Chief executive Bell calls trend towards overemployment immoral
Davis Bell, CEO of Canopy, a mid-sized software company based in Utah, revealed on LinkedIn that he recently fired two engineers who secretly held two full-time jobs at the same time, citing the growing trend of overemployment. “This overemployment isn’t some fun new social trend. It’s a new kind of theft and deception, and it’s not […]
Linux unveils the first release candidate for Linux 6.1
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, has officially started the development cycle for the upcoming Linux 6.1 kernel series and announced general availability for public testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) milestone. He also begged developers to help him out by adding code earlier in the development cycle. The first release candidate […]
Threat actors will exploit crypto winter for malicious activities
The ongoing crypto winter, a market cooling period in the crypto market, is no excuse for crypto marketers to lower their cybersecurity precautions for hackers who use an unsuspecting party’s computer and/or server illegally and unlawfully for crypto scams. For rightful holders of cryptocurrencies, the losses associated with the crypto winter have been devastating, while […]
Kanye West agrees in principle to deal to take over social media platform Parler
According to Parlement Technologies, American rapper Kanye West has agreed to take over Parler, a social media platform known among U.S. conservatives. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022. Parler, one of the social media platforms that claims to be an alternative to Twitter, was released in 2018 but removed […]
Hackers exploit Zimbra vulnerability, comprise nearly 900 servers
A security vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-41352, has been exploited by hackers to hack into nearly 900 servers. A proof-of-concept (PoC) has been added to the Metasploit framework, allowing unprofessional attackers to exploit the vulnerability. The Zimbra vulnerability is a remote code execution flaw that allows an attacker to […]
Unopened first-generation Apple iPhone auctioned for $39,339.60
An unopened first-generation Apple iPhone sold for $39,339.60 at auction 15 years after it was first released, with a starting price of $499. The museum piece, a brand new 8 GB smartphone from 2007, is factory sealed and in excellent condition. The surface and edges of the object are impeccably labelled, and everything is completely original. […]
Microsoft 365 broken cryptographic algorithm could be exploited by hackers
Security researchers at WithSecure have discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 that involves the platform’s use of a broken cryptographic algorithm. The bug was found in Office 365 Message Encryption (OME), a security mechanism used to send and receive encrypted email messages between inside and outside an organization. The problem with the broken cryptographic algorithm […]
Black Basta ransomware uses Qakbot to deploy Brute Ratel C4 payload
According to researchers from the cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, the operators of the Black Basta ransomware are using the Qakbot trojan to deploy the Brute Ratel C4 framework. Attackers use the strategy as a second stage payload, as observed in recent attacks. To carry out an attack, the threat actors use a phishing e-mail containing […]
Sustainable technology gains ground among executives
According to new Gartner data, sustainable technologies such as traceability, analytics, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy can increase the efficiency of IT services, increase overall business efficiency, save money, and meet investor demand. Gartner has shown that sustainability pervades all strategic technology trends for 2023, and by 2025, 50% of CIOs will have performance indicators […]
Apple suspends plans for Chinese-made chips
Apple shelved plans to use Chinese-made Yangtze Memory Technologies Co YMTC NAND flash memory chips in its products after the U.S. tightened export controls on Chinese technology companies. It was expected that Apple would make its debut with YMTC NAND flash memory chips as early as this year and had already completed a lengthy certification […]
