Claburn With help from SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX, Stargate Project plans to outspend Microsoft this year OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and investment firm MGX on Tuesday announced plans to spend $500 billion on AI infrastructure in America over

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PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen

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PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen 2025-01-22 at 03:31 By Iain Thomson Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants Canada’s largest school board has revealed that student records dating back to 1985 may have been accessed by miscreants who compromised software provider PowerSchool.… This article

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PowerSchool thieves net decades of Canadian students’ records, hit 40-plus US states

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PowerSchool thieves net decades of Canadian students’ records, hit 40-plus US states 2025-01-22 at 03:19 By Iain Thomson Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants Canada’s largest school board has revealed that student records dating back to 1985 may have been accessed by miscreants who compromised software provider PowerSchool.… This article is an excerpt

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Trump welcomes idea of Elon Musk buying TikTok — if billionaire wants it

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Trump welcomes idea of Elon Musk buying TikTok — if billionaire wants it 2025-01-22 at 02:15 By Diana Glebova “I met with the owners of Tiktok, the big owners, it’s worthless if it doesn’t get a permit,” Trump said. “It’s worth like a trillion dollars.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and

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App stores unconvinced by Trump’s TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground

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App stores unconvinced by Trump’s TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground 2025-01-22 at 00:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on Analysis President Trump’s executive order stalling the enforcement of the TikTok ban in the United States has created legal uncertainty for companies

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What Is Torrent Seeding: Meaning, Etiquette & Benefits (2025)

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What Is Torrent Seeding: Meaning, Etiquette & Benefits (2025) 2025-01-22 at 00:05 View original post at vpnMentor What is torrent seeding? Seeding is an automatic process where you upload and share the files you’ve already downloaded with other users. Without seeds, no one in a P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing network can download files — and with

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Amazon Ransomware Attack Makes Recovery ‘Impossible’ Without Payment

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Amazon Ransomware Attack Makes Recovery ‘Impossible’ Without Payment 2025-01-21 at 23:56 View original post at Safety Detectives A new ransomware campaign is targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets, encrypting data in a way that makes recovery impossible without paying the ransom. Dubbed “Codefinger,” the attack leverages AWS’s own Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys (SSE-C)

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