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Boeing says it refused to pay massive ransomware demand
Boeing has revealed it refused to pay a $200 million ransom demand from ransomware hackers who stole a tranche of sensitive data in 2023. The US Department of Justice recently unsealed an indictment against one Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, who is being accused of being the one to develop and maintain…
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Security flaws in BIG-IP system could have put entire networks at risk
BIG-IP Next Central Manager (NCM), a centralized management and orchestration platform for F5’s BIG-IP product family, was vulnerable to two major flaws which allowed malicious actors to take over its managed assets. The bugs, which have since been patched, are described as an SQL injection vulnerability, and an OData injection…
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Chinese server CPU beats Microsoft, Google and AWS rivals to grab performance crown — Alibaba’s Yitian 710 is quickest server CPU but it is based on Arm rather than RISC and x86 is likely to be the overall speed champion
Alibaba Cloud’s Yitian 710 processor is the most efficient Arm-based server processor for database tasks in hyperscale cloud environments around today, new research has claimed. A recent study published in the Transactions on Cloud Computing journal by IEEE found the 128-core processor, developed in 2021, not only trumps rival Arm-based…
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AI surveillance is on the horizon, but Mullvad VPN might have a fix
The security gap between our expectations and the harsh digital reality is deepening as AI-powered tools enable internet service providers (ISPs), authorities, and even data brokers to trace back our online activities despite being encrypted. That’s why one of the best VPN services on the market, Mullvad VPN, just dropped…
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Google’s AI paywall and the ethics of access
Reports that Google is considering a paywall for some of its AI-powered search features have caused a stir across the industry. From a commercial perspective, the rationale is understandable. Unlimited access has wider implications and of course, it reduces the opportunity to curate information. AI searches are comparatively energy-intensive and…
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Even Adobe Acrobat is getting an AI assistant now
Adobe has unveiled its latest GenAI functionality, and this time, it’s the Acrobat PDF tool that’s getting a handy makeover. Acrobat AI Assistant for enterprise customers, available as an add-on subscription, is set to work with Reader and Acrobat across desktop, web and mobile platforms, and uses generative AI tools…
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