Cyber agencies produce ‘long overdue’ best practices for securing Microsoft Exchange Server 
31 Oct

Cyber agencies produce ‘long overdue’ best practices for securing Microsoft Exchange Server 

High Tech News
Cyber agencies from three countries including the US have issued a list of security best practices for protecting Microsoft Exchange Server, a venerable on-premises email server that many IT departments still cling to. The advisory, also endorsed by Australia and Canada, comes at a good time: Threat actors are still poking at holes in Exchange Server, and many attacks have succeeded because of old or misconfigured installations. For example, Germany’s Office for Information Security believes nine out of 10 Exchange servers in that country are still running outdated versions of the software. Even hybrid Exchange environments aren’t vulnerability-free. In August,…
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Chris Waller challenges Powell’s ‘driving in the fog’ statement on policy
31 Oct

Chris Waller challenges Powell’s ‘driving in the fog’ statement on policy

News in Focus
​ Federal Reserve governor and chair candidate Christopher Waller joined "Kudlow" to shut down Chairman Jerome Powell’s claim the agency is driving through "fog." Powell said Wednesday the lack of key economic data caused by the government shutdown has given the Federal Reserve an unclear view of the economy. "This fog story has just got to stop," Waller told FOX Business host Larry Kudlow. "The fog might tell you to slow down. It doesn't tell you to pull over to the side of the road. You still have to go. You may want to be careful, but it doesn't mean…
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Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
31 Oct

Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

AI
​ Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals. Polyurethane foams frequently make an appearance in the soles of shoes. Credit: Tim Boyle You’ll often hear plastic pollution referred to as a problem. But the reality is that it’s multiple problems. Depending on the properties we need, we form plastics out of different polymers, each of which is held together by a distinct type of chemical bond. So the method we use to break down one type of polymer may be incompatible with the chemistry of another. That problem is why, even though we’ve…
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Amazon stock reaches all-time high, boosting ETF performance and interest
31 Oct

Amazon stock reaches all-time high, boosting ETF performance and interest

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​ Amazon shares touched a record high Friday, rising over 9%, after strong quarterly results that were driven by its growing cloud business – AWS—which saw a double-digit jump in sales to $30 billion.  Ticker Security Last Change Change % AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 244.22 +21.36 +9.58% "AWS is growing at a pace we haven't seen since 2022, re-accelerating to 20.2% year-over-year, our largest growth rate in 11 quarters," CEO Andy Jassy told investors. He was even more bullish on future growth.  "Backlog grew to $200 billion by Q3 quarter end and doesn't include several unannounced new deals in October, which…
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