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Misconfigurations in Microsoft Exchange open new doors to email spoofing attacks — here’s how it works

A new report from the Acronis Threat Research Unit has uncovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Online settings that could enable email spoofing attacks. This issue primarily affects users with a hybrid configuration of on-premises Exchange and Exchange Online, and those utilizing third-party email security solutions. In July 2023, Microsoft…

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Expert questions huge AI investments from Microsoft, Amazon and Google and warns of possible ‘Sugar Daddy Boomerang effect’ that could potentially end very badly

The recent surge in cloud spending at Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud has caught the attention of Timothy Prickett Morgan from The Next Platform, prompting him to raise an intriguing question. How much of this seemingly impressive growth, he wonders, is actually being driven by investments…

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These novel metal foams promise 90% improved heat exchange for sustainable data center cooling

Swiss startup Apheros has unveiled a new way to address the global demand for data processing driven by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language lodels (LLMs) The company has developed a novel metal foam it says can revolutionize the cooling systems used in data centers. As pressure…

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Even better than the Sphere’s Big Sky? One-of-a-kind video camera with staggering 18.7K sensor delivers up to 268 million pixels and can fill its onboard 8TB SSD in 50 minutes

Tasmanian filmmaker and inventor Pawel Achtel has developed a custom 18.7K resolution 9×7 digital cinema camera that sets a new standard in wildlife cinematography. The camera, which Achtel describes as a “remarkable milestone,” features a 65-million-photo-site CMOS sensor capable of capturing images at an astonishing 18.7K x 14K resolution. The…

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IT admin charged with extorting employer by locking down hundreds of workstations

Ransomware threat actors don’t always have to come from outside the victim organization – take Daniel Rhyne, a 57-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, who is being charged with locking down, and trying to extort, his own employer. Allegedly, late last year, Rhyne was working at an industrial company in…

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Your IT department may one day control whether you can view your laptop screen or not — remote display permission features could become reality for business, for better or worse

Working from an office can be complicated at the best of things, and things look set to get more so with a new tool aimed at protecting screens from unwanted eyeballs of all kinds. Laptop Switchable Privacy from Rain Technology is aimed at so-called Tier 1 manufacturers like Apple, Dell,…

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