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Credential spraying from thousands of IP addresses are targeting VPNs, Cisco warns
For a month now, hackers have been mounting a large-scale credential stuffing attack against multiple Virtual Private Network (VPN) instances around the world. At the moment, it’s hard to say who is behind the attack, or what the motives are, but researchers have some clues. As reported by Ars Technica,…
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Billions of Discord chats have been harvested, set to be sold online
A publically-accessible website appears to be selling a colossal database of Discord chats to the highest bidder. The site is called Spy.pet, and claims to have obtained more than four billion public messages, made by roughly 620 million users, logged into more than 14,000 servers. On the surface, it would…
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Security flaw in top SSH client could let hackers recover cryptographic private keys
Multiple versions of the PuTTY SSH client were found to be vulnerable to a high-severity flaw which allowed, in certain scenarios, threat actors to exfiltrate private keys used to generate cryptographic signatures. As a result, the attackers could gain unauthorized access to SSH servers, or could be allowed to sign…
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AMD’s latest Ryzen Pro chips are bringing AI to your next business laptop
AMD has revealed two of its latest chips destined for the commercial PC market, hoping to bring enhanced AI capabilities to consumers. The new AMD Ryzen Pro 8040 Series mobile processors and AMD Ryzen Pro 8000 Series desktop processors promise all the latest AI connectivity features, which the California chipmaker…
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DDoS attacks saw a huge surge in the first part of 2024, with one particular country badly hit
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks saw a significant increase during the first quarter of 2024, with one European country being particularly badly hit, new research has claimed. The DDoS threat report for 2024 Q1 from Cloudflare found the company’s automated defenses mitigated 4.5 million DDoS attacks in the first…
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Why the automated edge is the new frontier for business networks
The constant rush to adopt new technologies can quickly have an adverse effect on business networks – hindering bandwidth, connectivity, and eventually their bottom line. To overcome this problem, forward-thinking companies are now embracing the network edge. But what exactly is the edge? And how can it improve your operations…
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