Day: April 13, 2021

Dark Reading to Upgrade Site Design, Performance

Improvements will make site content easier to navigate, faster, and more functional. …read more Source:: DarkReading


NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures in an April shower of patches

114 fixes for the Windows world – with SAP and Adobe joining in as usual Patch Tuesday April showers bring hours of patches as Microsoft delivers its Patch Tuesday fun-fest consisting of over a hundred CVEs, including four Exchange Server vulnerabilities reported to the company by the US National Security Agency (NSA).… …read more Source::…


‘Why It’s Easier To Move Country Than Switch Social Media’

Cory Doctorow, writing at Wired: When we talk about social media monopolies, we focus too much on network effects, and not enough on switching costs. Yes, it’s true that all your friends are already stuck in a Big Tech silo that doesn’t talk to any of the other Big Tech silos. It needn’t be that…


Microsoft makes MSIX App Attach, a key Windows Virtual Desktop feature, generally available

Microsoft finally is rolling out a key promised component of its Windows Virtual Desktop service which it first showed off back in 2018. …read more Source:: ZDNet


What’s Red and scale-y and shacked up with NEC? A new Red Hat network function virtualization solution, apparently

Living on the Edge as SA networks roll out The move to 5G has allowed vendors and carriers to fundamentally rethink how their networks are structured. Once the norm, tightly integrated vendor-specific hardware is gradually being supplanted by virtualized alternatives that run happily on standards-agnostic kit. Jumping on the bandwagon is Japanese provider NEC, which…


NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Millions of Smart and Industrial Devices

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting at Record: Security researchers have found a new set of vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of servers, smart devices, and industrial equipment. Called NAME:WRECK, the vulnerabilities have been discovered by enterprise IoT security firm Forescout as part of its internal research program named Project Memoria — which the company describes as…


Removable Extruder Pulls Out the Stops on Features

For all of us fascinated with 3D printing, it’s easy to forget that 3D printer jams are an extra dimension of frustration to handle. Not to mention that our systems don’t really lend themselves well to being easily disassembled for experiments. For anyone longing for a simpler tune-up experience, you’re in luck. [MihaiDesigns] is dawning…


Tax Phish Swims Past Google Workspace Email Security

Crooks are looking to harvest email credentials with a savvy campaign that uses the Typeform service to host the phishing page. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Grimes gets ‘beautiful alien scars’ tattooed on her back – CNET

The musician posted her extraterrestrial-inspired ink on Instagram. …read more Source:: CNet


The Global Business of Professional Trolling

Professional political trolling is still a thriving underground industry around the world, despite crackdowns from the biggest tech firms. From a report: Coordinated online disinformation efforts offer governments and political actors a fast, cheap way to get under rivals’ skin. They also offer a paycheck to people who are eager for work, typically in developing…