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Patch WinRAR now – it’s got a major security flaw
Russian and Chinese state-sponsored threat actors have been discovered abusing a known vulnerability in the popular archiving tool WinRAR to extract sensitive information such as passwords and other login credentials. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which usually tracks and analyzes state-sponsored hacking players, claims to have found evidence that the…
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Google just took a major step up in keeping you safe from dodgy Android apps
Google has announced a new security tool to help strike back at hackers who have adopted new techniques to infect and compromise Android endpoints. In a blog post, the company revealed significant improvements to how its Android Play Protect security feature operates. As per the announcement, Google Play Protect will…
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North Korea has got its hands on AI – and is testing its ability to commit cyberwarfare
North Korea has somehow managed to not only get its hands on AI, but also be the first nation to be publicly confirmed by the US to be using AI in cyber warfare, new reports have claimed. North Korea is well known for its cyber attacks, but this latest innovation…
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Millions more 23andMe records leaked online
Another database belonging to genetic testing website 23andMe has allegedly been published on a dark net forum, just days after an initial leak was revealed. An individual going by the alias Golem published a database on BreachForums containing sensitive information on four million users. Subsequent TechCrunch investigations confirmed that at…
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Is tech debt holding back your business?
A new study has revealed that choosing “inferior but quick” solutions over the “right” solution is costing businesses more than just cash as they risk “technical debt.” The report from DXC Technology explains that businesses can find themselves in tech debt after a series of trade-offs and poor decisions, which…
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Even a laptop can run RAM externally thanks to a little-known tech called CXL — but it’s not for sale to mere mortals who only want 1TB of RAM
A start-up has sampled a new device designed to augment servers with additional memory over a CXL 2.0 connection simply by plugging it into a laptop. FADU, which is known to manufacture SSDs and other storage units, demonstrated its CXL 2.0 switch concept device at Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2023,…
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