Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of a memory vulnerability in IBM’s Db2 family of data management products that could potentially allow a local attacker to access sensitive data and even cause a denial of service attacks. The flaw (CVE-2020-4414), which impacts IBM Db2 V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, and V11.5 editions on all platforms, is caused…
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Mobile keyboards have come a long way over the years, but it’s still a pain to edit text if you’ve misspelled a word or need to make other changes after…
The unique, advanced worming P2P botnet drops backdoors and cryptominers, and is spreading globally.
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Sometimes weird things on eBay sell for the most ridiculous prices — and now you can add mobile Fortnite to that list. Sellers are listing iPhones with the game installed for ridiculous prices. And the best (or maybe worst) part is that someone might actually pay those prices, because currently there’s no other way to get Fortnite…
A patch has been issued for the flaw in a widely-used module, and researchers are urging IoT manufacturers to update their devices ASAP.
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Apple became the first US company reach a market value of $2 trillion on Wednesday, a number that’s doubled since 2018. Hard Fork figured we’d celebrate Apple’s milestone by demonstrating its dominance, not just in 2020, but over the past half-decade too. And considering how painfully cliché Apple has become, what with its penchant for…
Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a sophisticated, multi-functional peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet written in Golang that has been actively targeting SSH servers since January 2020. Called “FritzFrog,” the modular, multi-threaded and file-less botnet has breached more than 500 servers to date, infecting well-known universities in the US and Europe, and a railway company, according…
At the end of 2019, G2 released its 2020 digital trends series highlighting anticipated software trends for the year to come. As part of that series, we took a shot at predicting software development trends. Notably, we predicted that rapid application development (RAD) would find its footing in the market after years of floating in a void between developers and non-developers.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Apple seeks to make India an important manufacturing hub in the near future, as the company aims to produce its upcoming iPhone 12 in the country by mid-2021. According to a report by Business Standard, the Cupertino-based giant is planning to manufacture its upcoming flagship device in a facility in the southern state of Karnataka.…
One new security technology we keep hearing about is Extended Detection and Response (XDR). This new technology merges multiple prevention and detection technologies on a single platform to better understand threat signals so that you don’t need to purchase, integrate, and manage various control and integration technologies. Think of XDR as prepackaged EDR, NTA, UEBA…
