Tag: pro
Some employers won’t like this: the most productive staff are working shorter sprints and taking longer breaks
The most productive people now rest for nearly two and a half hours in an eight-hour day, report claims In-office work may naturally support better mental recovery DeskTime’s productivity metric is role-specific, which brings in subjectivity The long-held belief that working longer hours leads to higher productivity is facing increasing…
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Billions of Chrome users at risk from new data-stealing browser vulnerability – here’s how to stay safe
Google Chrome’s unique handling of referrer-policy creates a major loophole for silent data siphoning CVE-2025-4664 proves even trusted browsers are not immune to catastrophic zero-day vulnerabilities Cross-origin data is up for grabs if you haven’t updated Chrome or Chromium A newly uncovered zero-day vulnerability which affects both Windows and Linux…
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FBI, Secret Service operation takes down AVCheck site used to test malware
The FBI has taken down AVCheck, a site providing services for cybercriminals AVCheck was used to test malware against AV providers without raising alarms Two crypting services were dismantled, as well AVCheck.net, a website providing analysis services for cybercriminals, has been taken offline as part of a larger law enforcement…
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Microsoft and other security experts want a proper naming system for the worst hackers around
Microsoft announces new threat actor name tracking partnership Microsoft and Crowdstrike have already cross-linked over 130 groups Tracking groups will now be easier, and help security vendors respond If you’re struggling to keep track of all the different names each hacking collective, ransomware group, and state-sponsored threat actor has, you’re…
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Using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot could save UK civil servants weeks every year
Microsoft Copilot study claims major timesaving and productivity gains across UK government 20,000 civil servants gained access to Copilot, with striking results Timesaving amounted to around two weeks per person per year Using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot could help civil servants save weeks of work over the course…
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Infosec Europe 2025: we’re live at the show, and here’s everything we’ve seen
Refresh 2025-06-03T13:07:17.228Z Rubrik is next up, showcasing its data resilience and data security solutions for cyber recovery. Rubrik talks me through the devastating effects of ransomware on companies, particularly recently for retail organisations, and the importance of cyber recovery. A robust cyber recovery plan can mean a firm goes from…
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