Tag: pro
Malicious NuGet packages with millions of downloads are targeting users everywhere
Cybersecurity researchers from Phylum recently discovered a malware campaign on the NuGet package manager for the .NET Framework, trying to trick people into infecting their endpoints with a remote access trojan (RAT) called SeroXen. The unnamed threat actors updated a malicious package called Pathoschild.Stardew.Mod.Build.Config, a typosquat of a legitimate package…
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Unpatched WS_FTP servers are being targeted to spread ransomware
Organizations that have not yet patched their WS_FTP Server instances are now being targeted by ransomware. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts Sophos X-Ops, who recently thwarted one such attempt against one of their clients. A relatively unknown threat actor going by the name Reichsadler Cybercrime…
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Many SMBs really don’t know exactly what security tools they need
Many small and medium businesses haven’t quite figured out how to stay on top of the evolving cybersecurity landscape, a new report has claimed. The research from Sage, conducted across a global pool of SMBs, found that a number of factors are impacting cybersecurity effectiveness, including the cost of living.…
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AI could help turbocharge your SSD’s effective storage by compressing data even further — but just don’t delete 7zip just yet
DeepMind scientists have treated compression technology to a major upgrade thanks to a large language model (LLM) that has achieved astonishing lossless compression rates with image and audio data. Thanks to the company’s Chinchilla 70B LLM, the researchers used a special compression algorithm to reduce images to 43.4% and audio…
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World’s biggest PC vendor takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time
Lenovo has the green light to see a portfolio of new enterprise-focused devices powered by Esper Foundation – a custom Android operating system – and bundled with a complementary mobile device management (MDM) platform. The firm’s first device running Esper Foundation is the Lenovo ThinkCentre M70a, an all-in-one desktop PC…
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Microsoft Defender just got a major security upgrade aimed at quarantining hackers
One of the biggest challenges IT teams face today is identifying when a legitimate user’s account is compromised and stopping it from being used to deploy malware or steal data. With the latest update to Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft wants to help solve that problem. Currently in public preview, Microsoft…
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