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Cloudflare dishes up the stats on internet traffic in 2023 13/12/2023 at 16:47 By Dan Robinson Web’s growing, Google’s gloating, and US bots are roaming Cloudflare says that global internet traffic grew 25 percent this year, while Google regained its crown as the most visited web destination. Only a third of IPv6-capable requests were actually […]

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How to Analyze Malware’s Network Traffic in A Sandbox 13/12/2023 at 15:16 By Malware analysis encompasses a broad range of activities, including examining the malware’s network traffic. To be effective at it, it’s crucial to understand the common challenges and how to overcome them. Here are three prevalent issues you may encounter and the tools

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In just one year, UK.gov’s direct spend on AWS rises 76 percent 13/12/2023 at 15:02 By Lindsay Clark Cloud vendor remains a distance behind leading tech suppliers though Cloud giant AWS collected a staggering 76 percent more direct public sector revenue from the UK government in the past financial year.… This article is an excerpt

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Microsoft Warns of Hackers Exploiting OAuth for Cryptocurrency Mining and Phishing 13/12/2023 at 14:31 By Microsoft has warned that adversaries are using OAuth applications as an automation tool to deploy virtual machines (VMs) for cryptocurrency mining and launch phishing attacks. “Threat actors compromise user accounts to create, modify, and grant high privileges to OAuth applications

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Nearly a million non-profit donors’ details left exposed in unsecured database 13/12/2023 at 13:32 By Connor Jones Trusted by major charities, DonorView publicly exposed children’s names and addresses, among other data Close to a million records containing personally identifiable information belonging to donors that sent money to non-profits were found exposed in an online database.…

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Major Cyber Attack Paralyzes Kyivstar – Ukraine’s Largest Telecom Operator 13/12/2023 at 13:31 By Ukraine’s biggest telecom operator Kyivstar has become the victim of a cyber attack, disrupting customer access to mobile and internet services. “The cyberattack on Ukraine’s #Kyivstar telecoms operator has impacted all regions of the country with high impact to the capital, metrics show, with

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Britain’s Ministry of Defence fined £350K over Afghan interpreter BCC email blunder 13/12/2023 at 12:32 By Paul Kunert UK GDPR penalty slashed from £1M after department agrees to improve processes Britain’s data watchdog has issued the Ministry of Defence with a financial penalty of £350,000 for the BCC email blunder that exposed names and contact

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NASA celebrates Perseverance Rover’s 1000th Martian day with lakebed history lesson 13/12/2023 at 11:32 By Simon Sharwood As its companion helicopter plans its furthest flight yet NASA has celebrated the Perseverance Rover’s 1000th Martian day of operations, and prepared the longest ever flight for the helicopter that accompanied it to the home of Marvin.… This

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Microsoft Forms feature request still not sorted after SEVEN years 13/12/2023 at 10:47 By Thomas Claburn Request for time input field was added to project backlog – where it remains Back in 2016, a member of the Microsoft community asked the Windows giant to add a time input field its Forms product, and received word

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Microsoft’s Final 2023 Patch Tuesday: 33 Flaws Fixed, Including 4 Critical 13/12/2023 at 09:46 By Microsoft released its final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2023, closing out 33 flaws in its software, making it one of the lightest releases in recent years. Of the 33 shortcomings, four are rated Critical and 29 are rated Important in

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