The Windows 11 releases arrived alongside the Windows 10 22H2 release rolling out to the Release Preview Channel. It’s the next feature update to Windows 10 and is separate to Windows 11 22H2. Microsoft has been quiet about Windows 10 22H2, a minor release, and didn’t announce any new features in the new build, but has since clarified it was released to validate its servicing technology. The company also released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25169 to the Dev Channel, as well as two builds for Windows 11 to the Beta Channel — one with new features on, and another with features off — and a Windows 11 build for the Release Preview Channel....

When most people offer advice about choosing a new PC, they turn to the standard “speeds and feeds” items. Yes, you should insist on a modern CPU, enough RAM and solid-state storage to handle your expected workloads, and the right graphics processor, especially if you’re into gaming. But the current crop of business-class notebook PCs includes a handful of important options that aren’t part of the standard spec sheet. These are features you can’t typically measure using a performance benchmark, but their impact on productivity is undeniable....

According to the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), the suspects built or used software that duplicated certain models’ ignition keys and that was promoted online as an automotive diagnostic tool. “The criminals targeted keyless vehicles from two French car manufacturers. A fraudulent tool – marketed as an automotive diagnostic solution, was used to replace the original software of the vehicles, allowing the doors to be opened and the ignition to be started without the actual key fob,” said Europol....

UCS X-Series was rolled out during Cisco’s Future Cloud event that featured a host of product launches. With its UCS revamp Cisco joins an increasingly crowded field in the hybrid cloud space. Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, which acquired Red Hat, are all betting on infrastructure that bridges data centers, clouds and edge compute. Cisco reports solid product order growth in Q3, supply chain challenges Todd Nightingale, general manager of Cisco’s enterprise networking and cloud unit, said the company is focused on providing observability across the enterprise stack....

As cloud becomes the dominant way of consuming compute, storage and networking, organisations should be crafting a concise 10-to-20-page “consumable document” that guides those who implement the strategy, according to Marco Meinardi, vice president analyst at Gartner. “The business strategy should drive the cloud strategy and provide guidance to those who will implement it. It must coexist with other strategic efforts, not try to redo them,” Meinardi notes. Organizations worldwide spend in excess of $60 billion a quarter on cloud computing, according to another analyst firm Canalys....

Cloudflare is one of today’s major content delivery networks (CDNs). The US firm also provides distributed denial-of-service protection to online domains, speed optimization, and various cybersecurity services. The company accounts for millions of customers worldwide including major enterprise firms. On Tuesday morning, a number of websites and online services suddenly went down, including Feedly, Cloudflare itself, blogs, cryptocurrency services, and more. Ironically, this also meant that down detectors – websites used to check the status of another domain you are having trouble connecting to – also went offline....

In a blog post, Cloudflare revealed that the threat actor also attacked other companies, including Twilio. Earlier this week, Twilio announced it had suffered a data breach that affected a “limited number” of accounts. While the attacker successfully breached Twilio’s systems, Cloudflare said its Cloudflare One products and its use of FIDO2-compliant hardware security keys prevented the hacker from accessing its databases. Advanced SMS Phishing Campaign The Cloudflare security team received reports of the attack on July 20....

The company reported a first quarter net loss of $18.66 million, or 45 cents a share, on $88.36 million, up 64% from a year ago. Non-GAAP loss for the first quarter was 32 cents a share. Wall Street was looking for first quarter revenue of $82.32 million and a non-GAAP loss of 31 cents a share. Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said “we believe the digital transformation of higher education is only in the early innings....

You can earn some credit card signup bonuses more than once Now, here’s something you may not know: It’s possible to earn the signup bonus on some rewards credit cards more than once. Each card issuer offers its own rules to govern the process, but you can rack up many of the same bonuses over and over again if you give it enough time. Keep in mind that we don’t suggest “churning cards” (signing up for new offers just to earn the signup bonus)....

This time, QNAP Systems has suffered two critical software vulnerabilities. QNAP Systems is one of the leaders in network-attached storage and video surveillance gear. Delivering high-performance NAS (Network Attached Storage), professional-grade video recorder (NVR) solutions, QNAP Systems caters to a wide range of the market including; home use to SMBs (Small to Medium Businesses.) The company has released security advisory information on its official website about 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting NVR Storage Expansion....

Decentralized Finance Company Hack Poly Network is a decentralized finance (DeFi) company. It allows its users to swap tokens across blockchains. On Tuesday, it announced the hack on its official Twitter handle. According to blockchain forensics company Chainalysis, the actors exploited a vulnerability in Poly Network’s digital contracts to steal the coins. They stole approximately $267 million in Ether, $252 million in Binance Coin, and $85 million in Tether. Poly Network wrote an open letter to the hackers....

In a statement posted to the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) website, officials said schools will remain closed “as the district continues to investigate a cyberattack that compromised the student information system used to take attendance, contact families in emergencies, and assure that students are picked up from school by authorized adults.” On Wednesday, the school said it was working with cybersecurity experts to get systems back up and running before Friday....

Emergency services remained functional despite the systems’ failure. However, healthcare workers have reverted to using pen and paper for administrative tasks — tasks that, under normal circumstances, would have been performed by the systems’ IT networks. John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services of the province, believes that a cyberattack shut down the network. During a news conference on Monday, Haggie stated, “We know only what we know, which is that we have a possible cyberattack....

In 2019, I took the Google Nest Wifi for a spin. It was great in a townhouse environment, but it failed dismally in the new apartment-scape. Eventually, the extension point refused to ever connect beyond a minute or two – despite hard resets and rebuilding the network – which left me praying for the Google gods to deliver a piece of firmware that would fix it. It never arrived, but the D-Link M15 Eagle Pro AI AX1500 Mesh Wi-Fi system did....

Password managers make life simple. Instead of needing to remember multiple long, complicated strings of letters and numbers that you use to secure your account, all you have to remember is a single master password. Your password manager takes care of the rest, creating unique and uncrackable passwords for all of your accounts – whether they’re for work or personal accounts. If you’re ready to lock down your accounts, check out Dashlane, a highly-rated password manager that is on sale right now for $29....

The portal provides access to the restricted databases of 16 U.S. federal agencies. These databases contain information that is used for investigations. Krebs said cybercriminals may have gained access to the portal after obtaining an authorized user’s username and password. If true, this raises major concerns about the cybersecurity provisions of U.S. government agencies. Neither the DEA nor any other branch of the Justice Department has officially confirmed the breach....

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These new solutions include the Dell EMC VxRail satellite nodes designed to extend automation and lifecycle management capabilities for edge workloads, and the latest version of its Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform with enhanced GPU to further ingest multiple data streams at the edge and support real-time analytics on Dell EMC VxRail and PowerEdge systems. Building on its manufacturing edge solutions, Dell has partnered with Litmus to deploy a solution to help enterprises, specifically in the manufacturing sector, to manage disparate edge devices, data, and applications, so quicker decisions can be made....

The company’s Q4 Brand Phishing Report for 2021 ranks the top 10 most imitated brands in October, November and December. Researchers at Check Point found DHL’s brand used in 23% of all phishing attacks they saw globally. Microsoft was second at 20%, while WhatsApp came in at 11% and Google appeared in 10%. “This quarter, for the first time, we’ve seen global logistics company DHL top the rankings as the most likely brand to be imitated, presumably to capitalize on the soaring number of new and potentially vulnerable online shoppers during the year’s busiest retail period,” Dembinsky said....

Accelerated by 2240 Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPUs, the Polaris system will be able to achieve almost 1.4 exaflops of theoretical AI performance and approximately 44 petaflops of peak double-precision performance. That makes it roughly as performant as a top 10 computer on the Top500 list of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers. The system will be built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Researchers at Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) will use the new supercomputer for a range of scientific pursuits, such as advancing cancer treatments, exploring clean energy and propelling particle collision research....