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Google Chat will now play nice with all your other work messaging platforms
Google has launched general availability of improved interoperability between its Google Chat platform and rival messaging services Slack and Teams. First announced at the company’s Google Cloud Next conference in 2023, Google Workspace customers will now be able to converse with colleagues and clients on other platforms through the first…
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The importance of the Vulnerability Operations Centre for cybersecurity
Traditional cybersecurity is laser-focused on incident detection and response. In other words, it’s built around a Security Operations Centre (SOC). That’s no bad thing in itself. Read between the lines, however, and that assumes we’re waiting on the threats to come to us. With cyber adversaries evolving their tactics through…
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Microsoft says Copilot app in Windows Server was a mistake
If you were among the Windows Server 2022 users who recently spotted a new Microsoft Copilot app added to the list of installed programs, don’t fret – it’s not an actual app, and it doesn’t work. It’s just a mistake on Microsoft’s part, a tail left behind the tests Microsoft…
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TP-Link routers are still being bombarded with botnet and malware threats
More than a year after a patch was released, hackers are still competing to compromise vulnerable TP-Link Wi-Fi routers. A report from Fortinet claims half a dozen botnet operators are scanning for vulnerable TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) routers after cybersecurity researchers discovered a high-severity unauthenticated command injection flaw in the…
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Seagate claims its flagship hard drives could last more than 7 years — world’s largest HDD vendor transferred a whopping 3.2PB of data by getting a drive head to work continuously over 6000 hours
Seagate recently announced the results of an experimental test that showed one of its hard drives could run continuously for over 6,000 hours. By leveraging advanced hard-drive recording (HAMR) technology, the world’s biggest hard disk vendor claims it was able to transfer a whopping 3.2PB of data in that period,…
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A whole new generation of ransomware makers are attempting to shake up the market
The days of the “traditional” Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model could be numbered as hackers instead pivot towards cheaper, crude, off-the-shelf ransomware variants, new research has said. In a new report analyzing the state of the ransomware community, Sophos says it discovered 19 “junk gun” ransomware variants emerging since June 2023. These…
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