Recently the Safety Detectives Research Team found weaknesses in Microsoft Defender while investigating a malware-laced NFT game. The application compromised the user’s systems, bypassed their Google two-factor authentication, and stole over $24,000 in cryptocurrency.
The report with the highlights and a video analysis of this newly discovered vulnerability can be found here: https://www.safetydetectives.com/news/msdefender-malware-vulnerability/
EnGenius Technologies has launched EnGenius ECW Lite Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 indoor access points, ECW516L, ECW212L, and ECW210L to its Cloud product series lineup. The launch of the ECW Lite series offers small businesses simplified, but robust management with affordable, cutting-edge access points. With APs ranging from $99 to $199, any business owner running small offices, retail shops, small hotels, or restaurants can take advantage of essential connectivity features and secure and reliable next-generation Wi-Fi technology.
Affordable High-Speed Access Points
The ECW516L, priced at $199 MSRP, is a Wi-Fi 7 AP operating on 6 Ghz, 5Ghz, and 2.4 Ghz offering speeds up to 13.7 Gbps, covering approximately 1,200 sq ft office space, and supports up to 200 wirelessly connected devices. In addition, the Wi-Fi 6 ECW212L and ECW210L are priced at $169 and $99 respectively and will provide business owners with reliable options for varying budgets and business environments.
Streamlining Management via Intuitive Cloud-based Platform
The ECW Lite APs can be managed through a cloud-based management platform, eliminating the need for users to set up, monitor, and manage the devices manually. With a single interface, users can quickly create networks and set up Wi-Fi access points, easily monitor the real-time status of connected clients and manage multiple locations anytime and anywhere with just a few clicks. This streamlined approach to network management enhances efficiency and significantly boosts productivity for small businesses.
New ECW Lite Cloud Plan, Focused on Small Business Needs
The new ECW Lite access points, integrated with EnGenius Cloud, offer a simplified version of a cloud plan that includes a user-friendly management dashboard and essential features. These features include basic network monitoring, automatic firmware updates, and centralized device control, all at no cost for small businesses. These ECW Lite access points are compatible with other cloud-managed EnGenius products, such as VPN routers, switches, and PDUs, providing a comprehensive and integrated network solution. Business owners can easily deploy secure Wi-Fi networks, ensuring reliable connectivity for employees and customers without needing extensive IT resources or expensive hardware.
Empowering Small Businesses Across Industries
This new series of APs provides flexible Wi-Fi solutions for various small businesses. Whether in small offices, retail stores, restaurants, or hospitality venues, these access points deliver dependable connectivity and effortless management, making it the ideal choice for today’s small business. Key features include simple setup, remote monitoring, network segmentation, and secure access controls. ECW Lite is designed to meet the unique needs of each industry, helping to ensure smooth operations, enhance customer experiences, and streamline network management.
Key Features and Benefits:
User-Friendly Setup and Management
Features adapted for small business applications
Cost-Effective Solution with No Licensing Fees
The ECW212L and ECW210L are scheduled to be available by end of November 2024, and the ECW516L will be available by the end of December 2024 through authorized EnGenius resellers and distributors. For more information about the ECW Lite series and the Cloud Lite plan, visit https://www.engeniustech.com/engenius-cloud-management.html
Big tech has been the target of the Justice Department in the US for a while now, and Google has been on the top of their list to go after. In a 23-page document filed on Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of Google’s Chrome browser and restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. In short, that means that Google would have to:
While Google will have the chance to present its own view of the universe shortly, you have to imagine that they must be freaked out by this as this would fundamentally change their business model. On top of that, you know that this will be in court for years before there’s any resolution. Finally, if you’re Apple, this is what’s headed in your direction as the Justice Department is coming after them as well. So you know that they’ll be circling the wagons in preparation for what is surely headed their way.
According to a new report from Fastly, it takes 7.34 months on average to fully recover from an cyber incident, 25% longer than the 5.85 months respondents predicted.
For organizations planning to decrease their cybersecurity investment, recovery times are expected to be 8.14 months with these firms actually taking 10.88 months on average to recover – a 34% gap between perception and reality.
Respondents consider “recovery” to include:
Also notable, as a result of the CrowdStrike outage:
The cloud services provider polled 1800 IT cybersecurity decision makers in organizations across the Americas, Europe, APAC and Japan to compile its Global Security Research Report.
Emily Phelps, Director, Cyware had this to say:
“The disparity between perceived and actual recovery times after a cyber incident highlights a critical challenge: organizations often underestimate the complexity and duration of the recovery process. True resilience requires more than reactive measures—it demands a comprehensive, integrated approach to cybersecurity that addresses prevention, detection, and response holistically. Recovery isn’t just about restoring operations; it’s about fortifying defenses, enhancing processes, and fostering collaboration across teams and stakeholders.”
Ideally, you should never get pwned. But in the event that you do, you need a plan. You then need to test that plan. Then refine that plan and test it again. Combined with a robust defence, you may be in a much better place.
HP Inc. has announced the launch of HP Enterprise Security Edition, a unique suite of security capabilities designed to enhance the physical security of HP business class PCs. HP Enterprise Security Edition includes multilayered safeguards to protect PC hardware and firmware from targeted physical attacks, while giving IT admins unparalleled visibility to help detect unauthorized firmware, and component tampering throughout a device’s lifecycle.
The rise of hybrid work and Work from Anywhere (WFA) has increased the risk of PCs being compromised by attackers with brief physical access, underscoring the need for protection and visibility into the integrity of devices throughout their lifetimes. Over half (51%) of ITSDMs are concerned that they cannot verify if PC, laptop or printer hardware and firmware have been tampered with during transit. This visibility helps to mitigate the risk of targeted attacks that gain a persistent foothold within a company.
HP Enterprise Security Edition help defends against such attacks by preventing harm to hardware and firmware layers in the PC, while also enabling IT teams to check if hardware and firmware have been altered by malicious third parties during a device’s lifetime.
To combat these physical cyber threats, HP Enterprise Security Edition equips PCs with the following multilayered protection capabilities:
HP Enterprise Security Edition delivers platform integrity protection capabilities by ensuring the hardware and firmware beneath the operating system are more secure and resilient to physical attacks. This enables organizations to manage risk to their endpoint device supply chain by validating hardware and firmware integrity prior to device onboarding. Importantly, this will help organizations implement strong governance and controls over the security of their PC hardware and firmware across their device lifecycle. Finally, end users can be confident and reassured that their sensitive data is protected however and wherever they work.
The new HP Enterprise Security Edition is available for select PC platforms.
Procore Technologies, Inc. today kicks off Groundbreak 2024, the construction industry’s most innovative conference. Procore is unveiling Resource Management, the industry’s first all-in-one solution for comprehensive labour, equipment and materials tracking and planning, along with new AI-powered Scheduling and Safety tools that enhance efficiency and streamline safety management.
Bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and professionals, Groundbreak 2024 focuses on connecting construction through technology and people. More than 4,500 attendees will attend Groundbreak from over 35 countries to hear from Procore leaders, industry executives, and keynote speakers Emmitt Smith and Bear Grylls. Key announcements include:
Enhancing Productivity with Industry-Defining Integrated Resource Management Solution
Today Procore unveiled Resource Management, a new product category that enables contractors to manage labour, equipment, and materials in a unified, intelligent offering across the entire build lifecycle. Resource Management, generally available now, unlocks greater control, forecasting, and visibility to help contractors increase profit margins, reduce delays, and boost productivity.
To accelerate this capability, Procore has acquired Edmonton-based Intelliwave Technologies, a leading industry provider of intelligent materials management software. By combining Intelliwave’s materials solution SiteSense® with Procore’s existing labour and equipment capabilities, Resource Management delivers robust control over essential project resources. In addition, Procore AI Agents will further unlock value with automated risk detection and actions, delivering unprecedented levels of visibility into resource performance.
Across Procore’s unified, intelligent platform, Resource Management embeds with the existing Preconstruction, Project Execution, and Financials solutions for end-to-end visibility, accurate forecasting, and automated budget tracking. Powered by next-generation platform capabilities like Agents, Maps, and Scheduling, Resource Management allows users to visualize and manage resources on a map and coordinate the deployment of resources.
AI-Powered Safety and Scheduling Built for the Field
Procore also unveiled Scheduling, a new solution designed to provide smart scheduling, and will integrate directly with contract schedules and field data. Powered by Artificial Intelligence, Scheduling will proactively flag potential risks, helping ensure projects remain on time and within budget.
Announced today, Procore’s significantly expanded Safety solution will centralize safety tasks with new capabilities like pre-task plans, jobsite hazard analysis, certification tracking, onsite orientations, and toolbox talks. With deep integrations with Procore’s project management suite and wearable devices, Safety will help eliminate administrative overhead, while providing insights to promote better safety outcomes. With Safety, Procore helps ensure that everyone in construction returns home safely everyday.
Learn more about Groundbreak
Groundbreak offers over 85 breakout sessions aimed at helping industry professionals enhance their leadership, teamwork, and building skills. Procore will honor companies, projects, and individuals making a positive impact on the construction industry through the annual Groundbreaker Awards.
To watch the opening day of Groundbreak and gain access to sessions, register for Groundbreak Live.
On top of that, Procore also announced the launch of its Procore AI solutions. This includes its new AI-powered Agents, artificial intelligence platform capabilities designed to enhance project efficiency, improve decision-making, and enable smarter, faster, and more seamless workflows.
Procore AI, built on Procore’s unified, intelligent platform, is powered by Procore Agents, Insights, and Copilot. With Procore AI, customers can transform how teams collaborate, forecast, and execute projects. This will pave the way for a future where predictive insights and automated actions enhance efficiency and drive success in every project.
Procore Agents and Agent Studio Delivers Automated, Proactive Workflows
Available next year, Agents leverage AI to automate routine tasks, reduce manual workloads, and provide insights that allow construction professionals to focus on higher-value work. Across Procore’s platform, Agents will streamline complex processes like managing RFIs, scheduling, and submittals, which helps automate routine tasks and reduces administrative overhead. These new capabilities will support users and workflows across the full project lifecycle.
Agent Studio, coming in 2025, will allow users to customize Agents to meet their unique project requirements without any coding. This tool empowers contractors and owners to tailor AI-driven answers and automations for their business, unlocking a new era of efficiency where manual processes are replaced by trusted, customizable AI agents.
Procore Insights Helps Mitigate Project Risk to Improve Project Outcomes
Announced today, Insights is an AI-driven solution that helps users better understand project risk across their most-used workflows, including submittals, RFIs, and daily logs. Powered by Procore’s comprehensive construction dataset, Insights enables users to benchmark performance, predict potential challenges, and receive recommended actions to mitigate risks, which ultimately enables more informed decisions to help improve project outcomes. Insights will be generally available in early 2025.
Procore Announces Procore Copilot is Available Globally
Procore Copilot enables users to quickly retrieve information with instant access to key documents, summarize complex documents, and provide data-driven insights—saving time and improving productivity on jobsites.
For more information about Procore’s latest product innovations, visit here.
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler recently uncovered an exposed database linked to Conduitor Limited/Forces Penpals, a military social network and dating service tailored for military members and their supporters.
Over 1.1 million unprotected records were found, revealing user images and sensitive proof of service documents containing names, addresses, SSNs, and UK National Insurance Numbers, posing serious privacy risks.
You can read the report here: https://www.vpnmentor.com/news/report-forcespenpals-breach/
Here are some 2025 Technology Predictions about major developments Justin Borgman, Cofounder and CEO, sees in Data, AI and Storage.
Instant Data Gratification – “Businesses will prioritize real-time analytics, delivering insights within minutes to keep pace with intensifying customer and market demand and competition. This shift will enable faster decision-making across departments, from marketing to customer service, giving organizations a competitive edge. Real-time data will become essential for companies aiming to act on insights immediately, transforming analytics from an ad hoc, retrospective tool to a proactive business driver.”
Accelerating and Scaling AI with Data Products – “Well-defined data products become a prerequisite for scaling AI workflows like RAG. We all know that your AI is only as good as the data you feed it, and the importance of quality and governance will become more important than ever. Furthermore, data products INCLUDE business context, which is so critical to your AI applications.”
The Rise of the Hybrid Lakehouse – “The resurgence of on-prem data architectures will see lakehouses expanding into hybrid environments, merging cloud and on-premises data storage seamlessly. The hybrid lakehouse model offers scalability of cloud storage and secure control of on-premises, delivering flexibility and scalability within a unified, accessible framework.”
SQL’s Return to the Lake – “SQL is experiencing a comeback in the data lake as table formats like Apache Iceberg simplify data access, enabling SQL engines to outpace Spark. SQL’s renewed popularity democratizes data across organizations, fostering data-driven decision-making and expanding data literacy across teams. SQL’s accessibility will make data insights widely available, supporting data empowerment.”
Modern Data-Driven SaaS Applications Will Be Built on Lakes Rather Than Warehouses – “New data applications will be built on the lake rather than traditional databases or data warehouses. The reason is simple: SaaS companies care deeply about gross margins in the products that they offer and data lakes offer significantly better TCO and no vendor lock-in. Building an application on an object storage lake allows companies to leverage open formats like Iceberg for storage and open engines like Trino for compute. The end result is an application stack that won’t break the bank and is proven to handle Internet scale.”
AppSOC, a leader in AI governance and application security, today announced the launch of its AI Security & Governance solutions tailored for the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. This collaboration introduces robust security, governance, and compliance capabilities for organizations leveraging Databricks to develop and deploy AI models at scale. The integration is designed to address the growing need for securing AI models and workflows, enabling Databricks users to innovate confidently while maintaining stringent governance standards. The release also coincides with AppSOC validation in the Databricks Technology Partner program.
With the rapid adoption of AI, enterprises face a unique challenge: how to secure and govern AI systems without impeding innovation. AppSOC’s new solutions seamlessly integrate with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, providing end-to-end security, including AI discovery, model scanning, runtime threat protection, and data leak prevention. The solution provides comprehensive coverage for the Databricks AI Security Framework (DASF), helping customers ensure that their AI systems remain secure, compliant, and aligned with best practices.
AppSOC’s solutions help Databricks users manage AI risk proactively and prevent potential security and compliance incidents before they happen. The joint solution secures AI models, datasets, notebooks, and workflows through key features including:
2025 Predictions by Cassius Rhue, Vice President, Customer Experience, SIOS Technology
Posted in Commentary with tags SIOS Technology on November 21, 2024 by itnerdHere are some 2025 Predictions by Cassius Rhue, Vice President, Customer Experience, SIOS Technology. This is what they see coming down the pipeline for 2025.
Real-Time Failover for AI-Powered Security Analytics – As AI-driven security analytics tools become standard for detecting and responding to threats, organizations will prioritize high availability to ensure these applications operate without downtime. Failover clustering will play a crucial role in maintaining continuous, real-time threat detection and response, preventing gaps in security coverage that could leave the enterprise vulnerable. By leveraging failover clustering, enterprises will mitigate risks and enable uninterrupted operation of their critical security monitoring and analytics tools.
Greater Adoption of Hybrid Cloud Failover Clustering – Enterprises will increasingly implement hybrid cloud architectures, combining on-premises data centers with public cloud platforms for failover clustering. This setup will ensure high availability and disaster recovery while offering flexibility and cost-effectiveness. Organizations will prioritize failover solutions that seamlessly bridge on-prem and cloud environments, allowing IT teams to leverage the cloud’s resilience without abandoning existing infrastructure.
Focus on Simplified, IT Generalist-Friendly Solutions – Many enterprises will invest in failover clustering solutions that are easier to manage, targeting the growing need for solutions that can be operated by IT generalists, not just clustering experts. With automation, simplified interfaces, and streamlined deployment, these clustering solutions will allow organizations to maintain high availability without the complexity typically associated with failover clustering—appealing particularly to small and medium-sized businesses looking to achieve enterprise-grade resilience.
Hyperconverged Infrastructure Takes Center Stage in Enterprise IT – Enterprises will increasingly migrate critical applications to hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) to simplify management, cut costs, and enable dynamic scaling. HCI consolidates storage, compute, and networking, reducing the complexity of traditional systems. As IT leaders prioritize agility and resilience, HCI’s automation and reliability will present a strong alternative to traditional setups. This trend also aligns with growing demands for hybrid and multi-cloud flexibility, as HCI integrates seamlessly with public cloud providers.
Increased Reliance on Cross-Region, Multi-Cloud Failover Clustering – To achieve stronger resilience against regional outages, enterprises will adopt cross-region and multi-cloud failover clustering strategies. These setups will allow critical applications to failover seamlessly across different cloud regions or cloud providers, ensuring continuity even in cases of large-scale disruptions. This trend will drive demand for clustering solutions capable of handling complex, geographically distributed infrastructures and automating failover processes across subnets and cloud regions with minimal manual intervention.
High Availability for Zero Trust Security Architectures – With enterprises continuing to adopt Zero Trust architectures, there will be a growing emphasis on ensuring that security applications supporting Zero Trust (e.g., identity and access management, endpoint protection, and authentication systems) remain highly available. Failover clustering will become essential for these applications to operate without interruption, allowing enterprises to enforce continuous security measures and authentication processes even during maintenance or unexpected system issues.
Always-On Monitoring: The Future of Automated High Availability Clustering for APM – High availability (HA) clustering with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools will become more streamlined and automated, making it easier to maintain continuous monitoring without disruptions. HA clustering solutions will feature improved integration with APM platforms, offering seamless failover, predictive analytics for proactive issue resolution, and reduced setup complexity. Users can expect more self-healing capabilities, where clusters can detect and address performance issues automatically, minimizing manual intervention and ensuring that critical monitoring remains active around the clock.
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