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Parallels Desktop updated with enhanced Apple Intelligence features on Windows

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After the last Parallels Desktop update brought Writing Tools support to Windows virtual machines, the software has been updated to provide greater support for Apple Intelligence features, and more. Here’s what’s new in Parallels Desktop 20.2.With enhanced Writing Tools capabilities for Windows apps, this Apple Intelligence feature is now integrated into the context menu in…

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Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024

6 minutes of reading / 5G, Adobe, AI, Computer, data privacy, Dropbox, Microsoft, Okta, open source, social media, Tech, VPN / By

The year 2024 threw up another diverse crop of stories in the world of cyber security, with much to pay attention to, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), which continued to dominate the headlines. This year, we steer away from AI fear, uncertainty and doubt to focus on some of the other big…

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Brit charged in US over Scattered Spider cyber attacks

5 minutes of reading / Cloud, Google, Google Cloud, Okta, Tech / By

The United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday unsealed criminal charges against five individuals, including a 22 year-old British national named as Tyler Robert Buchanan, over their alleged involvement in the Scattered Spider cyber attacks. During their criminal rampage, the gang used social engineering techniques to game their victims into giving up vital credentials, often…

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MoneyGram customer data breached in attack

3 minutes of reading / AI, Computer, Okta, Tech / By

Financial services firm and money transfer specialist MoneyGram has disclosed a breach of customer data arising from a late-September cyber attack on its systems, but has waited over a week to tell customers that they have been affected. The incident first manifested as a network outage on 20 September, before being confirmed as a cyber…

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Cyber companies need a best practice approach to major incidents.

4 minutes of reading / AI, compliance, cybersecurity, Okta, social media, Tech, VPN / By

Cyber security companies have made global headlines recently with a series of significant incidents which caused widespread disruption. The CrowdStrike incident is estimated to have cost Fortune 500 companies as much as $5.4bn, according to Parametrix analysis. The Okta data breach and Ivanti Virtual Private Network (VPN) vulnerabilities raise similar concerns about the impact cyber…

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Number of girls taking GCSE computing grows three years in a row

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The number of girls choosing to take computing at GCSE level is rising steadily, with 2024 seeing the third consecutive year of growth. This year, 21,020 female students across the UK took the GCSE computing exam, a rise from 19,061 in 2023. However, with 74,821 male students also sitting the exam, girls are still heavily…

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Major breaches allegedly caused by unsecured Snowflake accounts

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Significant data breaches at online ticketing platform Ticketmaster and consumer bank Santander appear to be linked to the abuse of unsecured accounts held with cloud data management platform Snowflake, it has emerged over the past few days. The Ticketmaster breach – confirmed on Friday 31 May by parent organisation Live Nation – saw the personal…

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Customers speak out over Okta’s response to latest breach

6 minutes of reading / API, Cloud, Cloudflare, Computer, Okta, Tech, VPN / By

Cyber security companies BeyondTrust and Cloudflare have criticised identity and access management (IAM) specialist Okta after both became ensnared in yet another cyber attack against the latter’s systems. BeyondTrust said it detected an identity-centric attack on an in-house Okta admin account on 2 October 2023, which used a valid session cookie stolen from Okta. It…

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1Password caught up in Okta support breach

3 minutes of reading / Cloud, Cloudflare, Google, Okta, Tech / By

Credential management software supplier 1Password has disclosed it has been caught up in the same breach of the tech support systems of fellow identity and access management (IAM) specialist Okta that impacted BeyondTrust and Cloudflare. 1Password chief technology officer (CTO) Pedro Canahuati said the firm detected suspicious activity on the Okta tenant it uses to…

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