Tag: pro
If you’re using this router brand, you may want to disconnect now — security researchers found more vulnerabilities and a hardcoded password in Totolink hardware
You might not give a second thought to the brand of your router, but that may all change after security experts have warned they are not all created equal. And one brand in particular – Totolink – seems to have been plagued with a worrying amount of vulnerabilities found in…
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GitLab users warned of flaw that allows file overwrite — so update now
GitLab recently discovered a critical vulnerability in its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) instances, which could allow malicious actors to write arbitrary files while creating a workspace. In a security bulletin, GitLab said the vulnerability is quite serious and that users should apply the patch with utmost urgency.…
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It’s true — Microsoft Teams group chat requests can be bad for you, as hackers hijack them to spread malware
Hackers are abusing a group chat feature in Microsoft Teams video conferencing software to deploy malware on people’s computers, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity experts from AT&T Cybersecurity said that a threat actor was observed using either a compromised Teams user, or domain, to send more than 1,000 Teams group chat…
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Linux users beware — this security flaw could allow attackers to get root on major distros, so take extra care
A local privilege escalation flaw within the GNU C (glibc) has been disclosed, opening up the possibility of cyberattacks on endpoints with the library installed – quite a large pool, as the library enables critical kernel features across several major Linux distributions. Per BleepingComputer, the flaw, disclosed as CVE-2023-6246, was…
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Google Cloud saw a huge rise in 2023 — with Google One a particular success
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that the company’s personal cloud subscription, Google One, is fast approaching the milestone of 100 million subscribers. In a recent announcement during the company’s Q4 and fiscal year 2023 earnings call, Pichai discussed the way that Google One has evolved since it was first…
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Japan finally gives up on 1.44MB floppy disk drives, 50 years after they went on sale — but there’s no sign of Microsoft removing the iconic ‘Save’ floppy icon from Office just yet
Even though floppy disks have long since gone the way of the dodo, the ghost of the ancient recording media still haunts the digital world. As a great example, when you go to save a file in Microsoft Office, you’ll see the save icon still appears as a floppy disk,…
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