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* Accenture confirms cyberattack after threat actor “888” advertised selling 35GB of stolen source code and keys from its Azure DevOps repos * Hacker claims archive includes RSA/SSH keys, Azure PATs, storage access keys, and configs, though details remain unverified * Accenture says the breach was remediated with no operational impact; the
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PARTNER CONTENT: Why platform teams are swapping DIY Kubeflow for Canonical's managed service Platform engineering team leads are facing a quiet crisis. Your data science teams want Kubeflow for its pipeline orchestration, metadata tracking, and training operators, so you build it for them on Kubernetes. Then day two
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Although Verizon Business has had channel partners since its creation, it has not consistently elevated the centrality of their role. Witness to this is the fact that the company recently held the first channel update for industry analysts in 10 years. With the emergence of the AI era, the company
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* KDDI confirms unauthorized access affecting six ISPs, with up to 14.22 million email addresses and passwords exposed * Some passwords were unencrypted; with estimates citing 12.2 million emails and 7.6 million passwords compromised * Company urged rapid password updates, coordinated countermeasures with ISPs, and pledged recurrence prevention KDDI, one
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Many security device vulnerabilities start right at home. Direct smart home hacking isn't nearly as common as some people fear, but when devices are infected by botnets, it's typically because of weak Wi-Fi encryption, not using TFA and bad passwords. But it's important to
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* AssuranceAmerica reports breach affecting 6,998,886 customers, with attackers stealing credentials and exfiltrating sensitive insurance and driver data * Company reset passwords, isolated systems, and deployed enhanced monitoring; warns victims of phishing risks using stolen details * No group has claimed responsibility, and stolen data has not yet surfaced on the
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* Exposed ElasticSearch cluster at Nextcloud contained ~367k records (8GB), including employee data, client contracts, and scripts * Sensitive information such as staff emails and client company details was left unencrypted; Nextcloud secured the archive within two days after notification * Company attributed the incident to hosting misconfiguration, stressing customer servers were unaffected,
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I usually talk about the exciting new abilities smart homes have, like AI being able to describe your security videos to you, Alexa Plus ordering GrubHub or a radiant heater that fits on your wall like a painting. But there's one thing I don't talk about
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os platforms Even so, it has some issues with the Rust coreutils Some of Canonical’s ambitions for the future directions of Ubuntu are becoming apparent – despite some bumps in the road. Canonical engineering manager Ravi Kant Sharma posted an Ubuntu on Arm summer ’26 update on the Ubuntu Discourse.
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For forty years, the secret language that lets software talk to hardware was owned by a handful of companies. Then a free alternative escaped the lab—and turned chip design into a matter of statecraft. There is a sentence that security researchers, hardware startups, and the governments of at least
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Cybercriminals constantly looking for new ways to trick us into installing malware that can invade our privacy, steal our data, or damage our systems. Malware can infect many kinds of internet-connected devices, including your PC, smartphone, and even your smart home setup, such as routers. Some infections are obvious to
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * It's possible to use Android Auto outside your car. * The minimalistic design is less distracting than a phone. * You can control media, check messages, ask AI, and more. Do you have an old
