Day: November 2, 2021

IBM acquires endpoint security company ReaQta, announces expanded XDR suite

The technology giant said the acquisition was part of a larger announcement about the expansion of its QRadar brand, which will now include a new suite of XDR offerings. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Android Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Kernel Bug

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Tangoe shows work-from-anywhere expense-management package

Product bundle is designed for enterprises that may lack the resources or in-house expertise to execute a digital communications transformation. …read more Source:: ZDNet


SaaS and Third-Party Risk: Is Your Organization Asking the Hard Questions?

An investment in due diligence might prevent your organization from being part of next week’s breach news cycle. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Microsoft’s Edge Browser for Linux is Now Available for All Users

A year after releasing the first preview build of its Chromium-based Edge browser for Linux, Microsoft is announcing its general availability. From a report: The new release supports a variety of Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and openSUSE. Microsoft announced Linux on Edge’s availability milestone during the first day of its Ignite IT Pro…


Kicking off National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month

November is Infrastructure Security Month and a time to think about how organizations can contribute to the security and resilience of the U.S.’s essential services and functions. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Microsoft Launches Google Wave

Microsoft is bringing back Google Wave, the doomed real-time messaging and collaboration platform Google launched in 2009 and prematurely shuttered in 2010. From a report: Maybe we should’ve seen this coming. Back in 2019, Microsoft announced the Fluid Framework (not to be confused with the Fluent design system). The idea here was nothing short of…


Juniper announces new IoT service for onboarding and securing devices

Juniper also unveiled new 6 GHz access points that leverage Mist AI. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Apple macOS Flaw Allows Kernel-Level Compromise

‘Shrootless’ allows bypass of System Integrity Protection IT security measures to install a malicious rootkit that goes undetected and performs arbitrary device operations. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Microsoft’s Own Metaverse Is Coming, and It Will Have PowerPoint

If you’re worried the metaverse will be all fun and games, fear not: Microsoft is taking its own stab at the idea, and it will have PowerPoint and Excel. From a report: The company is adapting its signature software products to create a more corporate version of the metaverse — a concept promoted by Facebook…