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Oracle on Tuesday announced the release of 943 new security patches as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU), its third monthly security rollout. The company’s advisory mentions more than 1,000 unique CVEs across two dozen products, including over 460 vulnerabilities that can be exploited
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Seqrite, the enterprise security arm of Quick Heal Technologies Limited, a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, has unveiled key insights into Operation ShadowRecruit, a recruitment-themed malware campaign targeting Indian government job seekers through a fake recruitment notice for Senior Field Officer positions in the Cabinet Secretariat. The campaign uses a
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Vehicle surveillance giant Flock Safety has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a system that does both, an artificial intelligence tool for police that can identify drivers and track vehicles by their patterns of movement alone, WIRED has
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A truly impressive device. Although its abilities are slightly oversold by Thermal Master, the ability to pick out thermal signatures behind foliage and darkness makes it the idea bird-watching companion. But its software is incredibly poor. Pros * +Long range detection * +256x192 native sensor with 512x384 Super IR * +20 mK NETD
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For decades, the logic of industrial manufacturing was relatively straightforward. Engineering designed the product, the factory made it and the customer used it. The information generated at each stage rarely travelled far enough upstream to fundamentally alter the next product. That model is beginning to look inadequate as software, sensors,
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways * Mozilla has released Smart Window beta. * This AI tool is powerful, flexible, and free. * You can test it on MacOS and Windows. For most of the past decade, Firefox has been given the short shrift within the
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* UK Prime Minister was targeted by a scammer posing as a top US aide * Personal devices bypass "national security perimeters," warns Surfshark * GenAI tools allow low-level criminals to clone high-profile identities The recent revelation that UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham was targeted by an impersonator pretending to be
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The tale of financial damage from IT change going wrong has existed as long as business computers and their networks have. But in today’s climate, it’s never been stronger or riskier. IT infrastructure is larger and more complex, and while systems are more agile, change has to take
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When cybercriminals look at a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), they see a route into a larger organization or supply chain with a bigger payout. SMEs operate with the same level of connectivity, supply chain reliance and regulatory responsibilities as larger organizations, but nowhere near the security budget or cyber
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Before I watched any of Lioness season 3, I really believed that Joe (Zoe Saldaña) was invincible. She's cheated logic and death multiple times over across the first two seasons, but this Russian intelligence plot just might get the best of her. This season's drama revolves
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Tencent Cloud plans to establish its first cloud region in Malaysia, while Alibaba Cloud has launched a third data centre in South Korea, adding capacity in two Asian markets as global cloud infrastructure spending continues to rise. Both announcements were made on August 18. Tencent’s planned Malaysia region will
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PUBLIC SECTOR Those legacy systems won't fix themselves The UK tax collector has awarded three contracts worth up to £657 million for low-code software development and support, dispelling any notion that empowering users with tech skills would necessarily mean low cost. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which collected
