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Legacy IT infrastructure hosted Chinese spies inside a US engineering firm for months
Chinese state-sponsored hackers were snooping around a US-based global engineering firm for months, trying to steal classified information, blueprints, login credentials, and other sensitive data. An exclusive report by The Register, discussed the news with John Dwyer, Director of Security Research at Binary Defense, a managed detection and response firm…
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Lockbit says it has hit eFile.com, again
American online tax filing platform, eFile.com, appears to have suffered (yet another) ransomware attack. Earlier this week, ransomware operators LockBit added the company to their extortion site, threatening to leak the files stolen during the raid, The Register reports. However, the company has not yet confirmed, nor denied, the attack.…
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Google, Microsoft, and AWS trade blame as UK watchdog investigates cloud competition
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are all defending their business practices, which are under investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), by subtly point the finger at one another. By blaming each other, the three companies are hoping to deflect attention and avoid further investigations and punitory action from…
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Meta in EU antitrust crosshairs for classified advertising practices
Meta is potentially facing a significant fine over its alleged attempts to dominate the classified advertising market. The classified ad practices of the corporation have come under fire for linking free Marketplace services with the Facebook platform, which ‘undermines rivals’, according to the EU regulators. It’s not clear how much…
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Slack’s latest AI boost will give you notes from even the smallest meetings
Keeping track of what was said in even the briefest workplace chats and meetings could soon get a lot easier thanks to a new update from Slack. The online collaboration platform has revealed its “huddles” – quick-starting meetings designed for spontaneous chats and catch-ups – will now be able to…
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Top Microsoft Office apps are getting a major AI upgrade — PowerPoint, Outlook and even Teams get a Copilot boost
Despite our protestations, Microsoft is determined to make AI tools in the workplace accessible and appealing with a raft of new improvements across its Microsoft 365 (M365) suite of productivity tools. In an announcement on the M365 blog, the tech giant announced ‘wave 2’, rolling out (mostly) in September 2024,…
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