Targeted exploit
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Users experienced widespread delays and outages in Internet service around the world this week after a group called Spamhaus made a new addition to its spam blacklist—a Dutch company called Cyberbunker. Email service providers (like Gmail or Hotmail) use blacklist services like Spamhaus to separate likely spam messages from legitimate mail, and as it turns […] more…Experts question Microsoft’s decision to retire XP
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When trying to undertand the anatomy of attacks on websites you have to break it down into manageable parts. In my mind it really comes down to two types: Targeted and Opportunistic. More important to understand is how the attack is executed, and that’s what I want to spend some time on in this post. […] more…Mac users left wondering if OS X Snow Leopard is retired
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Backdoor Tool Kit – Today’s Scary Web Malware Reality
We often talk about the importance of keeping your server clean. You can see it in a number of our articles and presentations, this post will likely drive that point home. This past week we came across a nice little package that we felt compelled to share with you. In it, the attacker makes use […] more…With John Ternus as CEO, expect Apple’s platforms to proliferate
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Love it or hate it, Android’s dark mode has one foundational flaw — an oversight in how it operates that keeps it from being a truly useful option for enhancing how you view your favorite phone’s display. As it stands now, dark mode — the system-level setting that switches the overall Android interface and also […] more…AI often doesn’t deliver ROI for IT departments either
Results of a Gartner study released Tuesday reveal that only 28% of AI use cases in infrastructure and operations (I&O) fully succeed and meet ROI expectations, and a full 20% end up failing outright. According to Melanie Freeze, a director of research at Gartner, failure “most commonly occurs” for several reasons, including unrealistic expectations of […] more…AI budgets soar, ROI still elusive
Enterprise spending on generative AI has surged over the past year, but for many CIOs, the hardest conversations are only now beginning. Boards and CFOs are no longer asking whether the organization is investing in AI. They are asking what it’s getting back — in measurable financial terms. According to analysts at Forrester Research, genAI […] more…What IT leaders need to know about AI-fueled death fraud
Death is always an unpleasant topic, typically ignored until it is fully upon us. But for IT leaders, fraudsters who use fake death documents generated by AI to steal data and commit a wide range of other crimes are simply too dangerous to ignore. There are two different forms of these death frauds: tricking an […] more…Apple goes global with key MDM tools and services for business
As it steadily grows its share in business markets, Apple has at last introduced its very useful collection of services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), Apple Business Essentials, outside the US; except it’s not called Apple Business Essentials, and much of it will be free. First introduced November 2021 following the company’s acquisition of Fleetsmith, Business Essentials is […] more…Here’s what $5,849 gets you in an M5 Max MacBook Pro
The M5 Max MacBook Pro is a symphony of performance. On the surface, it looks like any other MacBook Pro, but its capabilities define top-notch performance. It aces every performance benchmark and handles everything you throw at it, quietly and with 22 hours of battery life. Put simply: it’s portable computing done right. The 14-in. MacBook Pro I’ve been working with is […] more…More information
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