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YugabyteDB 2.11 meets developer demand for comprehensive PostgreSQL compatibility

Yugabyte released YugabyteDB 2.11, with updates that extend PostgreSQL compatibility in the open source database. These updates allow application developers to use powerful and familiar PostgreSQL features without compromising resilience, scale, or performance. The latest release brings widely used PostgreSQL features to YugabyteDB. These include Foreign Data Wrappers (FDW), GIN indexes, collation support, and read committed isolation level for concurrent transactions. Foreign Data Wrappers allow PostgreSQL databases to treat tables in remote databases as locally … More → The post YugabyteDB 2.11 meets developer demand for comprehensive PostgreSQL compatibility appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Deeper Connect Pico prevents malicious tracking and restores safety online

Deeper Network has successfully launched Deeper Connect Pico for internet users everywhere. Deeper Connect Pico is an all-in-one solution for access to the Decentralized VPN (DPN), a safe and fast private network at home or on the go. The Wi-Fi Adapter makes it easy to travel with Pico, while its enterprise-grade cybersecurity service shields from viruses and Trojans, prevents malicious tracking, detects intrusions, and restores safety online. Deeper Network Pico ensures complete ad-blocking including encrypted … More → The post Deeper Connect Pico prevents malicious tracking and restores safety online appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Nib takes $4 million stake in Midnight Health

Year-old startup already has over 4500 subscribers.
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Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group

Alleges US citizens targeted with spyware.
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Managing diverse data sets

Dan Graves, chief technology officer at Delphix, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges federal IT officials face when managing diverse data sets.
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Tech companies underreport CO2 emissions

Companies in the digital technology industry are significantly underreporting the greenhouse gas emissions arising along the value chain of their products. Across a sample of 56 major tech companies surveyed, more than half of these emissions were excluded from self-reporting in 2019. At approximately 390 megatons carbon dioxide equivalents, the omitted emissions are in the same ballpark as the carbon footprint of Australia. The research team has developed a method for spotting sources of error and calculating the omitted disclosures.
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Never Give Your Password Over the Phone

Never give your password to someone over the phone. If someone calls you and asks for your password while saying they are from the Help Desk or Tech Support team, it is most likely an attacker attempting to gain access to your account.
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Sovereign push for gov cyber hubs ahead of expansion

DTA calls for industry input.
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Simple YARA Rules for Office Maldocs, (Mon, Nov 22nd)

In diary entry “Extra Tip For Triage Of MALWARE Bazaar's Daily Malware Batches” I shared 2 simple YARA rules to triage Office documents with VBA code.
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AI success requires a ‘new way’ for agencies to think about data

From predictive maintenance, to faster satellite intelligence and an optimized federal response to wildfires, agencies see artificial intelligence as an essential tool to meet their data-driven missions.
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