Hacker News: Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability Found in SolarWinds Web Help Desk
The Register: Body of IT tycoon Mike Lynch recovered after superyacht sinks
Zoom profits up despite CEO's doubts about remote working
And CFO is off, maybe to find a role where she doesn't have to come into the office Zoom continues to turn a profit from providing remote collaboration tools, despite mandating that its own staff must work in the office at least twice a week.
CrowdStrike deja vu as 'performance issue' causes delays
Not related to the massive outage in July, security biz spokesperson told us Some IT administrators suffered a moment of deja vu on Thursday morning as CrowdStrike blamed a cloud service issue for performance problems and lagging boot times affecting some of European customers.
Microsoft sends Windows Control Panel to tech graveyard
A Paint-like rescue unlikely for old configuration warhorse Microsoft has confirmed that the venerable Windows Control panel will finally be put out to pasture in favor of a shiny new Settings app.
Microsoft heeft een bekend probleem bevestigd en opgelost dat prestatieproblemen, opstartproblemen en bevriezingen veroorzaakte op Windows Server 2019-systemen na het installeren van de beveiligings...
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Hacker News: Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide
The Register: Microsoft's Patch Tuesday borks dual-boot Linux-Windows PCs
Cyberveiligheid in de industrie: trends en oplossingen trends cyberveiligheid aanvallen en OT integratie
Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious
A beginning of a discussion about what might or might not happen
Halliburton probes 'issue' that has impacted company systems
Business operations and global networks reportedly disrupted amid claims of cyberattack American oil giant Halliburton is investigating an "issue," reportedly a cyberattack, that has disrupted some business operations and global networks.
Microsoft heeft bevestigd dat de Windows-beveiligingsupdates van augustus 2024 ervoor zorgen dat Linux-opstartproblemen optreden op dual-boot systemen met Secure Boot ingeschakeld.
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Frustrated (adjective): the feeling someone gets when company policy dictates they need to submit a help ticket and ask someone else to take several days to accomplish a task they could have already taken care on their own in 5 minutes, if not for company policy.
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Vandaag heeft Google een nieuwe noodbeveiligingsupdate voor Chrome uitgebracht om een zero-day kwetsbaarheid te verhelpen die volgens meldingen is misbruikt in aanvallen.
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Benign bug in iOS and iPadOS crashes gizmos with just four characters
More of an Easter egg than a vuln, but a fun one to mess around with Typing a special four-character string will crash your iPhone thanks to a newly discovered, albeit benign, bug in iOS and iPadOS.
Disclaimer: A Totally Fictional Account
What you're about to read is, of course, a completely made-up story. Any resemblance to actual IT disasters is purely coincidental. After all, no real IT professional would ever prop open a fire door with a toolbox during a critical server migration, right ...Right
As you enjoy this tall tale of tech turmoil, feel free to chuckle at the sheer impossibility of it all. But perhaps, as you reach the end, you might find yourself wondering: "Could it be Is it possible that somewhere, in a server room far, far away..."
Well, I'll leave that for you to decide. Now, let's dive into this absolutely, positively fictional account of IT mayhem. Probably.
Hacker News: New 'ALBeast' Vulnerability Exposes Weakness in AWS Application Load Balancer
The Register: HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way
AGI is on clients' radar but far from reality, says Gartner
Controversial concept may not even be a useful goal in computing Gartner is warning that any prospect of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is at least 10 years away and perhaps not certain to ever arrive. It might not even be a worthwhile pursuit, the analyst says.
Axiom Space dials up Nokia to connect moonwalkers to 4G
Can't even get good signal in my garden Nokia is to equip Axiom Space spacesuits for the Artemis III lunar mission with 4G connectivity.
Ransomware batters critical industries, but takedowns hint at relief
Whether attack slowdown continues downward trend is the million dollar question that security researchers can't answer Critical industrial organizations continued to be hammered by ransomware skids in July, while experts suggest the perps are growing in confidence that law enforcement won't intervene.
Microsoft resurrects Windows Recall for upcoming preview
Insiders get ready for Redmond's second run at AI snoopware Microsoft is testing its controversial Windows Recall technology again with a cautious release to Windows Insiders in the hope of nipping another security and privacy outcry in the bud.
HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way
Nokia custodian makes efforts to help you fight fondleslab fixation HMD is the company that made the post-Microsoft Nokia Android devices. Now it's going by its own name and offering greater repairability.
This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare
Needless to say, it backfired in a big way University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) students may be relieved to hear that an emailed warning about a staff member infected with the Ebola virus was just a phishing exercise.
Choose Your Own Adventure with Microsoft 365
You awake to find yourself in a dark room... with an empty wallet Did you have a collection of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books Microsoft offers something similar in the form of its subscription plan advisor, though it's tricky to avoid one particular priced outcome.
Microsoft to stop telling investors about growth in server products
Shuffles financial metrics so Copilot Pro revenue ends up in a happier place Microsoft has changed the way it reports its financial results.
China's top Office clone copies Microsoft again with an inconvenient outage
WPS Office took a long lunch on Wednesday, the day after its developer posted big profits China's top personal productivity suite, WPS Office, experienced a lengthy outage yesterday during working hours.
Cisco calls for United Nations to revisit cyber crime Convention
Echoes human rights groups' concerns that it could suppress free speech and more Networking giant Cisco has suggested the United Nations' first-ever convention against cyber crime is dangerously flawed and should be revised before being put to a formal vote.
Walmart clears out its shares of Chinese e-tailer JD.com
Thats one way to mark the end of an eight-year partnership Walmart has divested around $3.6 billion of stock in Chinese e-retailer JD.com, concluding eight years of partnership.
LG Electronics aims to become a datacenter cooling player, with aircon and immersion tech
2030 vision also calls for its appliances and televisions to turn you into a subscription cash cow LG Electronics plans to expand its datacenter cooling business, to cash in on demand for AI.
You probably want to patch this critical GitHub Enterprise Server bug now
Unless you're cool with an unauthorized criminal enjoying admin privileges to comb through your code A critical bug in GitHub Enterprise Server could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user account with administrator privileges and then wreak havoc on an organization's code repositories.
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday borks dual-boot Linux-Windows PCs
Plus: Three-year-old ProxyLogon flaw added to CISA's exploited bugs list Microsoft says it's investigating issues with a patch intended to plug a two-year-old flaw in the GRUB open source boot loader that is crashing some dual-boot computers running both Windows and Linux. In that crash users are aptly told: "Something went serio
UK tech pioneer Mike Lynch dead at 59 after yacht tragedy off Sicily coast
Tycoon's demise follows US acquittal after years of legal battles with HP Obit UK software tycoon Mike Lynch has been found dead two days after he went missing in a sailing tragedy off the coast of Sicily.
IT tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter Hannah found dead
Italian divers reportedly recovered their bodies as search for missing continues The bodies of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah have reportedly been recovered from the wreck of the yacht Bayesian.
110K domains targeted in 'sophisticated' AWS cloud extortion campaign
If you needed yet another reminder of what happens when security basics go awry Updated It's a good news day for organizations that don't leave their AWS environment files publicly exposed because infosec experts say those that do may be caught up in an extensive and sophisticated extortion campaign.
Microsoft rolls out one Teams app to rule them all
That annoying requirement to switch between home and work accounts has finally gone Microsoft has released a unified Teams app, doing away with the requirement to have one app for work or education and another for personal use.
Russia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are coming
Forget about your love life too, no dating apps until the war is over Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs is warning residents of under-siege regions to switch off home surveillance systems and dating apps to stop Ukraine from using them for intel-gathering purposes.