New Blog Moderation Policy There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, we’re having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments, but also sniping and personal attacks. It’s gotten so bad that I need to do something. My options are limited because I’m…
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Advance Auto Parts has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor attempted to sell stolen data on a hacking forum earlier this month. Advance operates 4,777 stores and 320 Worldpac branches and serves 1,152 independently owned Carquest stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mexico, and various…
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Microsoft has acknowledged the criticisms and recently outlined several privacy enhancements: Recall will now be switched off by default, and users are required to first enroll with Microsoft’s Windows Hello authentication system. In an update to a previous blog post on Thursday, Microsoft outlined plans to delay the full launch, which was due to be made available…
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“We can call it a backdoor, a front door, or ‘upload moderation’.” But whatever we call it, each one of these approaches creates a vulnerability that can be exploited by hackers and hostile nation states.” Amandine Le Pape, co-founder and COO of secure messaging platform Element, expressed similar privacy-focused concerns. “We’re disappointed in signs that…
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The controversial spyware Pegasus and its operator, the Israeli NSO Group, is once again in the news. Last week, in documents filed in a judgment between NSO and WhatsApp, they admitted that any of their clients can target anyone with their spyware, including government or military officials because their jobs are inherently legitimate intelligence targets.…
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Car dealership software-as-a-service provider CDK Global was hit by a massive cyberattack, causing the company to shut down its systems and leaving clients unable to operate their business normally. CDK Global provides clients in the auto industry a SaaS platform that handles all aspects of a car dealership’s operation, including CRM, financing, payroll, support and…
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“Depending on the use case, you buy small, medium, large and extra-large versus the Dell AI factory, which is a bunch of widgets that you have to bring together,” said Neri in an interview with CRN at HPE Discover. “And then we actually build this in our factory right away. So we ship it exactly…
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Jun 19, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Crypto Security Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an “extremely critical” zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them. Details of the incident were shared by Kraken’s Chief Security Officer, Nick Percoco, on X (formerly Twitter), stating it…
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As solution providers position themselves to capture AI opportunities, here’s how seven channel CEOs think they can make their mark. There’s no hotter topic in the IT channel right now than AI, with solution providers across the market making their choices on how to build out their AI technology stacks and bringing new solutions to…
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Jun 19, 2024NewsroomZero-Day Exploits / Cyber Espionage The China-nexus cyber espionage actor linked to the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices has been observed utilizing multiple persistence mechanisms in order to maintain unfettered access to compromised environments. “Persistence mechanisms encompassed network devices, hypervisors, and virtual machines, ensuring alternative channels remain…
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