The vulnerabilities impact VMWare vCenter Server, a centralized management utility. VMWare issued patches for two critical bugs, CVE-2021-21985 and CVE-2021-21986, on May 25. The first security flaw, CVE-2021-21985, impacts VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation and has been issued a CVSS score of 9.8. This bug was found in a vSAN plugin, enabled by default in the application, that allows attackers to execute remote code execution (RCE) if they have access to port 443....

This collectible hard drive from Seagate features beautiful art inspired by Horizon Forbidden West, the 2022 action role-playing game. Reviewers note that the hard drive comes with Horizon Forbidden West stickers – a fun perk for fans of the game. Also: The best Cyber Monday gaming deals With 5TB of storage, you can build your game vault with 60+ PS5 games or 100+ PS4 games. While you can save both PS5 and PS4 games to the drive, you can also play your PS4 games right from device....

The Lite model comes with a voice remote that doesn’t have TV controls, including controls for power and volume on your TV. If that’s a considerable downside to this model for you, the next step up is the standard Fire TV Stick, which also happens to be discounted at 50%. This model enables you to control your TV as well as your streaming services from the same Alexa-enabled remote. It’s currently on sale for $20, an improvement from the $40 regular price....

In a report on 2021, the firm said 83 cybersecurity company capital raises surpassed $100 million. There were fourteen $1 billion mergers and acquisitions, including deals involving McAfee, Augh0, Mimecast, Thycotic, Proofpoint, and Avast. Proofpoint was acquired in August 2021 for $12.3 billion in cash, while NortonLifeLock merged with Avast PLC in a $8.4 billion deal. Okta acquired Auth0 for $6.4 billion, and Symphony Technology Group bought McAfee’s enterprise security business for $4 billion....

The data warehouse side is strong, as it includes a combination of stalwart incumbent vendors like Teradata and Vertica (now part of Micro Focus), all three major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure), and industry darling Snowflake. On the data lake side, independent providers, like Cloudera and Databricks, are perhaps the most emblematic competitors. A few months ago, Databricks said it achieved record performance benchmark results that render it victorious in the battle, vanquishing the data warehouse model and the vendors who champion it....

Instead, the bank posted the same message Tuesday afternoon on its Twitter and Facebook profiles as well as website: “Some of our customers are facing intermittent slowness when accessing our banking services, and we are currently working to resolve this. We apologise for the inconvenience caused during this time, and please try again later.” DBS, along with subsidiary POSB, have some 5 million customers in Singapore. Its customers took issue with the statement, with several saying there was nothing “intermittent” or “slow” about the disruption when they were not able to access their account at all....

DDoS attacks pose problems for organisations when attackers flood servers and online infrastructure with requests for access, slowing down services or taking them fully offline, thus preventing legitimate users from accessing services at all – and cutting off business for the affected organisation. While they’re not an especially advanced form of cyberattack, DDoS attacks still prove to be effective and cybersecurity researchers at Cloudflare have warned that some of the cyber criminals behind DDoS campaigns are becoming more prolific and more aggressive....

If you’re in the market or simply looking to upgrade your internet privacy, NordVPN is currently running a Black Friday promotion that you won’t want to pass on. Included with the offer is access to over 5,000 NordVPN servers worldwide, no-logs policies, and the ability to connect six devices at the same time. You’ll also be happy to know that NordVPN supports the big four operating systems: iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows – with additional extension options for browsers like Chrome and Firefox....

The deal marks Deloitte’s second security-related acquisition this year as the company aims to bolster its existing cybersecurity offerings that aid clients in threat management and intelligence. Deloitte said CloudQuest’s technology is designed to help businesses manage security workflows, reduce risk and improve data security. With the addition of CloudQuest’s business, Deloitte’s Cyber Cloud offering will gain more capabilities for monitoring, preventing and remediating security threats, the company said. “Our acquisition of CloudQuest represents our profound commitment to transforming alongside our clients, competing vigorously in the market, and aggressively building out tech-enabled approaches that position Deloitte cyber as an unquestionable business enabler,” said Deborah Golden, leader and principal of Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory Cyber and Strategic Risk leader for Deloitte & Touche LLP....

Universities get the blame for not teaching the right skills, and candidates for demanding unrealistic salaries. But much – indeed most – of the blame for the skills mismatch is down to the out-of-date and unrealistic expectations of employers. There are still plenty of companies demanding that candidates for a junior role have a decade of experience. And for candidates that make it past this absurd hurdle, the interview process is too long, obscure and rarely focused on the job the candidates have actually applied for....

Yes No Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Best Argument: No Audience Favored: Yes (74%) List of Events:Opening StatementsRebuttalClosing Statements The moderator has delivered a final verdict. Opening Statements Installing Windows 8 on older PCs is a no-brainer… Jason Perlow: …if your hardware isn’t ancient and you actually have a brain. My opponent, Master Jedi of the Linux greybeards order, has proposed that older PC hardware needs Windows 8 like a “fish needs a bicycle”....

Should the Apple Watch break free of the iPhone? Could the Apple Watch break free of the iPhone? This is what Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has been pondering in the latest Power On newsletter. Here Gurman ponders on “how and why Apple should completely free its watch from the iPhone.” Gurman even goes on to list some of the things the Apple Watch would need to become a standalone device, things such as its own cellular plan, better battery life, a Safari web browser (which Gurman himself says would “probably be a mediocre experience because of the small display size”), the ability to multitask while on a call, and a version of the Watch app for the Mac and iPad....

Now I’ve switched away from Google Chrome because, well, it’s become stagnant and bloated. The RAM usage and the way Chrome burns through battery life on laptops has gone to the point where it’s unacceptable. So, I’ve switched. I’ve switched to Brave. Brave is fast, secure, packed with privacy features, has a built-in ad-blocker, supports most of the Google Chrome extensions available, and there’s even an optional (paid-for premium) VPN....

Whatever your sentiments are on the remote work vs office debate, it appears as though workers aren’t rushing to get back to their desks. According to an analysis of data by workspace booking platform Robin, US employees worked from the office an average of just 4.9 days per month in Q1 2022, with office capacity sitting at just 25% percent. That’s a lot of empty desks. But these figures don’t tell the whole story....

Some days, it seems like we’re truly living in the golden age of wireless tech that companies like Apple keep promising us. Other days, you come home to your PC setup or charging station and see that there are still an awful lot of wires hanging around. Unfortunately, that’s not going to change anytime soon. There is, however, a way to keep those connections neat and efficient while speeding up your connectivity to boot....

If you have a degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline, getting a mechanical engineering job helps you gain valuable experience. An entry-level job also gives you insight into mechanical engineering if you’re looking to get a degree or make a career change. Identifying what kind of job you want and whether or not you meet the qualifications can be difficult. Here’s what you need to know about landing an entry-level mechanical engineering job, what positions are available to you, and how to take the next steps....

For the quarter ended June 30, the Swedish telco equipment manufacturer reported revenue dropped 1% to just under SEK55 billion, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) jumped 51% to SEK5.8 billion, and net income increased by the same percentage to SEK3.9 billion. The worry for the company is its numbers from China, which saw sales plummet from SEK4.1 billion last year to SEK1.5 billion. Ericsson said its networks segment was steady with revenue at SEK40 billion and EBIT growing 65% to SEK8....

Many M1 Mac users have run also into the unfortunate headache of realizing their multimonitor ambitions have been foiled by Apple limiting the M1 chip to just a single monitor (in the case of MacBook) or two displays (if they have an M1 Mac Mini). While I recently featured a Thunderbolt 4 dock from Accell (Thunderbolt being a very fast and versatile type of USB-C) that can solve all of these problems for Windows PC users, that excellent unit still lacked the one feature that could have made it as versatile for M1 Mac users....

Pegasus is a surveillance system offered by the NSO Group. While advertised as software for fighting crime and terrorism, a probe into the spyware led to allegations that it is being used against innocents, including human rights activists, political activists, lawyers, journalists, and politicians worldwide. Israel-based NSO Group denied the findings of the investigation, conducted by Amnesty International, Forbidden Stories, and numerous media outlets. Apple has since patched a zero-day vulnerability utilized by Pegasus, a discovery made together with Citizen Lab....

With its laptop-like weight and thickness, ample footprint and lack of a battery, the product makes no nod to portability like the folding keyboards in my last column. It even hosts two USB-A connectors. That said, it can be used with smartphones for a more desktop-like experience, particularly if they host a windowing environment like Samsung’s DeX. In this sense, the Ficihp acts like the “laptop shell” devices I wrote about in early 2020, albeit in a modern update to the cyberdeck-like form of the pioneering TRS-80 Model 100....