Canonical withdraws Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 ISO after discovery of hate speech in translations
Friday 13th has indeed proved unlucky for anyone looking to download the Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 ISO -- it is currently unavailable having been pulled just hours after launch.
The decision to withdraw the Mantic Minotaur ISO was taken after it was discovered that a contributor had inserted malicious translations into the installer. Although Canonical has not revealed the content of the user-submitted translations for the Linux distro, it has been described as "hate speech".
Does the new OWASP Top 10 accurately reflect the threats now facing APIs? [Q&A]
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which act as the glue connecting systems and applications together, are now the number one attack target for cyber criminals. Attack methods have changed over recent years, however, prompting the OWASP API Security Project to revise its API Security Top 10 of attack types for 2023.
But do the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) it covers still serve as a blueprint for defense? We spoke to Jason Kent, hacker in residence at Cequence Security, to find out if the top 10 is liable to see defenders take too narrow an approach.
AVerMedia launches Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 (GC553G2) USB capture card
AVerMedia Technologies, known for its audio and video solutions, has launched the Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 (GC553G2), an HDMI 2.1 USB capture card aimed at improving the streaming experience for gamers worldwide.
Game streamers have been on the lookout for solutions to cater to the demands of the latest games and next-gen consoles. The Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 seeks to address this need. This capture card uses HDMI 2.1 technology to offer better video quality with up to 4K144 pass-through HDR/VRR, aiming to transmit gameplay with improved clarity and fluidity. Additionally, it supports up to 4K60 capture, providing an option for streamers to capture their gaming moments with better clarity.
TP-Link Archer BE550 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 router (BE9300) is surprisingly affordable
Today, TP-Link launches a surprisingly affordable Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 router. The Archer BE550, also known as BE9300, promises to serve as your gateway to seamless 4K/8K streaming and a lag-free online gaming experience -- all for under $300. That's a remarkable price for such a cutting-edge router.
One of the cool features of Archer BE550 is its tri-band design which propels Wi-Fi speeds up to a whopping 9.2 Gbps, effortlessly managed across six concurrent data streams. The Multi-Link Operation (MLO), a significant 320 MHz band, and the 4K-QAM technology, will take Wi-Fi speeds to 3.6 times faster than what you'd get with Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E routers.
Microsoft Edge is snooping on your Chrome browsing activity; here's how to stop it
One web browser spying on another? Surely not! However, if you are using both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, Microsoft's browser could be grabbing all of your browsing history from Chrome every time you launch it.
If you decided to jump from Firefox to Chrome, from Edge to Firefox, from Opera to Edge or any other combination, you will probably have taken advantage of the option to import browsing history, saved passwords and so on. But you likely don’t want this cross-browser communication to continue indefinitely. Here’s how to check whether this sneaky data swapping is happening in the background and how to stop it if it is.
Ubuntu Linux 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' is here with new features and Raspberry Pi 5 compatibility
Today is a special day for the Linux community as Ubuntu 23.10 (code-named "Mantic Minotaur") is finally released. Yes, folks, following a fairly short beta testing period, the Debian-based operating system can be downloaded now.
Notably, Ubuntu 23.10 is compatible with the latest Raspberry Pi 5 and SiFive HiFive Pro P550 from the get go. It is quite impressive to have support for the very new Raspberry Pi 5 on day one.
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The dark estate: Reclaiming productivity and millions
The modern workforce is more distributed and dependent on devices than ever before. In this hybrid work environment, digital employee experiences are siloed. IT teams are on the hook to ensure end-user productivity despite strained financial resources and the IT talent war.
Despite their technical expertise, IT service teams are limited in their ability to be in multiple locations at once. Distributed workforces further cause significant blind spots and open up businesses to vulnerabilities hiding in the dark estate. That’s where hidden issues live, yet IT teams can’t see them. The potential for unknown risks is nothing new in IT. So why should businesses care about the dark estate, especially now when IT departments are already burdened by lengthy lists of service requests, putting out fires, and keeping up with security challenges?
Almost half of SMBs have experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last year
A new report from business software company Sage shows that 48 percent of SMBs have experienced a cyber security incident in the past year.
In addition the study of over 2,000 SMB decision makers around the world finds 51 percent say keeping on top of new threats is their biggest challenge and 44 percent say economic uncertainty and the cost of living has reduced cybersecurity budgets.
Cloud vs. on-premises: Unraveling the mystery of the dwell time disparity
In the ever-evolving realm of the cloud, dwell times are now measured in moments, not days. Whereas Mandiant’s 2023 M-Trends report highlighted a global median dwell time of 16 days for on-premises environments, the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) recently reported in their 2023 Global Cloud Threat Report that cloud dwell time is five minutes.
To better understand the stark difference between defenders' abilities to find attackers in the cloud and on-premises, I sat down with the Sysdig TRT to discuss their findings. They circled around four distinct, but closely related reasons.
Majority of employees want GenAI in their lives
Employees are embracing generative AI and its capabilities, with 86 percent of respondents to a new survey saying they want to use GenAI at work, and 52 percent seeing GenAI as a great tool to find more relevant information.
The study, of over 2,000 US adults conducted by Arlington Research for Coveo, finds 56 percent of respondents believe GenAI tools would save them at least an hour a day at work. However, more than 50 percent of respondents' companies don't have a GenAI policy in place to enable their employees to leverage these capabilities safely and privately.
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Cybersecurity is booming but it comes at a human cost
According to a new survey of 302 security professionals, almost 80 percent say they have 'good' or 'excellent' career prospects, and more than 84 percent say the industry is 'growing' or 'booming'.
However, the report from The Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) finds the industry is still plagued by issues including stress and overwork. 22 percent of respondents work more than the 48 hours per week mandated by the UK government, and eight percent work more than 55 hours which, according to the World Health Organization, marks the boundary between safe and unsafe working hours.
Over half of supplier management processes still not digitized
New research from Ivalua shows more than half (53 percent) of procurement and supplier management processes have yet to be digitized.
This is creating inefficiencies, with procurement teams estimating they are wasting 22 percent of their time each year dealing with paper-based or manual processes.
Microsoft no longer supports Windows 11 21H2 or Windows Server 2012
With the release of this month's security updates for Windows, Microsoft has brought to an end support for not only Windows Server 2012, but also Windows 11 21H2.
What this means for users of these versions of the operating system is that there will be no more updates of any sort made available -- and this means both security updates and non-security updates. For anyone who wants or needs to stick with Windows 2012, things could get expensive, but there are free upgrades available to those currently running Windows 11 21H2.
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