Tech Rookies Staff

Even the FBI says you need to patch this Atlassian Confluence bug right now

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) warned Atlassian Confluence server users to patch their endpoints immediately.  The warning was issued after new findings suggesting a recently discovered flaw – CVE-2023-22515 – is being actively exploited in low-complexity, highly damaging attacks that … Read more

LinkedIn confirms it will cut a further 668 jobs, bringing the total to nearly 1,400 this year

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Earlier this month, LinkedIn announced that it would roll out a raft of new AI-powered tools across the business. Today, it’s making a different kind of announcement focused on the future: the company is laying off 668 employees. We understand from a reliable source that the majority of the layoffs, some 563, will be in … Read more

Microsoft is killing off this authentication protocol in Windows – here’s why

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Microsoft is stripping Windows 11 users of an old protocol that authenticates remote users. The New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) was effectively usurped by Kerberos, the MIT-developed cross-platform tool which works as the authentication protocol for any version of Windows since Windows 2000.  In fact, Microsoft even recommended users refrain from using NTLM way back … Read more