Another vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer found, admins urged to disable web access
Progress Software, developer of the compromised MOVEit file transfer tool, is urging IT managers to temporarily disable direct internet access to the application after a new vulnerability was found and news of more hacked organizations emerge. On Thursday, Progress said a critical vulnerability — which had yet to be given
Read moreThe Overflow #182: Self-healing code
Welcome to ISSUE #182 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: how to make sure the tools you buy get used, when math got imagination, and why a string pointer error grew to two billion
Read moreFeds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of carrying out five cyberattacks between August 2020
Read moreCyber Security Today, June 16, 2023 – Beware of fake profiles on GitHub, and are you an optimist or pessimist CISO?
Beware of fake profiles on GitHub, and are you an optimist or pessimist CISO? Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, June 16th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Some people worry about hackers using advanced techniques to create deepfake audio
Read moreMulti-Language Support in VSCode Text Documents
VSCode does not allow setting several languages simultaneously for a single document.Extension authors can open a text document for a specific language:await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'mongodb', content });Or set the language for an existing text document:await vscode.languages.setTextDocumentLanguage(document, 'javascript');But there are many use cases when a document should contain several languages at
Read more8 Traits of The Best Teams I’ve Worked With
Cover Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on UnsplashThe best teams I’ve worked with are autonomous and extremely customer-focused. You can trust them to do the right thing because they know what the priorities are. Everyone feels empowered to interact with stakeholders to resolve issues and drive projects to success. The individuals
Read moreAmazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” Amazon first revealed plans to buy robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion last August, though the megabucks deal was always likely to
Read moreReddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is not backing down amid protests against API changes made by the platform. In interviews with The Verge, NBCNews, and NPR, Huffman defended business decisions made by the company to charge third-party apps saying API wasn’t designed to support these clients. The Reddit co-founder also talked
Read moreHashtag Trending Jun.16- Google cautions employees using AI; Postgres overtakes MySql as the leading open-source database; What do you do when your smart home locks you out?
Google tells staff to be cautious using AI. Postgres overtakes MySql as the leading open-source database. And what do you do when your smart home locks you out? These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of
Read moreCombat Cyberbullying with Kaspersky’s Top 10 tips
Kaspersky is a company dedicated to safeguarding individuals and businesses from online threats. With a wealth of experience in cybersecurity and digital privacy since their establishment in 1997, their primary objective is to develop innovative solutions and services that ensure the security of your information. On June 16, an auspicious
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