
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.
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Microsoft patches Internet Explorer zero-day under active attackNews The latest wave of Patch Tuesday fixes also included several updates to address the Print Spooler component in Windows
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Intuit plans end-to-end SMB platform after $12 billion Mailchimp acquisitionNews The firm wants to give customers a full suite of tools to manage their businesses, from marketing to accounting
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Apple patches zero-day flaw abused by infamous NSO exploitNews The ForcedEntry flaw affects all Apple devices and allows hackers to compromise systems without any user interaction
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Irish data regulator fails to resolve 98% of big tech GDPR casesNews Campaigners accuse the Irish DPC of being the ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement with 160 unresolved complaints
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WhatsApp activates end-to-end encrypted cloud backupsNews The messaging service will grant users a password-protected key when they save their chat histories to the cloud
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Dell launches new security services to tackle surging data demandsNews These new products aim to mitigate against data protection anxieties and the rising threat of ransomware
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Google and Microsoft's hybrid work battle shows the narrative is just as important as the technologyAnalysis Two of the biggest workspace collaboration players have finally decided what ‘the new normal’ means to them and their customers
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Weekly threat roundup: Atlassian, Microsoft Office, Zoho ManageEngineNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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REvil ransomware gang resurfaces after brief disappearanceNews Elements of the notorious ransomware group's infrastructure have come back online
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Hackers exploit Windows zero-day to target users with Office filesNews This ‘reliable and dangerous’ flaw is being abused to launch remote code execution attacks against specific targets
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Estonia is making its internal government testbed free to useNews One of the world’s most digitally advanced governments is opening up its tech stack, expertise, and live-testing environment
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EU may consider enforcing seven-year smartphone lifespanNews The German government is lobbying the European Commission to go further than its current tech repairability proposals
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US officials warn of “mass exploitation” of Atlassian Confluence flawNews Hackers can exploit the workplace collaboration platform to execute arbitrary code remotely
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WhatsApp fined €225 million over obscure data sharing policiesNews This finalised penalty is almost five times larger than the draft fine the Irish data regulator issued in December 2020
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Weekly threat roundup: Exchange Server, AMD CPUs, Azure Cosmos DBNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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Amazon global hiring spree to add 55,000 new jobsNews The firm will grow its tech and operations teams with the majority of these roles based in the US
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Cloudflare ditches Intel Xeon CPUs over “enormous” energy consumptionNews The firm’s 11th generation servers will be fitted with AMD EPYC 7713 CPUs instead
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Google reportedly planning Chromebooks with custom CPUs by 2023News The company is said to be ramping up its chip-making efforts after witnessing Apple's success with its M1 CPU
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Pace of government IT spending to slow in 2022News Gartner projects that global spending will rise 6.5% between now and 2022
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Microsoft Exchange Server flaw lets attackers misconfigure mailboxesNews Microsoft has patched the ProxyToken vulnerability before any evidence of exploitation has emerged
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TSMC plots up to 20% price hike amid global chip crisisNews The price increases could have repercussions on the global electronics market
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Apple concedes ground to developers with $100 million settlementNews The tech giant is now allowing developers to promote purchase options outside of iOS apps
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Weekly threat roundup: Ethereum, Razer mice, CiscoNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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Microsoft product chief Panos Panay joins executive leadership teamNews The Microsoft veteran has been a key player in the development of the Surface range and Windows 11
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