The finding is among a series of warnings and recommendations issued by the presidency’s Institutional Security Office (GSI). Initially released last Wednesday (December 8) and edited yesterday (December 14), the alert is aimed at security managers across the federal government. “Some intrusions have occurred using legitimate administrator [credentials],” the document noted, adding this meant attackers didn’t have to perform any actions to access system privileges. The publication and subsequent editing of GSI’s alert emerge as Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MoH) struggles to re-establish its systems following a major ransomware attack last Friday....

The LATAM Consumer Future of Connectedness Survey polled 3,000 consumers across the region between April and May found that 95% of Brazilians have some type of knowledge about the fifth-generation technology, compared to the average of 75% across other Latin markets. Only 36% of Brazilians say they know 5G well, but 84% believe it will completely transform the data consumption. According to the study, most of the perceived transformational impact of 5G and expectations from the public relates to entertainment-related activities....

If you’d like to free up more time for leisure activities, training at home with self-paced courses, or any number of other reasons, you can use Mailman Email Manager to breeze through your inbox and give your productivity a boost. You can plug Mailman right into the most popular email programs, such as Gmail, Apple Mail, Mailbird, Polymail, Superhuman, or Spark. That means you don’t have to change your email app or give up your favorite features....

As You Sow, an investor advocacy group, says it filed a shareholder resolution with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) aimed at Microsoft’s hardware. Microsoft is primarily a software company, but it does have a $1 billion Surface business and makes the Xbox gaming console – though it has nothing in hardware on the scale of Apple, Samsung, Dell, HP or Lenovo. SEE: Microsoft’s Windows 11: How to get it now (or later) Microsoft is an interesting target....

Every week? Every day? Every single minute? Clearly, the last option is the one most favored by famous startup founders. But for the rest of us, we slip into habits, prejudices, and opinions that aren’t always truly considered. Which is why a new ad may make you stop, as it did me, and wonder about the utterances you make and the things you (claim to) believe. Like the notion that Android phones are better than iPhones, or vice versa....

Minimal interactions are required of customers with the S7 MaxV Ultra thanks to its new Empty Wash Fill dock that scrubs the mop, cleans the dock, and holds up to seven weeks of dust collected by the vacuum. Mapping has always been a powerful feature of Roborock, but now we see full 3D mapping support and much better obstacle avoidance. The older model I have now still travels over wires and other obstacles, often causing it to stop and require manual object removal....

Also: CES 2023 tech you can actually buy now With the OtterGrip version of the Symmetry Series, OtterBox is keeping true to its Symmetry style but adding a handy tool – a grip that’s embedded in the case itself. You pull it out, similar to how a Pop Socket works, slide a couple of fingers into the grip, and then when you’re done, you push it back in. The grip rotates 360 degrees so you’re not locked into a specific direction....

My AI is an experimental feature that will be rolled out to Snapchat+ subscribers beginning this week. Snapchat’s subscription plan costs $3.99/month and guarantees users access to “a collection of exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features,” according to Snapchat. With the “My AI” feature, users will be able to give it a name, customize the wallpaper for chats, and ask questions as you regularly would with ChatGPT. Also: What is generative AI and why is it so popular?...

But thankfully iOS makes it quite easy to do a quick audit of your passwords for compromised passwords, allowing you to change them before problems escalate. And it’ll take you less than five minutes. Here’s how. Tap on Settings and go to Passwords. There, if you have compromised or reused passwords, you’ll see an entry called Security Recommendations. Tap on that to see the accounts that have problems with the passwords, and you’ll get the chance to either change the password on the website or service, or delete the entry (only do this if you’ve already changed the password, ot it’s an old, obsolete account for a service you’ve deactivated)....

I wonder, though, what’s really going to happen to Chick-fil-A. Please, I feel sure that this saintly chicken chain will continue to wrap itself around American tongues for many years to come. It’s inevitable, though, that it’ll embrace steps with which not everyone will find comfort. Recently, I mused at how Chick-fil-A was entering the metaverse and wondered whether this was a sly ploy to finally make money on Sundays....

CISA previously said federal civilian agencies would have until December 24 to address the issue, but it noted that the latest directive “is in response to the active exploitation by multiple threat actors of vulnerabilities found in the widely used Java-based logging package Log4j.” CISA Director Jen Easterly said they are urging organizations of all sizes to also assess their network security and adapt the mitigation measures outlined in the emergency directive....

When security vulnerabilities are severe, and the products they impact are popular or critical to the operations of key industries, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will often issue advisories to make sure they reach the attention of IT administrators and security staff. On Thursday, CISA issued such an advisory for Airspan Networks Mimosa. Mimosa devices are offered to industrial and enterprise players for point-to-multipoint (PTMP) network deployment....

Webex for Defense has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to operate at DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5). That means it can support the Defense Department’s national security systems, higher-sensitivity controlled unclassified information (CUI), as well as mission-critical information. It’s cleared to support all workloads, including calling, meeting and messaging, and it connects to the full portfolio of Webex devices. The product is connected to the DoD Information Network via DISA-managed Cloud Access Points and delivered out of Cisco-hosted, DoD IL5-certified data centers....

Microsoft took a step backwards in 2021 on its goal, first aired in 2020, to become carbon negative by 2030. The company disclosed a significant 23% rise in carbon output in its 2021 sustainability report. Microsoft breaks down its carbon emissions into three categories: Scope 1 includes direct emissions from fossil fuels used onsite and executive travel; Scope 2 includes indirect emissions from purchased electricity supplied to data centers, buildings and campuses; and Scope 3 includes purchases goods and services, fuel, waste, business travel, employee commuting, use of sold products and more....

One estimate is that enterprises are missing out on $24 billion in wasted or misapplied cloud spending. 451 Research’s Market Monitor service values the global Infrastructure-as-a-Service market at $48 billion for 2021. More than a third of respondents to the survey, 36%, report they are consuming cloud only at on demand rates – the most expensive option. “That’s a shame, because our Cloud Price Index finds that, across the five hyperscalers, average savings of 36% on the cost of a simple application – consisting of virtual machines, storage and networking – can be made just by using commitment discounts,” the study’s authors state....

The auction starts on Friday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. PST and will run until Friday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. PST on nft.coachella.com and ftx.us/nfts. Called the “Coachella Keys Collection,” the 10 “one-of-one” NFTs will offer buyers lifetime festival access and VIP on-site experiences for 2022 that include front row seats at the Coachella Stage, on-stage access at a specific tent, or a celebrity chef dinner. The auction winners will get passes for one weekend Coachella event each year and permanent access to “virtual experiences” produced by Coachella....

Sampling 3,750 businesses employing between 10 and 999 employees in 14 countries around the region, Cisco said 83% reported an incident in excess of $100,000, and 13% had an incident cost more than $1 million. The survey was conducted between April and July. In Australia, where 306 qualifying businesses responded, the numbers were more stark, with 64% reporting an incident costing over $500,000, and 33% saying they were hit more than $1 million in cost....

Also: Best Cyber Monday 2022 TV deals This 2022 Hisense model comes with a 65" LED display, which is more than adequate for most living rooms and can be a good size option if you want to use a wall mount. In addition, you can expect content to be displayed at a 4K Ultra HD resolution, which offers a superior depth of color and clarity to older HD and below resolutions....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time Just in time for the colder months, this smart thermostat lets you control your home’s temperature on the device or with just a tap on your phone, from your bed or outside your home via the Google Home application. And if you prefer an automated lifestyle, you can set schedules for different modes, and routines for temperature control whenever you leave your home....

Dell noted that even cloud-native companies are moving to multi-cloud architectures during the Dell Technologies World 2022 conference. Simply put, he said, that’s because “compute is going to follow the data.” And increasingly, data is being created everywhere. That’s why Dell this week introduced a number of new tools and services that push the company further into multi-cloud service delivery, data management, edge and other new businesses. Among other things, Dell announced a new strategic partnership with Snowflake....