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Asus patches security flaw which could have bricked servers
American Megatrends International released a fix for MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Different OEMs are now implementing the fix in their products ASUS released a patch to address the bug Asus has patched a security flaw which could have bricked servers. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-54085, and has the…
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Microsoft teams up with Western Digital to extract rare earth oxides from decommissioned datacenter hard drives
Chemical-free recycling supports U.S. supply chains and cuts landfill waste Recovered materials support electric cars, wind power, and advanced electronics manufacturing Sustainable end-of-life plan redefines future for storage in U.S. data centers A new pilot program from Microsoft and Western Digital has demonstrated a novel method of recycling rare earth…
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Western Digital plans to launch 40TB HDD next year using HAMR technology and a pinch of flash memory
Western Digital targeting 40TB HDDs by late 2026 using HAMR tech OptiNAND and UltraSMR will boost capacity until HAMR adoption begins to drive growth Storage demand from AI boom is expected to arrive in late 2026 Western Digital recently held an investor day, with a primary focus on how it…
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A huge online fraud operation is hijacking WordPress sites to send out 1.4 billion ad requests per day
Researchers found a huge ad fraud scheme called Scallyway The scheme monetizes pirated sites through a series of redirects At its peak, there were 1.4 billion daily requests Cybersecurity researchers from HUMAN have spotted a major ad fraud operation that leverages people’s interest in pirated content to generate ad revenue…
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Ripple cryptocurrency software library hit by major security issue, wallets under threat
A malicious actor used a compromised Ripple dev account to publish commits to NPM The commits would grant access to people’s crypto wallets They were downloaded around 450 times before being pulled down A JavaScript library recommended by a major cryptocurrency company has been hijacked, with users now being at…
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Major electronics store sees millions of user records allegedly leaked online
A database stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack is being offered for free It was grabbed from the French retail company Boulanger Electroménager & Multimédia. It affects at least a million people Sensitive customer information stolen from a French electronics shop in 2024 has now surfaced online and is being…
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