Author: Ian Haynes

Cisco discloses high-severity IP phone vulnerability

Cisco discloses high-severity IP phone vulnerability

The vulnerability impacts Cisco's IP Phone 8800 Series and IP Phone 7800 Series devices. The bug, tracked as CVE-2020-3452, allows attackers to gain root access to vulnerable systems. According to Cisco's security advisory, exploitation requires local access. The vulnerability is caused by an... Read more

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Employer services company Sequoia suffers personal data breach

Employer services company Sequoia suffers personal data breach

A data breach at Sequoia has resulted in personal information being exposed. Sequoia lost customers' sensitive and private information due to a data breach. The organization informed customers and those impacted by the breach. The incident occurred between September 22 and October 6, according t... Read more

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‘EU startups on track to raise $85B, down from $100B+ in 2021’

‘EU startups on track to raise $85B, down from $100B+ in 2021’

This is the region's second consecutive year of decline following a record-breaking 2021.  London-based venture capitalist Atomico analysed the startup investment landscape in Europe. The report highlights an immense concentration of venture capital activity. Just three countries – the UK, Ge... Read more

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EU court rejects WhatsApp’s challenge against EDPB

EU court rejects WhatsApp’s challenge against EDPB

The European Court of Justice has rejected WhatsApp's challenge to reverse a previous judgment. The European Court of Justice deemed WhatsApp's appeal of a decision by the European Data Protection Board to be inappropriate in a statement issued on Wednesday. In 2021, the Irish Data Protection... Read more

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Intel says it’s on track to reclaim chip production leadership

Intel says it’s on track to reclaim chip production leadership

Intel claims that it's regaining its leadership position in the production of computer chips. The chipmaker said it plans to leverage expertise in advanced process technology to reclaim the top market spot. Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger said the company will expand production capacity and increase i... Read more

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Hackers hijack Linux devices using PRoot-isolated file systems

Hackers hijack Linux devices using PRoot-isolated file systems

Hackers are using BYOF (bring your own filesystem) attacks to abuse the open-source Linux PRoot utility and develop a consistent source of harmful tools compatible with Linux devices. A BYOF attack involves a threat actor building a malicious file system on their devices that includes a typical ... Read more

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Linus Torvalds announces 8th release candidate of Linux 6.1

Linus Torvalds announces 8th release candidate of Linux 6.1

Linux chief Linus Torvalds has announced the eighth release candidate of Linux 6.1. Torvalds has been critical of codebase aspects in recent weeks. Still, the situation seems to have stabilized somewhat as we head close in on the final release. The announcement of the eighth release candidate (... Read more

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