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Thousands of Juniper firewalls are open to serious attack
A month after a patch was released, an overwhelming majority of Juniper’s SRX firewalls and EX Series switches remain vulnerable to a group of flaws which, when combined, can result in remote code execution, according to threat intelligence platform provider, VulnCheck. In its findings, The Register reports, VulnCheck says that…
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Photoshop rival’s free update is a game-changer for VFX and 3D artists
Some big changes are rolling out across the Serif Affinity graphic design software suite – with one particular inclusion set to improve workflows for VFX and 3D artists. Affinity V2.2, a free update to Serif’s impressive package, will now offer support for color management solution OCIO v2. The solution is…
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Intel unveils 288-core Leviathan 5th-gen Xeon CPU — but there could be an even bigger beast coming
Intel’s CEO has pulled the curtains on a new Xeon Scalable “Sierra Forrest” processor, that’s yet to be named. The “Emerald Rapids” part is a 5th generation model with 288 efficient or E-cores and 288 threads, a clear attempt to capitalize on cloud-native workloads that hyperscalers are so fond of. …
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Bad news – Microsoft employees leaked 38TB worth of private data, including Teams chats
Cybersecurity researchers from Wiz have discovered a huge, unlocked Microsoft Azure cloud storage database, hosting sensitive information on hundreds of people, including private keys and passwords. The database, as it turned out, belonged to Microsoft’s researchers working on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The good news is that the database was locked…
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New cryptojacking attacks target uncommon AWS instances
Cybersecurity researchers from Sysdig recently uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign that targeted uncommon Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. Cryptojacking is a type of cyberattack in which the threat actor secretly installs a cryptocurrency miner on a target endpoint. While not malicious per se, miners bring profit to their owners, while…
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Google Chrome teases full tracking protection tool to keep users protected
Google is reportedly working on a new ‘Tracking Protection’ section to the Settings menu in Chrome to help users more easily navigate a variety of tools designed to help protect them against web tracking. The news comes from Windows Insider, which claims to have spotted clues about the upcoming update…
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