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“We are tracking multiple active email campaigns that use BazarLoader to deliver a wide range of payloads. These campaigns appear disparate but share a common trait: their tactics attempt to challenge conventional email security solutions and best practices,” Microsoft said in a tweet. The ‘Stolen Images’ Bazarloader campaign uses fake copyright infingement contact form emails and malicious files pretending to contain “stolen images” to trick users into downloading the malware....

The warning comes as Microsoft begins turning off Basic Authentication, or “Basic Auth”, in Exchange Online tenants worldwide from October 1, 2022. Microsoft’s explains here why it is deprecating Basic Auth for Exchange Online. The process will also prevent the use of passwords in apps that don’t support two-step verification. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned organizations in June about the upcoming move. Basic Auth doesn’t support multi-factor authentication (MFA), which would prevent most password-spraying and password-guessing attacks....

Update (August 26): Here’s an odd addition to this story. A Google spokesperson proactively reached out with this (surprising) statement: “We’re pleased to see Microsoft offer Chrome OS users a more optimized experience and embrace the open web. People love Chrome OS because it provides a speedy, secure, and simple computing experience and helps them stay connected while they work, study and stay entertained.” I subsequently asked whether Google officials were happy that Chromebook users running Office would no longer be able to work offline once Microsoft makes this change....

In a statement, the company said its Operations and Technology teams “detected unauthorized access of some of the crypto wallets managed at Liquid” and later discovered that a total of “approximately $91.35 million of crypto assets were moved out of Liquid wallets by an unauthorized party.” “Of this amount, $16.13 million USDe of ERC-20 assets have been frozen (disabled for onchain movement) due to the assistance of the crypto community and other exchanges,” the statement explained....

According to the research on the current state of technology adoption in the arts and culture space, there was a significant change in terms of Internet use by museums and the presence of these organizations in social networks. The study noted that 56% of cultural institutions had some kind of social media presence in 2020 compared to 48% in 2018, leading to a 49% increase in interactions with the public through such platforms, including the promotion of collections, exhibitions, projects or services....

In February, Motorola updated the standard Moto G Stylus, but didn’t announce anything new for the Moto G Stylus 5G that was released back in 2020. With Thursday’s announcement, the stylus-equipped model is gaining its fair share of updates. It has a 6.8-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 5,000mAh battery, and three rear-facing cameras: A 50MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle that doubles as a macro camera as well, and finally, a 2MP depth sensor....

Every day I wake up with clear intentions to right wrongs, correct stupidities and ensure I win the Pulitzer Prize. Frankly, I find it hard. I’m not sure how to go about it all. And there are always warped systems and capricious humans standing in my way. Perhaps, though, Motorola will have greater success. It has decided to be, well, something else. Something better. Something more meaningful. Something like Apple (so very long ago)....

One of my most-used tools is the DotterPod iSesamo spudger – a simple metal blade that’s highly effective at getting into joints and seams of devices and prying them apart safely. Also: Repairing electronics with the wrong tools can be dangerous. How to stay safe For $10, it’s something that every repair tech and DIYer needs in their toolbox. I’ve had one for over a decade and just bought a couple more as replacements....

In this one, there’s a heap overflow bug in the legacy_parse_param in the Linux kernel’s fs/fs_context.c program. This parameter is used in Linux filesystems during superblock creation for mount and superblock reconfiguration for a remount. The superblock records all of a filesystem’s characteristics such as file size, block size, empty and filled storage blocks. So, yeah, it’s important. The legacy_parse_param() “PAGE_SIZE - 2 - size” calculation was mistakenly made an unsigned type....

We use stateful applications, such as e-mail and online banking, every day. They retain the data and context of previous transactions and your current transaction. Like web searches or print servers, Stateless processes have no stored data or references to past transactions. In Kubernetes’ early days, we usually used it to run web-based stateless services. If you needed stateful services, such as a database, you had to run them in virtual machines (VM) or as cloud-based services....

Yes, it’s running iOS 15, but not the latest iOS 15. Yes, the update treadmill starts on day one. According to Apple, “[t]his update provides important security updates and fixes an issue where widgets may revert to their default settings after restoring from a backup.” Given that this is not only a bug fix, but the update also contains security updates, I’d recommend downloading this update as soon as possible....

Once interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation were accounted for, however, the company walked away with a AU$20 million after-tax loss, a AU$25 million improvement over last year’s result. CEO and MD Craig Scroggie touted the result as coming in ahead of guidance. “Today’s results are a testament to the company’s pursuit of excellence, against a more difficult economic backdrop due to the COVID-19 global pandemic,” he declared. See also: NextDC says COVID-19 is upping Australian data centre needs Operating cash flow was up AU$79....

There are plenty of reasons why no one wants to buy a PC right now – inflation and climbing interest rates have put a damper on the market, as well as the anticipation of a global recession. Plus, huge numbers of people made their last big PC purchases just a couple of years ago, at the start of the pandemic. The good news is, if you are in the market for a new computer, you may be able to find one at a relatively good price....

At a distance of around 10 kilometres, the trio said the test reached speeds around the 1Gbps mark. The equipment used consisted of Nokia’s mmWave range-extending system, and customer premises equipment using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G modem and mmWave antenna. The test was conducted at Grand Island in Nebraska using 28GHz spectrum. The results were touted as showing mmWave could be used to provide rural fixed wireless connectivity. “These latest trial results reinforce the important role that fast, reliable wireless service plays in keeping people connected no matter where they live or work,” UScellular CTO Mike Irizarry said....

Of the languages mentioned above, Java is the most widely used across enterprise and Android app development, while Swift is a top 10 language, thanks in part to iOS app development. And there’s growing interest in Rust as a replacement for C and C++ in systems programming. “NSA advises organizations to consider making a strategic shift from programming languages that provide little or no inherent memory protection, such as C/C++, to a memory safe language when possible....

Sound familiar? The problem with everyone’s ambitions is talent shortages, which are the No. 1 challenge complicating the adoption of digital technologies. That’s the key takeaway of a recent survey, published by KPMG, based on data from more than 1,000 cross-industry enterprise technology leaders. “Enterprises have ambitious plans to invest across a wide array of specialized technology, but many lack the people resources to make investment plans real,” the KPMG report’s co-authors, led by Danielle Beringer, observe....

That’s according to a new report commissioned by the EU and carried out by non-profit organization OpenForum Europe, which found that the impact that open source could have on the bloc’s digital independence is such that the technology can be seen as a “public good”. Digital independence, autonomy or technological sovereignty: the concept has taken on many names, but always refers to a long-standing goal of EU leaders. It consists of developing technology in line with standards defined by European institutions themselves – and often comes with imperatives such as transparency, trustworthiness or the protection of privacy....

It’s the worst kind of fault, intermittent and prone to happen when we’re on a call or trying to download software. We’ve changed the router, even had engineers out to check the connection. Our ISP has changed our wholesale provider (as much as they can), the cabling provider has changed the cable we’re using and the port in the fiber cabinet, but nothing seems to work. SEE: Internet slow? Here are the possible reasons why and how to fix them All the various diagnostics seem to point to one thing: the aluminium cabling under the street put in sometime in the 1960s or 70s is reaching end of life....

The attacks, which distribute two forms of seemingly undocumented custom-developed malware, have been detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Cisco Talos who’ve named the campaign ‘magnat’. It appears the campaign has been operating in some capacity since 2018 and the malware has been in continuous development. Over half of the victims are in Canada, but there have also been victims around the world, including in the United States, Europe, Australia and Nigeria....