Day: February 9, 2021

Attackers Exploit Critical Adobe Flaw to Target Windows Users

A critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader has been exploited in “limited attacks.” …read more Source:: Threatpost


Microsoft Word’s Dark Mode brings on even more darkness – CNET

Your documents will be bathed in shadow too. …read more Source:: CNet


Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond: Oracle launches rugged edge-of-network box for hostile environments

Call me what you will – but don’t drop me more than 26 times Oracle has launched a rugged computer-filled box which users should feel comfortable dropping from a 1.2m height but no more than 26 times.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Some Tips for Monetizing Work in Open Source

Free and open-source software (FOSS) doesn’t have to be entirely separate from the concept of bringing in money, but the path to monetizing is maybe less clear than it could be. To help address this, [Drew DeVault] has shared some concise thoughts on different ways to monetize FOSS work and projects. [Drew] observes that monetizing…


Virtual Property Sells for $1.5M in Ether, Smashing NFT Record

A piece of virtual land on blockchain marketplace and gaming platform Axie Infinity has just sold for a record-breaking sum in cryptocurrency. From a report: At around 23:00 UTC on Monday, one of the platform’s newest community members, “Flying Falcon,” purchased the digital estate of nine adjacent Genesis blocks for 888.25 ether, roughly $1.5 million…


Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 56 bugs, including Windows zero-day

Microsoft also warns about three nasty vulnerabilities in the Windows TCP/IP stack. …read more Source:: ZDNet


SentinelOne Buys Data Analytics Company Scalyr

Cloud-based big data platform boosts extended detection and response (XDR) offering. …read more Source:: DarkReading


See Jared Leto’s creepy Joker look in Justice League Snyder Cut – CNET

The unnerving villain looks like he escaped from an asylum. …read more Source:: CNet


Mike Lynch extradition: Uncle Sam offered Autonomy founder $10m bail if he travelled there to stand trial

Plus: Verdict will be delayed for High Court to pass judgment on HPE civil case The US offered to let Autonomy founder Mike Lynch out on bail if he travelled there to face criminal charges over the $8.8bn writedown of his company after its buyout by HPE – provided he stumped up $10m as bond.……


Best practices on integrating access control, biometrics with swing doors and security entrances

How can electronic access control solutions and other devices like biometrics technologies be configured to help mitigate unauthorized entry through swing doors and turnstiles? Here, we’ll take a look at swing doors and turnstiles first, then the high security revolving doors and mantrap portals. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine