VMware this week announced that the virtualization company’s hypervisor products, VMware Workstation and Fusion, will be completely free for both personal and commercial users, as well as for educational purposes. The move follows a decision last May, when VMware made both Workstation and Fusion free for personal use; those who wanted to [...]

Apple is allegedly preparing to introduce an iPad-like Control Center for smart homes. Equipped with a display and some form of homeOS, it is expected to be some kind of wall-mounted device that lets you access some Apple services, control smart home devices, handle security camera feeds, and the like.  This sounds like a [...]

A threat actor affiliated with Hamas has expanded its malicious cyber operations beyond espionage to carry out disruptive attacks that exclusively target Israeli entities. The activity, linked to a group called WIRTE, has also targeted the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, Check Point said in an analysis. "The [Israel-Hamas] [...]

Switching to a new ERP platform can feel like moving houses. Imagine packing up everything you own, ensuring nothing breaks, and settling into a new place without any hitches. It would either take a very long time, be very expensive, or, in most cases, both! Now, picture doing that with [...]

Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help victims recover data encrypted using the ShrinkLocker ransomware. The decryptor is the result of a comprehensive analysis of ShrinkLocker's inner workings, allowing the researchers to discover a "specific window of opportunity for data recovery immediately after the removal of protectors [...]

Daniel Pinto, presidente de JP Morgan Chase, afirma que el banco espera obtener hasta 2.000 millones de dólares a partir de sus casos de uso de inteligencia artificial (IA), frente a los 1.500 millones de dólares estimados en mayo. Durante su discurso en la conferencia Barclays Global Financial Services celebrada [...]

El sector sanitario fue uno de los primeros en sucumbir a los beneficios de la transformación digital, acelerando su adopción con motivo de la crisis desatada por la Covid-19. Desde entonces, son numerosas las iniciativas que se han tomado para pisar el acelerador; por ejemplo, la celebración del evento Being [...]

Let’s be honest: Many Windows PCs don’t have great webcams. The webcam is often an afterthought where manufacturers cut costs when putting together laptops. And, if you have a desktop PC, you might not even have a webcam at all unless you go out and buy one. But you almost certainly [...]

The rise of SaaS and cloud-based work environments has fundamentally altered the cyber risk landscape. With more than 90% of organizational network traffic flowing through browsers and web applications, companies are facing new and serious cybersecurity threats. These include phishing attacks, data leakage, and malicious extensions. As a result, the [...]

In the ongoing and potentially futile effort by CIOs to squeeze meaningful ROI out of their shiny, new generative AI (genAI) tools, there is no more powerful villain than hallucinations. It is what causes everyone to seriously wonder whether the analysis genAI delivers is valid and usable.  From that perspective, I [...]

Tecnología e innovación echan raíces en Yepes, Toledo. Telefónica España, en colaboración con la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), ha desarrollado e implantado un proyecto pionero de monitorización de la cosecha de Bodegas y Viñedos Casa del Valle. El objetivo de la iniciativa pasa por optimizar la producción y poder [...]

A security analysis of the OvrC cloud platform has uncovered 10 vulnerabilities that could be chained to allow potential attackers to execute code remotely on connected devices. "Attackers successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities can access, control, and disrupt devices supported by OvrC; some of those include smart electrical power supplies, cameras, routers, [...]

Trend Micro researchers, in collaboration with Japanese authorities, analyzed links between SEO malware families used in SEO poisoning attacks that lead users to fake shopping sites. [...]

Trend surveyed 750 cybersecurity professionals in 49 countries to learn more about the state of cybersecurity, from job pressures to the need for more advanced tools. Explore what SOC teams had to say. [...]

In the final weeks before November’s U.S. election, cybersecurity experts were calling October 2024 the “month of mischief”—a magnet for bad actors looking to disrupt the democratic process through AI-generated misinformation. This issue of AI Pulse looks at what can be done about deepfakes and other AI scams, and why [...]