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Watch out – sharing a Wikipedia link on Slack could be a serious security no-no
Cybersecurity researchers from eSentire have discovered a glitch in how Slack renders Wikipedia articles that could be abused to trick users into opening malware-laden websites. In popular messaging apps, including Slack, when a user forgets to add a space between a full stop and the first letter of the next…
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Seagate confirms that 30TB hard drives are coming in early 2024 — but you probably won’t be able to use it in your PC
Hyperscalers and enterprises will finally be able to buy 30TB hard drives in “early 2024”, Dave Mosley, the CEO of Seagate has confirmed in its first quarter fiscal 2024 earnings report. If confirmed, it would be the largest hard drive ever but would still lag the largest SSD in terms…
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Windows PCs are being targeted with a nasty new malware – here’s what you need to know
Cybersecurity researchers have observed hackers abusing MSIX Windows app package files to distribute malware. MSIX is a relatively new, unified packaging format, which developers can utilize to create secure and high-performing applications across platforms. According to experts from Elastic Security Labs, someone’s been distributing MSIX files pretending to be popular…
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Unleashing AI: Why AI needs a better cloud strategy
Speed has always been one of the key metrics of business success. The need for speed has been amplified in recent years, with time-to-market, streamlined production, seamless logistics, and round-the-clock customer service all now expected as a baseline for companies that want to compete. We’ve reached the limit of what…
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One of the most dangerous ransomware kits around might have just gotten a rebrand
There is a good chance that one of the world’s most dangerous ransomware operators out there – Hive – has just gotten a rebrand. Earlier this month, security researchers spotted a new player in the ransomware game, called Hunters International. The group doesn’t focus on encrypting their victims’ endpoints as…
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There’s a new version of Linux – but don’t go getting too excited
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the Linux 6.6 kernel, stating that the week leading up to its launch had been calm, helping to deliver it on time. Torvalds described a “random smattering” of smaller fixes across the board, with only one larger fix addressing the r8152 driver. Linux…
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