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An Edge Vision for the Metaverse

CIO

will introduce new dimensions of interaction such as virtual and decentralised 3D worlds and experiences. After all, you wouldn’t want your haptic glove to misbehave in the metaverse or your autonomous vehicle sensors to be hijacked by malware. Operating Systems for the edge. Where Web 2.0

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Microsoft’s July 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 130 CVEs (CVE-2023-36884)

Tenable

Important CVE-2023-32049 | Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2023-32049 is a security feature bypass vulnerability impacting Windows SmartScreen, an early warning system designed to protect against malicious websites used for phishing attacks or malware distribution. and a rating of critical.

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Radar Trends to Watch: January 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Most system commands work, and even some programming–though the output is predicted from the training set, not the result of actually running a program. Is this the future of operating systems? A new wiper malware, called Azov, is spreading rapidly in the wild. Recovery is impossible, aside from restoring from backup.

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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The Eternity Project is a new malware-as-a-service organization that offers many different kinds of tools for data theft, ransomware, and many other exploits. Passkey is operating system-independent, and supports both Bluetooth in addition to Internet protocols. It will support WebXR.

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Top 4 K-12 Cybersecurity Threats to Watch in 2020

PowerSchool

We’ll continue to see hackers exploit operating system vulnerabilities, phishing attacks, and website drive-by downloads to get ransomware onto systems to lock or destroy your data. Use your email system if it allows you to flag messages that come from external sources. Ransomware attacks will continue.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It’s now used in operating systems (Linux kernel components), tool development, and even enterprise software. Usage of content about Linux is down 6.9%: not a major change but possibly a reflection of the fact that the latest steps forward in deploying and managing software shield people from direct contact with the operating system.

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Technology Trends for 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Content about privacy is up 90%; threat modeling is up 58%; identity is up 50%; application security is up 45%; malware is up 34%; and zero trust is up 23%. Linux has long been the most widely used server operating system, and it’s not ceding that top spot soon. Even on Azure, Linux dominates.

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