Analyze network traffic in virtual private clouds: AWS launches VPC Traffic Mirroring
With VPC Traffic Mirroring, Amazon introduces a feature that allows you to analyze network traffic in virtual private cloud environments in detail. A large ecosystem of partners already offers the functionality.
If you run a virtual private cloud (VPC) within Amazon, you want to know what's happenin... Read more
AWS integrates Market Place with procurement software
Amazon will link the AWS Market Place to the Coupa procurement software and plan to integrate with other procurement software providers in the near future. This should make the roll-out of new software easier.
With the AWS Market Place, Amazon is trying to give software testing and purchasing a user... Read more
Malware infected fully patched Windows systems via Excel macros
Microsoft warns of a malware that uses Office features to compromise Windows systems. The malware does not take advantage of a bug in the software, but uses malicious macro features in an Excel attachment to compromise fully patched Windows PCs.
According to Microsoft's Security Intelligence team, a... Read more
New Windows Terminal available as free download
Microsoft has released an early preview version of its updated Windows Terminal through the Microsoft Store. The app is free to download and install on Windows 10.
Microsoft unveiled the new Windows Terminal at its last Build conference last month. The code to compile the terminal itself was already... Read more
VMware Secure State protects your data in the public cloud
VMware has announced the widespread availability of Secure State. The new product is designed to make all assets a company stores in the public cloud visible, and to detect and respond to threats more quickly.
Secure State is the result of two acquisitions made by VMware last year: CloudCoreo and Cl... Read more
NASA hacked through Raspberry Pi
The American space agency NASA is the victim of a well-disguised and long-lasting hack. A Raspberry Pi was abused as an access point.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) was hacked by unknown culprits in April of last year. They were given access to the JPL network via an unauthorised Raspberry P... Read more
Synology launches compact DS419slim with support up to 20 TB
Synology renews the compact version of its 4-bay NAS. The DS419slim is upgraded with a faster processor and gets two gigabit LAN ports. Inside, there is room for four 2.5-inch hard drives with a total maximum capacity of 20 TB.
If you have room for a small NAS in the office, you can go to the renewe... Read more
Chrome now protects users from phishing websites
As of today, the current version of Chrome includes basic protection against phishing attacks. You don't have to turn anything on: Google automatically activates it for everyone. It also launches an extension where people can report malicious urls to Google.
Google now processes automatic protection... Read more
Google AI now predicts the best ML model
Google Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers have designed an AI that predicts which machine learning models deliver the best results. The off-policy classification (OPC) tests the performance of AI-driven agents by considering evaluation as a classification problem.
The researchers announced thi... Read more
Gitlab version 12.0 turns Devops into Devsecops
From Devops to Devsecops: with version 12 of Gitlab, the company of the same name wants to offer an end-to-end platform in which the entire life cycle of an application is managed, from the first lines of code to deployment and now also security.
Gitlab stops the sec in Devsecops. The company expand... Read more