Microsoft Says Digital Extortion Gang Lapsus$ Targets Cryptocurrency, Too
An anonymous reader shares a report: A digital extortion gang with a murky background and unconventional methods -- one researcher called them "laughably bad" at times -- has claimed responsibility for a string of compromises against some of the worl.....»»
Popular VPN boosts its security game and brings your browsing to the cloud
IPVanish Secure Browsing seeks to raise the bar of VPN security, promising to prevent digital threats from reaching your device altogether......»»
Resilience over reliance: Preparing for IT failures in an unpredictable digital world
No IT system — no matter how advanced – is completely immune to failure. The promise of a digital ring of steel may sound attractive, but can it protect you against hardware malfunctions? Software bugs? Unexpected environmental conditions? Cybers.....»»
Color complexity in social media posts leads to more engagement, new research shows
If you work in digital marketing, you don't need to be told a picture's worth a thousand words. More than half of content marketers say images are crucial for achieving their social media goals, and a staggering 70% of users prefer image-based posts.....»»
Cato DEM helps IT teams overcome network performance problems
Cato Networks expanded the Cato SASE Cloud Platform by introducing Cato Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). This announcement is the third major expansion to the Cato SASE Cloud Platform in 2024, following the additions of extended detection and res.....»»
The NHI management challenge: When employees leave
An employee is exiting your organization. Regardless of the terms of departure, an ex-staffer has the potential when they leave or change roles to impact a wide range of non-human identities, digital credentials, and other secrets. Those secrets incl.....»»
The dark side of API security
APIs are the backbone of digital transformation efforts, connecting applications across organizations, so their security is of the utmost importance. In this Help Net Security video, Lori MacVittie, a Distinguished Engineer at F5, discusses the curre.....»»
Microsoft ends support for this four-year-old Surface device
Driver and firmware update support for the Surface Laptop Go officially ended on October 13, four years after its release......»»
Expert witness used Copilot to make up fake damages, irking judge
Judge calls for a swift end to experts secretly using AI to sway cases. A New York judge recently called out an expert witness for using Microsoft's Copilot chatbot to inaccuratel.....»»
Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today
Windows 10 is by far the most-used version of Windows, and support ends soon. One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that.....»»
Disruption or adaptation: Three questions for the right digitalization strategy
Does every company need to focus on disruption with its digital strategy or should it wait for disruptions from others before reacting and adapting its processes? A new study by Jan Recker, Murat Tarakci and Fabian J. Sting uses simulations to invest.....»»
Brazilian study identifies potential targets for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis
Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have characterized for the first time a class of proteins present in the parasite Leishmania in.....»»
Digital quantum simulation of nuclear magnetic resonance experiments
Programmable quantum computers have the potential to efficiently simulate increasingly complex molecular structures, electronic structures, chemical reactions, and quantum mechanical states in chemistry that classical computers cannot. As the molecul.....»»
How the US presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code
If you want to know anything about what digital ads the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidential campaigns are running, and in what locales they're running which ads, Penn's Andrew Arenge is your guy. He has, after all, watched more than 15,000 lo.....»»
Microsoft is fixing my biggest problem with Windows 11 on handhelds
Microsoft just published a new preview build for Windows 11 that includes significant changes to the onscreen keyboard targeted at handheld gaming PCs......»»
CISOs’ strategies for managing a growing attack surface
In this Help Net Security interview, Rickard Carlsson, CEO at Detectify, discusses the evolution of attack surface management in the context of remote work and digital transformation. Carlsson highlights the challenges CISOs face today, including mai.....»»
Novel nanoparticle therapy targets fat absorption to combat obesity
Researchers have unveiled a novel approach to tackle obesity by targeting fat absorption in the small intestine. The cutting-edge nanoparticle system, engineered to deliver therapeutic molecules directly to the digestive tract, has shown significant.....»»
Week in review: Microsoft fixes two exploited zero-days, SOC teams are losing trust in security tools
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-43572) For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes.....»»
The FBI created a cryptocurrency just to track people abusing it
The FBI has arrested fraudsters who used a cryptocurrency it created to trap them......»»
Best Buy knocked $200 off the Microsoft Surface Pro with CoPilot+
This Microsoft Surface Pro comes with the new Copilot+, and you can get it $200 off with this excellent deal......»»
Gamers can buy their Xbox games on Android next month
Good news Xbox gamers, it seems that next month Microsoft will allow gamers to buy Xbox games through the app on their Android phones. The post Gamers can buy their Xbox games on Android next month appeared first on Phandroid. If you wante.....»»