Category: Viral
Early-stage vendors focused on protecting data and GenAI usage in the cloud are among the year’s most notable cloud security startups. While securing cloud environments continues to grow as a concern for organizations, the arrival of generative AI introduces—or intensifies—a number of challenges for protecting the cloud. When it comes to data security, for instance,…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic at the moment. It’s everywhere. You probably already use it every day. That chatbot you’re talking to about your lost parcel? Powered by conversational AI. The ‘recommended’ items lined up under your most frequently brought Amazon purchases? Driven by AI/ML (machine learning) algorithms. You might even use generative…
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Jul 03, 2024NewsroomMalware / Threat Intelligence An unnamed South Korean enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor’s product update server has been found to be compromised to deliver a Go-based backdoor dubbed Xctdoor. The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC), which identified the attack in May 2024, did not attribute it to a known threat actor or group,…
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‘Moving forward, I hope Patrick will continue to prioritize AI and other emerging technologies, ensuring that TD Synnex remains a leader in technological innovation. Continued support and investment in these areas will be crucial as we navigate the future of the IT landscape,’ says Inacomp Chairman and CEO Michael Kanan, who is also president of…
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Two weeks after it was struck by a ransomware attack, the software maker says that ‘substantially all’ of the car dealerships it serves are back online. CDK Global said Tuesday that “substantially all” of the car dealerships it serves are back online, two weeks after the software maker was struck by a crippling ransomware attack.…
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In an interview with CRN, HP commercial PC leader Guayente Sanmartin and colleague Alex Thatcher explain why Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X processors for PCs will have ‘much more success’ with business customers than previous efforts but adoption will take ‘a lot of time.’ The head of HP Inc.’s commercial PC business said Qualcomm’s latest effort…
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CRN rounds up the 10 hottest IoT startups of 2024 so far, which range from Artisight and AssetWatch to TXOne Networks and Xage Security. While the Internet of Things may have lost its sheen as a top buzzword to the tech world’s fevered discussions around generative AI, there remains ample opportunity for companies to grow…
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Jul 02, 2024NewsroomHardware Security / Vulnerability Modern CPUs from Intel, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, have been found vulnerable to a new side-channel attack that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from the processors. The attack, codenamed Indirector by security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen, leverages shortcomings identified in Indirect…
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Scams, Social Media Here’s how cybercriminals go after YouTube channels and use them as conduits for fraud – and what you should watch out for when watching videos on the platform 01 Jul 2024 • , 4 min. read As one of today’s most popular social media platforms, YouTube is often in the crosshairs of…
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Jul 02, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Vulnerability A China-nexus cyber espionage group named Velvet Ant has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cisco NX-OS Software used in its switches to deliver malware. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.0), concerns a case of command injection that allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary…
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