Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) now supports next-generation, memory-optimized Amazon EC2 R5 nodes for high-performance applications. R5 nodes are based on the AWS Nitro System and feature enhanced networking based on the Elastic Network Adapter. Memory-optimized R5 nodes offer memory size flexibility from 16 to 768 GiB. Source:: Amazon AWS
SAP today released its security patches for August, alerting of new critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in several of its products, mostly NetWeaver Application Server (AS). […] Source:: BleepingComputer
AWS has updated Serverless Bot Framework, an AWS Solutions Implementation that automatically sets up a chatbot application with sample interactions for the chatbot. The solution makes use of AWS services, such as AWS Lambda, to implement the machine learning logic of the chatbot and Amazon Polly to turn text responses into lifelike speech. Source:: Amazon…
You can now use AWS CodeDeploy to deploy applications to your virtual private cloud (VPC) through VPC endpoints powered by AWS PrivateLink. With this feature, you can use CodeDeploy to deploy your critical, internal applications without using an Internet gateway, public IP addresses, or a VPN connection. AWS PrivateLink provides secure connectivity between VPCs and…
Amazon Comprehend is a natural language processing (NLP) service that uses machine learning to analyze text documents and identify insights such as sentiment, entities, and topics in text. Amazon Comprehend now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoints via AWS PrivateLink so customers can securely initiate API calls to Amazon Comprehend from within your VPC…
The Multi-Region Infrastructure Deployment solution make it easier to set up a multi-region architectures, supports controlled updates and maintain consistency of workloads. The solution automatically provisions and configures AWS CodePipeline to automate the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline for validating and deploy AWS CloudFormation templates into a primary and secondary region. Source:: Amazon AWS
Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 120 security holes in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two newly discovered vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited. Yes, good people of the Windows world, it’s time once again to backup and patch up! At least 17 of the bugs squashed in August’s patch…
Citrix today released patches for multiple new security vulnerabilities affecting its Citrix Endpoint Management (CEM), also known as XenMobile, a product made for enterprises to help companies manage and secure their employees’ mobile devices remotely. Citrix Endpoint Management offers businesses mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) capabilities. It allows Source:: The Hackers…
The SANS cybersecurity training organization has suffered a data breach after one of their employees fell victim to a phishing attack. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C5a instances have expanded availability to include AWS Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Europe (London), US West (N. California) and Canada (Central) Regions. In addition, 8xlarge and 16xlarge sizes of Amazon EC2 M5ad and R5ad instances are now available in the US East (N.…
Breaching corporate networks and selling access to them is a business in and of itself. For many hackers, this is how they make their living, others do it forced by financial struggles to supplement their revenue. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
The Amazon Connect Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Adapter for Salesforce v5.0 now provides CTI Flows which allows customers to build agent interactions with a drag and drop UI within Salesforce Lightning or Classic. CTI Flows consist of process blocks that enable you to easily design agent workflows within our Salesforce integration. This version supports screen-pop…
Today is Microsoft’s August 2020 Patch Tuesday, and while this is just a typical day for most of you, Windows administrators around the world want to pull their hair out. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
Today is the second Tuesday of the month and August 2020 security updates are now available for all supported versions of Windows 10. As always, you can download and install the latest security fixes by checking for updates in the Settings. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
We’re excited to announce a new digital course, Configure and Deploy AWS PrivateLink. This hour-long course teaches network engineers, systems administrators, and cloud architects how to configure and deploy AWS PrivateLink using the AWS Management Console. The course includes presentations and a video demonstration. Source:: Amazon AWS
The City of Lafayette in Colorado, USA has been forced to pay $45,000 after the City’s devices were encrypted in July and they were unable to restore necessary files from backup. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
The rail firm said free wi-fi was removed from standard-class carriages because of coronavirus. Source:: BBC News – Technology
If you haven’t recently updated your Chrome, Opera, or Edge web browser to the latest available version, it would be an excellent idea to do so as quickly as possible. Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed details about a zero-day flaw in Chromium-based web browsers for Windows, Mac and Android that could have allowed attackers to…
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom that fix a total of twenty-six vulnerabilities in the three programs. […] Source:: BleepingComputer
Last autumn Openreach (BT) revealed that the West Devon (England) town of Okehampton would be among 13 other rural locations to help pilot a “range of new tools and techniques” for deploying their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network (here). Fast forward to today and the work is almost completed. The pilots were designed to…