At Jit, Bennetts will continue to develop the open-source Zap. A dynamic application security testing (DAST) penetration testing tool, ZAP takes a pragmatic approach to finding security problems. It runs simulated attacks on an application from the user side to find vulnerabilities. It works as a “man-in-the-middle proxy,” so it intercepts and inspects messages sent between the browser and web application. When results appear that aren’t expected, these can be used to narrow down and identify security vulnerabilities....

This 15-hour course includes 24 individual lectures covering the technology landscape today as well as some of the most important programming languages that people need to know if they want to get ahead. The course is taught by Upskillist, a global online education organization that allows students to learn at their own pace and progress at whatever rate they feel works for them. Through these lectures, you’ll learn about the four industrial revolutions and discover how immersive technologies and advents like artificial intelligence have impacted our digital society....

You can jump right into learning HTML and CSS to design websites, as well the fundamentals of JavaScript, completely free. If you’re interested in gaming, the five-course bundle teaches you about machine learning, AI, 3D portals, and more using Python, Unity, and Blender. The 10-course bundle takes you from beginner to master with apps, as well as offering you a solid grounding in web development, machine learning, data analysis, and more....

The Moon White carbon fibre chassis won’t appeal to everyone, but it’s certainly distinctive. It’s tough, too: Lenovo says the Yoga Slim 7i Carbon is “rigorously subjected to 9 military-grade tests”, namely: altitude, high temperature, low temperature, temperature shock, humidity, sand and dust, vibration, shock and freeze-thaw. This laptop would certainly survive physically in a backpack without a protective sleeve, although you might want to use one in order to keep the chassis scratch-free....

Let’s Encrypt and other researchers had long warned that the IdentTrust DST Root CA X3 would expire on September 30, and many platforms did heed the calls and updated their systems. But a few did not, causing a minor kerfuffle as users questioned why some of their favorite sites were not working as well as they should. Scott Helme, the founder of Security Headers, told ZDNet that he confirmed issues with Palo Alto, Bluecoat, Cisco Umbrella, Catchpoint, Guardian Firewall, Monday....

The new company, called LG Magna e-Powertrain, will be based in Incheon, South Korea, and have an initial workforce of more than 1,000 people. The new joint venture was first formed as a wholly-owned LG subsidiary on July 1. Magna then acquired a 49% stake in the company on Wednesday for $453 million, the companies explained. The pair are hoping the joint venture will combine Magna’s strength in electric powertrain systems and LG’s expertise in components, such as e-motors and inverters, to expand their presence in the global electric car market....

“The decision comes as uncertainties in the global solar panel business continue to increase due to a variety of contributing factors, including the intensification of price competition and the rising cost of raw materials,” LG said. LG’s solar business panel business joins the company’s smartphone business in the graveyard, with the latter business being canned last April as it could not compete with other smartphone brands in the market. Prior to the smartphone business closing shop, it had recorded 23 consecutive quarters of loss....

While there is nothing fundamentally different about this release compared with 5.19, Torvalds noted that there were over 13,500 non-merge commits and over 800 merged commits, meaning “6.0 looks to be another fairly sizable release.” According to Torvalds, most of the updates are improvements to the GPU, networking and sound. Torvalds stuck to his word after releasing Linux kernel 5.19 last month, when he flagged he would likely call the next release 6....

Let’s start with design and fit. There are two colours – black and pink. I was sent the pink pair, whose colour is pale and somewhat medical-looking. The lozenge-shaped case has a small lanyard attached, whose purpose eludes me – I can’t see anyone attaching the case to their keyfob, for example. Logitech provides three pairs or silicone eargels in different sizes. They incorporate a cuff, making them less fiddly than is often the case to swap around....

The technology, developed by engineers at Northwestern University, Illinois, took maple tree seeds as the source of inspiration for the project. It resulted in a tiny computer that catches the wind to make a soft landing thanks to its helicopter-like design. It calls the device a ‘microflier’. “By studying maple trees and other types of wind-dispersed seeds, the engineers optimized the microflier’s aerodynamics to ensure that it – when dropped at a high elevation – falls at a slow velocity in a controlled manner,” Northwestern University said in a statement....

Thirayuth Chirathivat, CEO of Centara Hotels & Resorts, said in a statement that on October 14, they were “made aware” of a cyberattack on the hotel chain’s network. An investigation confirmed that cyberattackers had in fact breached their system and accessed the data of some customers. The data accessed includes names, booking information, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses and photos of IDs. The company did not say if the IDs accessed included passports, which are often asked for by hotels like Centara Hotels & Resorts....

Figures like these, however, did not deter individuals like Rada Stanic from pursuing her career in the field. “I love maths, I love problem solving,” she told ZDNet. “Then I thought, ‘I don’t necessarily want to be a teacher, so what could I do with this love for maths?’ I ended up studying a double degree in computer science and telecommunications, and my first job ended up being a software developer for what is [known as] Nokia now....

With the merger of the two cybersecurity firms completed in October, the companies have been given a new name. The name is Trellix, and STG said the business will focus on threat detection and response using machine learning and automation. Citing the humble trellis as inspiration, Trellix will develop what is being coined as “living security – security technology that learns and adapts to protect operations from the most advanced threat actors”....

I know I should be loving this idea as a sign of human progress. Why, then, am I a little concerned? Please forgive this apparently tangential meandering, but when you’ve been used to something being done a certain way, it’s often hard to imagine a successful alternative. Yet here we are – or, more precisely, here are a lot of people in Chicago – about to face one of the more severe inevitabilities of our modern world: McDonald’s is removing humans from taking your order at the drive-thru, in favor of a machine....

Insta360 claims the GO 2 is the world’s smallest action camera, measuring thinner than a smartphone and weighing about six times lighter than competing action cams – without sacrificing the size of the image sensor. It’s loaded with high-quality features, too. With FlowState Stabilization, the action cam can keep your shots steady during intense activities. Plus, the GO 2’s horizon leveling algorithms keep the video upright even when you’re going upside down or rolling from side to side....

The presentation is available on the Facebook page of the AI Lab. The AI Lab’s proposition, displayed on its Facebook home page, is “Through the power of artificial intelligence, we will enable a world where people can easily share, create, and connect physically and virtually, with anyone, anywhere.” Zuckerberg called artificial intelligence “perhaps the most important foundational technology of our time.” Zuckerberg said the company is unveiling something called “Project CAIRaoke,” which Zuckerberg described as “a fully end-to-end neural model for building on device assistants....

The lawsuits, which were filed anonymously in the UK and US, allege that the Facebook platform widely disseminated anti-Rohingya hate speech and misinformation while also helping users incite violence, which culminated in the rape, death, and torture of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya. The Rohingya people are a Muslim minority that has historically lived in present-day Myanmar, but have faced persecution and human rights violations from the local government and extremist Buddhists in the country....

I’m not sure exactly when Android apps will start showing up in the revamped Microsoft app Store. Microsoft plans to make the new Store available for Windows 10 and 11 this fall, and Windows 11 is slated to roll out starting this holiday season and into early 2022 for new and existing Windows 10 users who have devices that meet the new hardware qualifications. It’s worth noting this isn’t the first time that Microsoft has tried to get Android apps on Windows....

DDoS attacks harness the connectivity of many compromised devices and direct packets of data at a specific target, such as a website or internet service, with the aim of knocking it offline. Massive DDoS attacks measured in Tbps are becoming more common. According to Alethea Toh, a product manager on the Microsoft Azure networking team, Microsoft stopped two other DDoS attacks that exceeded 2.5 Tbps in December. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) The record-breaking 3....

The tech giant’s first bit of advice for admins using Windows Group Policy to manage enterprise Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices is don’t mess too much with the defaults. Admins shouldn’t try too hard to customize device security patching and feature updates because the defaults are “often the best”, according to Microsoft. This focus on defaults keeps users happy and productive, while ensuring devices are patched and up to date....