Worm rubs out competitor’s malware, then takes control
All your compromised credentials are belong to us now instead of the other gang READ MORE HERE…
Cybersecurity
‘Dirty Frag’ Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE READ MORE HERE…
Meta U-turns on encryption push for Instagram as DMs go plaintext
After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again READ MORE HERE…
Meta fights Ofcom over how many billions count as billions
Social media biz says watchdog’s fine formula is ‘disproportionate’ and should stop counting global revenue READ MORE HERE…
Mozilla boasts Mythos boosted Firefox bug cull
Yet it remains unclear if Anthropic’s uber model was effective, or if better model middleware is what makes the difference READ MORE HERE…
60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour
Happy World Password Day! Maybe it’s finally time to kill this holiday in favor of World No-More-Passwords Day? READ MORE HERE…
Palo Alto expands cloud security platform
Palo Alto Networks has bolstered its cloud security software with features that help customers quickly spot suspicious behaviors and trace security issues to their source to better protect enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.The vendor has added a variety of new components, under the moniker Darwin, to its core cloud-security package, Prisma Cloud. The core platform already includes application-security features such as access control, advanced threat protection, user-behavior monitoring, and the ability to code security directly into SaaS applications. Managed through a single console, Prisma Cloud also includes firewall as a service, zero-trust network access (ZTNA), a cloud-access security broker (CASB), and a secure web gateway.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
Gartner: Top strategic technology trends for 2024
AI and intelligent application-development trends will impact the enterprise the most in 2024, says research firm Gartner, which unveiled its annual look at the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to prepare for in the coming year.“A lot of the trends are around AI development, but also in protecting the investment that organizations have already made. For example, they’ve invested in machine learning, natural language. And there’s a ramp up in software engineering right now where people are building more things because they have access to that data and the development tools are getting better,” said Chris Howard, distinguished vice president analyst and chief of research, during his presentation of this year’s trends list at Gartner’s flagship IT Symposium/Xpo conference in Orlando, Florida.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…