Aug 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananWordPress Security / Website Protection A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the WPML WordPress multilingual plugin that could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code remotely under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6386 (CVSS score: 9.9), impacts all versions of the plugin before 4.6.13, which was released on August…
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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan was a guest at VMware Explore in Las Vegas last year, but one year and $69 billion dollars later, it is his party as the newly acquired VMware By Broadcom showed off new cloud foundations, Tanzu, and AI products designed to simplify cloud deployments and deliver private, virtualized AI infrastructure. Paul…
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After the massive CrowdStrike-caused Windows outage last month, SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten says the incident revealed that cybersecurity ‘is not a winner-takes-all market.’ SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten said Tuesday that the massive Microsoft Windows outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update last month signals the dangers of consolidating too heavily on certain technology vendors. “The…
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HP will “modernize and expand our facility” with the funds, CEO Enrique Lores said in a statement. HP has inked preliminary terms for a $50 million award from the U.S. federal government that would support its microfluids semiconductor fab in Oregon. Should HP receive the funds, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer maker will “modernize and…
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State-sponsored Chinese hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director, a software platform for managing SD-WAN infrastructure used by internet service providers (ISPs) and managed service providers (MSPs). The group, known in the security industry as Volt Typhoon, has targeted US critical infrastructure organizations in the past. “Black Lotus Labs has observed the zero-day exploitation…
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Young Consulting is sending data breach notifications to 954,177 people who had their information exposed in a BlackSuit ransomware attack on April 10, 2024. Young Consulting (now Connexure) is an Atlanta-based software solutions provider specializing in the employer stop-loss marketplace, assisting insurance carriers, brokers, and third-party administrators in managing, marketing, underwriting, and administering stop-loss insurance…
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Having achieved $100 million in ARR last year, the developer of data management and observability software says it now ranks among the fastest growing infrastructure software companies in the IT industry. Cribl has raised $319 million in an oversubscribed Series E funding round that boosted the valuation of the developer of IT and security data…
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Sources said ConnectWise is crafting a deal to buy the business continuity and disaster recovery vendor for as much as $500 million. ConnectWise is finalizing a deal to buy business continuity and disaster recovery vendor Axcient for between $400 million and $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The deal provides…
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The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) denies its systems were breached by the Hunters International ransomware gang after being listed as a new victim on the cybercrime group’s leak site on Monday. “USMS is aware of the allegations and has evaluated the materials posted by individuals on the dark web, which do not appear to derive…
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Microsoft has released the optional KB5041587 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which adds sharing to Android devices and fixes multiple File Explorer issues. The August 2024 non-security preview update improves Windows sharing capabilities, enabling users to easily share content with their Android devices using the Windows share window. “To do this,…
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