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An actively exploited Microsoft 0-day flaw still doesn’t have a patch

Enlarge (credit: mturhanlar | Getty Images) Researchers warned last weekend that a flaw in Microsoft’s Support Diagnostic Tool could be exploited using malicious Word documents to remotely take control of target devices. Microsoft released guidance on Monday, including temporary defense measures. By Tuesday, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency had warned that “a...

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Critical Atlassian 0-day is under active exploit. You’re patched, right?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) About this time last week, threat actors began quietly tapping a previously unknown vulnerability in Atlassian software that gave them almost complete control over a small number of servers. Since Thursday, active exploits of the vulnerability have mushroomed, creating a semi-organized frenzy among competing crime groups. “It is clear that multiple...

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After remote-work ultimatum, Musk reveals plan to cut 10% of Tesla jobs

Enlarge / Tesla charging station at the Chesapeake House Travel Plaza off I-95 in Maryland on March 11, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Tom Williams ) Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to cut 10 percent of jobs at the electric carmaker because he has a “super bad feeling” about the economy, he wrote in an...

Meeting Owl videoconference device used by govs is a security disaster
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Meeting Owl videoconference device used by govs is a security disaster

Enlarge (credit: Owl Labs) The Meeting Owl Pro is a videoconference device with an array of cameras and microphones that captures 360-degree video and audio and automatically focuses on whoever is speaking to make meetings more dynamic and inclusive. The consoles, which are slightly taller than an Amazon Alexa and bear the likeness of a...

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Meeting Owl videoconference device used by govs is a security disaster

Enlarge (credit: Owl Labs) The Meeting Owl Pro is a videoconference device with an array of cameras and microphones that captures 360-degree video and audio and automatically focuses on whoever is speaking to make meetings more dynamic and inclusive. The consoles, which are slightly taller than an Amazon Alexa and bear the likeness of a...

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Broadcom plans a “rapid transition” to subscription revenue for VMware

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan ) Broadcom announced last week that it was seeking to drop $61 billion in cash and stock to acquire VMware. We still don’t know exactly what changes Broadcom plans to make to VMware’s products or business model once the acquisition completes. Still, Broadcom Software Group President Tom Krause...

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1.1 quintillion operations per second: US has world’s fastest supercomputer

Enlarge / Systems engineer Matt Ezell, the system lead for the Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory) The US has retaken the top spot in the world supercomputer rankings with the exascale Frontier system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. The Frontier system’s score of 1.102 exaflop/s...