iTWire - Microsoft silent about major flaw in Azure's Cosmos database

A glaring security hole in Microsoft Azure's flagship Cosmos database has been revealed by the security firm Wiz which described it as an "an unprecedented breach" and dubbed it ChaosDB. Microsoft has made no public statement about the...

iTWire - LibreOffice 7.2 Community adds performance improvements to better handle and manage large files

The Document Foundation (TDF) launches LIbreOffice 7.2 Community, a volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop and productivity. Built on the LibreOffice Technology platform for productivity on desktop, mobile, and cloud, the office suite...

iTWire - Three dates, not one, to mark creation of Linux: Torvalds

Linux creator Linus Torvalds says he has three anniversaries, not one, when it comes to marking the creation of the kernel that is now used all around the world. August 25, 1991, was the date on which Torvalds posted a message to the comp.os.minix...

iTWire - BlackBerry goes where no security vendor has gone before

Security vendor BlackBerry has gone where no other firm in its space has, by providing links to ransomware leaks on the dark web, something that is studiously avoided by both infosec outfits and journalists. In a post published last month, the...

iTWire - Top researcher slams Microsoft over 'astonishingly bad' security advisories

A well-known security researcher has slammed Microsoft for its "astonishingly bad" security advisories, pointing to the wording in a TCP/IP remote code execution vulnerability released on 10 August this year as an example. Will Dormann, a...

iTWire - Communications Alliance throws support behind Government’s new hacking powers plans

Telecoms industry peak body Communications Alliance has welcomed the push by the Federal Parliament’s security committee to “rein in” the sweeping new hacking powers proposed to be handed to national security agencies under the Identify and...

iTWire - Saudi Aramco admits data leak, blames third-party contractors

The company that operates the world's biggest single hydrocarbon network has admitted that it suffered a data leak, which it blamed on third-party contractors. Saudi Aramco, based in Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's eastern province, has the...

iTWire - NSA’s Jacob DePriest joins GitHub in Security Operations role

Open-source software code repository and collaboration site GitHub has announced the hiring of former US National Security Agency (NSA) lead Jacob DePriest as VP, Security Operations, to head up its Security Operations team under CSO Mike Hanley...

iTWire - Cyber attackers ‘weaponising’ Operational Technology to harm, kill humans: study

By 2025 cyber attackers will have weaponised operational technology (OT) environments to successfully harm or kill humans, according to new research from Gartner. “In operational environments, security and risk management leaders should be more...