#security

#security

Good morning. I was in Scottsdale yesterday, recording a podcast on site at Deloitte's Next Generation CEO Program, when news about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk began to trickle in. We had been talking about the challenge of being a public figure in business or politics these days, the need for visionary and visible leadership, when visibility can come at a price.

I started using Linux prior to the advent of sudo. Back then, any time I needed to run admin tasks, I had to first su to the root user, run the task, and then exit the root user. Because root was enabled, some users would simply log in as root and forgo a standard user account altogether. That's a security risk no one should take.

Back in the mid-2000s, web browsers were struggling to keep up with the modern web. Google's founders saw the browser as critical ("our entire business is people using a browser to access us and the Web" as CEO Eric Schmidt recalled[2]), yet the incumbents weren't architected for rich web apps. In 2006, a small team of ex-Firefox engineers at Google - led by Ben Goodger and Darin Fisher - started sketching ideas for a new browser built for the "cloud era."

Redis Enterprise 7.2 comes to its official end of life in February 2026, so what should users do in this situation and what lessons can they take away for the end-of-life management experiences that they will inevitably experience with other platform and tools? Redis is good, but when a version update drives users into an alleyway, what should they do? As an open source, in-memory data store known for its ability to act as a distributed cache, message broker and database, Redis is lauded for its high-performance, low-latency read/write speeds achieved through memory data storage. Come February next year, Redis software application developers, data science professionals and other connected operations staff will need to have been doing some prudent planning.

"I believe that the Franco-German tandem is now perfectly coordinated to create a stronger Europe in the areas of economy, trade and currency,"

Not long ago, building an app meant endless spreadsheets, coding, and clunky tools. Today, 70% of new apps are expected to be built with low-code or no-code tools-nearly triple the 2020 rate. Modern AI platforms allow anyone, coder or not, to create powerful automated workflows. But with so many options, finding the right fit isn't simple. You need a tool that matches your team's skills, integrates with your stack, and delivers real value.

In the story he sent to The Register, Andy's job was to visit a site he described as "an internationally important top-secret control bunker, buried deep under the UK countryside." Andy didn't know exactly what happened at this site, but it was clearly Very Important because when the client there required urgent repairs, they arranged a police escort to speed technicians to the site.

Microsoft is introducing new limits for onmicrosoft.com domains. Organizations can now send a maximum of 100 external emails per day via these standard domains to prevent spam. The new measure limits messages from onmicrosoft.com domains to 100 external recipients within 24 hours. Previously, there were no limits for Microsoft Online Email Routing Address (MOERA) domains. Microsoft is responding to an ongoing issue within Microsoft 365. Spammers are abusing new tenants to send large amounts of unwanted emails before Microsoft can intervene.

These changes improve PyPI's overall account security posture, making it harder for attackers to exploit expired domain names to gain unauthorized access to accounts.

Immutable Linux distributions ensure that critical system directories are set to read-only mode, which prevents unauthorized changes and enhances overall system security.

HashiCorp's Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) support for HCP Terraform allows customers to fully control the encryption keys for sensitive Terraform artifacts, enhancing security.

In 2024, security budgets for chief executives of major tech companies rose above $45 million, with Meta's allocation for Mark Zuckerberg reaching over $27 million.

Staff at a Co-op in New Eltham, Greenwich report feeling unsafe due to daily shoplifting incidents, with aggressive behavior from some individuals posing serious risks to employees.

Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has denied that the transfer of 26 alleged cartel members to the United States was part of any kind of deal with Washington.

"I analyzed the Android source code, which TeleMessage published on their website, although it was kind of hard to find," he said.

Aland Etienne, a security guard killed in the mass shooting at a New York City office building last month, was laid to rest Saturday after a funeral.

Xauras's third-generation decentralized liquidity protocol has rapidly gained traction, with over $75 million in Total Value Locked and more than 10,000 users.

The legal tech industry is experiencing an unprecedented wave of consolidation, driven primarily by the demand for expanded AI capabilities among customers.

gRPC's high performance and support for multiple programming languages make it suitable for complex, distributed applications, said Stephanie Walter, analyst at HyperFRAME Research.

Gena Heraty has been abducted in a Haitian town besieged by a criminal group deemed a foreign terror organization by the US government. No demands or suspects have been identified.

Evie recounted, “There were five to seven security guards fully sprinting, tailing this guy who jumped over the gate. There was one massive pile-up and they clattered into the guy who jumped the barrier and Joel.”

An NFL employee who was shot in Manhattan warned colleagues about the gunman before calling 911. His call was among 113 made to report the shooting.

The SaaS Identity and Access Management (SaaS IAM) capabilities will prevent users from accessing unapproved SaaS applications, enhancing monitoring and control for administrators.

Kubernetes is ensuring its system can adapt as cryptographic standards evolve by incorporating support for hybrid key exchange algorithms, enabling gradual adoption of post-quantum secure schemes.

At least one police officer was killed and 14 fighters detained after a gun battle erupted in Iraq's capital with members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a state-sanctioned paramilitary umbrella that includes groups loyal to Iran.

The issue related to the way certain Remote Desktop traffic was being routed, which applied only under specific conditions, specifically during RDP connection use.