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(Source: iTnews) Reverting to the earlier kernel 4.4.0-104 without the security updates allowed users’ computers start up as normal again. Kernel version 4.4.0-109 available from the Ubuntu software repositories and which also contains
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(Source: ZDNet) Gaps in software systems are slowing down security teams who are estimated to spend 10 hours a week dealing with the inefficiencies. More a third of IT decision-makers estimated that their security staff
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(Source: iTnews) The software vendor is the latest to join a growing list of companies including Google and Facebook to encrypt their messaging platforms, Signal’s Joshua Lund revealed in a blog
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(Source: Financial Times) The group at Carnegie Mellon University, which is backed by the Department of Homeland Security, advised computer users to apply software patches, or repairs, as a solution to the
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(Source: ISBuzz News) Automation will continue at a faster pace than ever before in human history. If you recall talk about the “information revolution” from 25 years ago when
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(Source: CNNMoney) “Because chip replacements are not going to happen tomorrow, realistically, software is being updated,” Sitaram Chamarty, a security researcher at Tata Consultancy Services, told CNNMoney. Chamarty says that while Spectre may
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(Source: New York Times) Several companies make programs that guard against ransomware and other threats, like Bitdefender Antivirus Plus and Webroot Secure Anywhere Antivirus (both less than $40). PCMag.com is one
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(Source: IT PRO) Many PC users – and even many business IT decision makers – believe that PC security begins and ends with anti-virus software and the built-in Windows Firewall. At best, they
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(Source: eWeek) Microsoft is blocking downloads of the security updates on devices running antivirus software that is incompatible with the emergency patches the company recently issued. According to an online support document, antivirus software that
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(Source: CNBC) Apple said late Thursday it will release more software updates to protect against recently disclosed security vulnerabilities. This marked the first time that the company had made a formal statement about
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