More bad news for Intel. Yet another security flaw has been identified in the processors the company makes. This one is so newly discovered that the full technical details have yet to be released. Here's what we know so far, from a recent Intel announcement:
"System software may opt to utilize Lazy FP state restore instead of eager save and restore of the state upon a context switch.
Being "number 1" isn't always a good thing. Rapid7 has just published their third annual "National Exposure Index," and unfortunately, the United States has the dubious honor of being the nation most at risk for a cyber attack on its core services.
It's the end of the line for Yahoo Messenger. As of July, it will be no more, marking the end of an era.
The announcement comes just six months after AIM (the old AOL messaging program) was shut down. The first major messaging programs from the early days of the internet will soon be a thing of the past.
Facebook is in hot water again. Recently, the company admitted that while testing a new feature on the site, they inadvertently made public the posts of more than fourteen million users. The incident occurred between May 18th and May 22nd and occurred when Facebook was testing a new "Featured Posts" enhancement.
Another week, another new threat. This time, in the form of a new strain of malware that researchers are calling InvisiMole. The new threat was discovered by researchers at ESET, who found it on a number of hacked computers in Russia and the Ukraine.
Big changes are coming from Microsoft starting in July (exact date unknown), and it has potentially dire implications if you're using some of the company's older technology.
Microsoft announced that in July, they'll no longer provide forum-based support for a wide range of products and software, including:
Microsoft Band
Zune
Surface Pro
Surface Pro 2
Surface RT
Surface 2
Microsoft Security Essentials
Internet Explorer 10
Office 2010
Office 2013
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 RT
Although the company didn't cite a specific reason for the change, it seems obvious that this is another move to push people into buying the latest and greatest of the company's offerings.
Cyber-criminals around the world are increasingly focusing their attention on job seekers. According to the security firm Flashpoint, there has been a notable uptick in ploys involving phony job listings that attempt to get job seekers to give up personal information.
Another week, another high-profile data breach, but this one can be filed under "Missed Opportunity." The site in question is "TicketFly," which is a web-based event ticket sales website owned by a company called Eventbrite. The TicketFly website was down since May 31st, and the normal homepage had been replaced by an image of Guy Fawkes with the message "Your Security Down I'm Not Sorry.
A new study recently published by HPE Aruba called "The Right Technologies Unlock The Potential Of The Digital Workplace," reveals some interesting details about technology in the workplace that's worth paying attention to.
The study was conducted by collecting feedback from more than seven thousand companies of various sizes around the globe.
Microsoft just made a big, significant purchase that has raised more than a few eyebrows. They just acquired GitHub for a hefty $7.5 billion.
What makes the purchase interesting and potentially troublesome is that Microsoft is the world's largest proprietary software company, and GitHub is the world's largest open source hosting service.
