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Ravie LakshmananOct 05, 2026Vulnerability / Email Security Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scoring system. “Weak authorization in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network,” Microsoft said in an advisory released on October 2, 2026. The Windows maker said an authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to other users’ mailboxes within the same organization and read email messages and…
Sovereign storage is becoming an architectural and operational consideration for European enterprises as they invest in AI, modernization and cyber resilience. Sovereignty now covers much more than where data is physically stored. Customers want to know who operates and manages it, where support is based and what telemetry is collected, according to Willem Hendrickx (pictured), senior vice president and general manager of EMEA and LATAM at NetApp. “What [our customers] really want is a cloud-like experience but having control of their data,” he said. “Sovereignty is not only a legal discussion, but it’s actually an architectural design and an operational decision…
Trust me: Smart home devices make awesome home upgrades as well as handy gifts for the person who has everything. But they’re not all created equal. I’ve been testing home devices for years, and I watch for several factors before I recommend them to people, including real-world results for saving money and energy, daily uses that actually make my life easier and features that help protect our privacy. Here are my favorite devices that pass the test and are available for big discounts during Amazon’s October Prime Day. They include budget items that cost less than dinner and high-end additions,…
Google froze its open-source bug bounty program due to a flood of AI-generated slop. Is the future of tech automated security? Google hit the brakes on its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program, and AI spam is to blame. Script kiddies and hopeful bounty hunters leverage LLMs to churn out automated vulnerability reports. But these bots throw nonsense at human maintainers instead of finding real security flaws. Hallucinated code, bogus exploits, and endless noise completely overwhelm Google’s engineering teams. And manually triaging thousands of junk filings drains time that engineers should spend fixing code. Consequently, Google slammed the brakes on…
Traditional public relations taught marketers to pitch stories and build relationships with journalists. That work still matters, but it no longer decides whether a brand shows up when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google’s AI Overviews for a recommendation.
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. Data sourced from the Ministry of Manpower. Yesterday I reported some positive news from the local labour market, which still has around 40,000 vacancies for PMET candidates available. Today, I’m afraid, it’s time to balance it out with some negative findings, also from data published by the Ministry of Manpower. As ever, the economic situation within the country differs greatly between industries. Some are booming, pulling the country ahead, while some are falling behind, and their plight is often absent from the news headlines. This is especially…
I’m going to be honest from the start: No, you probably don’t need a $600 scale in your bathroom if you are just doing occasional weigh-ins. Hell, I don’t even know that elite athletes need to make this kind of extreme outlay even if they need to periodically check on how their training is going.But I’m going to make the case for the Withings BodyScan 2 anyway. After spending several months with the device, the scale and its ecosystem have forced me to dig deeper into my health than ever before. At this point, I’m not sure I could go…
Ravie LakshmananOct 05, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that has been exploited as part of targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 out of 10.0. “CVE-2026-88779 is a memory overflow vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that can lead to denial-of-service under specific deployment conditions,” Citrix said. “The issue affects customer-managed NetScaler deployments running affected supported versions when the required preconditions are met.” For successful exploitation, NetScaler ADC or NetScaler Gateway must be configured either…
Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 27, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire Meet the X-BAT: Full specs on the new AI-piloted fighter jet to be built in Washington state X-BAT at a Glance: Measuring 26 feet long with a 1,000-nautical-mile combat radius, Shield AI’s autonomous strike fighter is designed to launch vertically from highways or naval decks—bypassing traditional runways…
OpenAI Group PBC Chief Executive Sam Altman insists that the security risks of artificial intelligence need to be taken seriously. But unlike his counterpart Dario Amodei of Anthropic PBC, he believes that people need to accept that “some bad things” are going to happen if everyone is going to enjoy the benefits of AI. In an interview published in Politico’s Decoded newsletter today, Altman (pictured) said he agrees with Amodei about the need for AI to be regulated, but differs in terms of how heavy-handed that regulation should be. “I think there’s a lot of daylight [between us],” he said.…