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“This is a complicated problem for us”: Proofpoint points finger at user configurations for spam attacks earlier this year
Proofpoint has blamed poor user configurations for a spam attack linked to its platform in August, with a senior company figure suggesting responsibility lies with customers. Speaking at a media roundtable for Proofpoint Protect London 2024, Ryan Kalember, EVP of cybersecurity strategy at Proofpoint noted that, within reason, any security “can be configured in really bad ways” in response to…
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Redis insists license changes were the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google” – now it could face a user exodus
Redis shocked the open source community when it unveiled a shift to a more restrictive licensing approach earlier this year, but a senior company figure has told ITPro it was the “only way to compete with Amazon and Google” and claw back commercial value. CEO Rowan Trollope first announced the decision in March, confirming that future Redis releases were to…
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LinkedIn backtracks on controversial AI training rules after user backlash
LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data for AI training following a fierce backlash from digital rights campaigners, users, and regulators. The social network recently changed its privacy policy to use an ‘opt-out’ setting for the use of customer data to train its internal AI models. In an update to its policies, the Microsoft-owned firm said the use…
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FlightAware configuration error leaked user data for years
Flight tracking platform FlightAware is asking some users to reset their account login passwords due to a data security incident that may have exposed personal information. The technology company is based in Houston, Texas and provides real-time as well as historical flight tracking data. FlightAware is considered the world’s largest flight-tracking platform with a network of 32,000 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast…
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Steam User Reviews Might Actually Be Useful Now
“Good.” “I found a team and a fortress too.” And one review that’s just a full transcript of Valve’s Meet the Heavy video. These were the top user reviews Steam showed me for the popular game Team Fortress 2, at least until I turned on the “Use new helpfulness system” filter. Steam, the popular PC games storefront, has a bit…
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