Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a writer and editor that specialises in public sector, cyber security, and cloud computing. He first joined ITPro as a staff writer in April 2018 and eventually became its Features Editor. Although a regular contributor to other tech sites in the past, these days you will find Keumars on LiveScience, where he runs its Technology section.
Latest articles by Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Citrix mulling potential sale after tumultuous 2021
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Share prices have tumbled due to consecutive quarters of "mixed" financial results
Microsoft patches Internet Explorer zero-day under active attack
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The latest wave of Patch Tuesday fixes also included several updates to address the Print Spooler component in Windows
Patch management vs vulnerability management
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated
In-depth What exactly is patch management, and why should IT pros sit up and take notice of doing it properly?
Intuit plans end-to-end SMB platform after $12 billion Mailchimp acquisition
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The firm wants to give customers a full suite of tools to manage their businesses, from marketing to accounting
Apple patches zero-day flaw abused by infamous NSO exploit
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The ForcedEntry flaw affects all Apple devices and allows hackers to compromise systems without any user interaction
Irish data regulator fails to resolve 98% of big tech GDPR cases
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Campaigners accuse the Irish DPC of being the ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement with 160 unresolved complaints
WhatsApp activates end-to-end encrypted cloud backups
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The messaging service will grant users a password-protected key when they save their chat histories to the cloud
Dell launches new security services to tackle surging data demands
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News These new products aim to mitigate against data protection anxieties and the rising threat of ransomware
Google and Microsoft's hybrid work battle shows the narrative is just as important as the technology
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Analysis Two of the biggest workspace collaboration players have finally decided what ‘the new normal’ means to them and their customers
Weekly threat roundup: Atlassian, Microsoft Office, Zoho ManageEngine
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
REvil ransomware gang resurfaces after brief disappearance
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Elements of the notorious ransomware group's infrastructure have come back online
Hackers exploit Windows zero-day to target users with Office files
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This ‘reliable and dangerous’ flaw is being abused to launch remote code execution attacks against specific targets
Estonia is making its internal government testbed free to use
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News One of the world’s most digitally advanced governments is opening up its tech stack, expertise, and live-testing environment
EU may consider enforcing seven-year smartphone lifespan
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The German government is lobbying the European Commission to go further than its current tech repairability proposals
US officials warn of “mass exploitation” of Atlassian Confluence flaw
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Hackers can exploit the workplace collaboration platform to execute arbitrary code remotely
WhatsApp fined €225 million over obscure data sharing policies
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This finalised penalty is almost five times larger than the draft fine the Irish data regulator issued in December 2020
Weekly threat roundup: Exchange Server, AMD CPUs, Azure Cosmos DB
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
Amazon global hiring spree to add 55,000 new jobs
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The firm will grow its tech and operations teams with the majority of these roles based in the US
Cloudflare ditches Intel Xeon CPUs over “enormous” energy consumption
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The firm’s 11th generation servers will be fitted with AMD EPYC 7713 CPUs instead
Google reportedly planning Chromebooks with custom CPUs by 2023
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The company is said to be ramping up its chip-making efforts after witnessing Apple's success with its M1 CPU
Pace of government IT spending to slow in 2022
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Gartner projects that global spending will rise 6.5% between now and 2022
Microsoft Exchange Server flaw lets attackers misconfigure mailboxes
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Microsoft has patched the ProxyToken vulnerability before any evidence of exploitation has emerged
TSMC plots up to 20% price hike amid global chip crisis
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The price increases could have repercussions on the global electronics market