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Stuck at home? Need something to keep busy with? Microsoft has 115 ideas – including an awful SMBv3 security hole to worry about
2020-03-11 02:33

The Patch Tuesday release includes 115-CVE listed flaws, including 26 classified as critical security risks. As Dustin Childs of the Zero Day Initiative notes, such high-risk flaws are rare for Office apps like Word that are typically shielded from remote code risks because they do not automatically load documents.

Stuck at home? Need something to keep busy with? Microsoft has 115 ideas – and yes, we mean security fixes
2020-03-11 02:33

The Patch Tuesday release includes 115-CVE listed flaws, including 26 classified as critical security risks. As Dustin Childs of the Zero Day Initiative notes, such high-risk flaws are rare for Office apps like Word that are typically shielded from remote code risks because they do not automatically load documents.

Siren 10.4: Finding the shortest data paths across connected records inside Elasticsearch clusters
2020-03-11 02:00

The latest version of Siren introduces a major breakthrough in big data graph analysis, the capability of finding the "Shortest" paths across connected records that are inside Elasticsearch clusters. "Finding, the shortest and most significant data paths are absolutely critical in sectors such as intelligence, law enforcement, and financial fraud," said John Randles, CEO at Siren.

Microsoft Issues March 2020 Updates to Patch 115 Security Flaws
2020-03-11 01:31

Microsoft today released security updates to fix a total of 115 new security vulnerabilities in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software-making March 2020 edition the biggest ever Patch Tuesday in the company's history. Of the 115 bugs spanning its various products - Microsoft Windows, Edge browser, Internet Explorer, Exchange Server, Office, Azure, Windows Defender, and Visual Studio - that received new patches, 26 have been rated as critical, 88 received a severity of important, and one is moderate in severity.

Microsoft Issues March 2020 Updates to Patch 115 Security Flaws
2020-03-11 01:31

Microsoft today released security updates to fix a total of 115 new security vulnerabilities in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software-making March 2020 edition the biggest ever Patch Tuesday in the company's history. Of the 115 bugs spanning its various products - Microsoft Windows, Edge browser, Internet Explorer, Exchange Server, Office, Azure, Windows Defender, and Visual Studio - that received new patches, 26 have been rated as critical, 88 received a severity of important, and one is moderate in severity.

Everbridge unveils new CEM capabilities for the IoT for corporate, government and healthcare orgs
2020-03-11 01:30

Everbridge, the global leader in critical event management, announced that the company has unveiled new CEM capabilities across the Internet of Things for corporate, government and healthcare organizations to protect their people, assets, operations, supply chain and brand from critical events such as coronavirus. With the number of IoT devices expected to approach 75 billion by 2025, the Everbridge CEM platform enables organizations to utilize vast amounts of electronic data, including IoT sensors, to digitally transform how they manage the safety and security of their employees, customers, patients, first responders, residents, and visitors, as well as the resiliency of their operations and supply chain.

That LVI CPU hole wasn't the only Intel fix: Dozens of flaws patched to stop chips turning into potatoes
2020-03-11 01:01

Intel has posted a fresh crop of firmware updates for security flaws in its chipsets. An information-disclosure flaw in data forwarding for Intel processors prompted an advisory and firmware update, as did the already disclosed LVI design flaw.

L1ght Looks to Protect Internet Users from Toxic and Predatory Behavior
2020-03-11 01:00

Israel-based startup L1ght aims to curb the spread of bad behavior online. Many internet users spread hate speech and exhibit abusive behavior to harm other users.

L1ght Looks to Protect Internet Users from Toxic and Predatory Behavior
2020-03-11 01:00

Israel-based startup L1ght aims to curb the spread of bad behavior online. Many internet users spread hate speech and exhibit abusive behavior to harm other users.

Dentsu Aegis Network deploys the SnapLogic platform to integrate SaaS apps and power DX
2020-03-11 01:00

SnapLogic, provider of the #1 Intelligent Integration Platform, announced that Dentsu Aegis Network, the global marketing service group, has deployed SnapLogic's leading cloud integration platform to bring together the dozens of different business applications and IT systems across its multiple brands and sub-brands. To unify their diverse IT landscape, Dentsu Aegis Network selected SnapLogic due to its flexible platform, industry leading library of pre-built intelligent connectors, and its self-service, low-code approach to integration.