Global Microsoft outage affects Azure and 365 services

Global Microsoft outage affects Azure and 365 services

Microsoft experienced a global outage on Tuesday. The company was soon aware of the problems, as some services rebounded earlier than others. Earlier on Tuesday, reports started trickling in on social media platforms… Article Source https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/122949/global-microsoft-outage-affects-azure-and-365-services/

Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees | TechCrunch

Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees | TechCrunch

U.S. tech giant Cisco has let go of thousands of employees following its second layoff of 2024.  The technology and networking company announced in August that it would reduce its headcount by 7%, or around 5,600 employees, following an… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/

New Indirector side-channel attack affects latest Intel CPUs

New Indirector side-channel attack affects latest Intel CPUs

A new high-precision Branch Target Injection (BTI) attack called ‘Indirector’ has been discovered by researchers at the University of California, San Diego. This attack targets flaws in the Indirect Branch Predictor (IBP) and Branch Target Buffer (BTB) found in modern Intel processors, specifically in the Raptor Lake and Alder Lake generations. Indirector manipulates speculative execution … Read more

Investors Remain Unconcerned as New Bug Affects Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Chips – TipRanks.com

Investors Remain Unconcerned as New Bug Affects Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Chips – TipRanks.com

Intel’s chips have been found to contain a critical bug that could potentially compromise security, but despite this news, Intel’s shares saw a nearly 2% increase in trading. The bug, known as CVE-2024-0762 or “UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow,” affects a range of Intel processors involved in SecureCore Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware. The issue was first discovered … Read more

Vulnerability in Phoenix UEFI affects multiple Intel PC models

Vulnerability in Phoenix UEFI affects multiple Intel PC models

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware, known as CVE-2024-0762, impacting devices with various Intel CPUs. Lenovo has already released firmware updates to address the flaw, which is identified as ‘UEFICANHAZBUFFEROVERFLOW’ and involves a buffer overflow bug in the firmware’s Trusted Platform Module (TPM) configuration that could allow for code … Read more

Nvidia Performance Affects US Equity Futures Prior to Market Opening

Nvidia Performance Affects US Equity Futures Prior to Market Opening

U.S. stock futures were stable on Tuesday as investors awaited the upcoming quarterly earnings report from chipmaker Nvidia. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures and S&P 500 futures remained flat, while Nasdaq futures saw a slight decline of 0.08%. Nvidia is set to release their earnings after the market closes on Wednesday. Additionally, oil prices fell, … Read more

How Asymmetric Routing Affects Palo Alto Firewall Security

Asymmetric routing is a routing pattern in which traffic flows through different paths while traversing a network. It occurs when the return path of a packet is different from the path it took when it was transmitted. This type of routing can significantly affect Palo Alto Firewall security and compromise network security. Palo Alto Firewall … Read more