New Windows PowerToy launches, repositions apps to saved layouts

September 3, 2024 at 02:39PM Microsoft has launched a new Workspaces PowerToy, enabling users to easily launch sets of applications with custom desktop layouts and configurations using just a mouse click. Based on the meeting notes, it seems that Microsoft has introduced a new Workspaces PowerToy, which allows users to launch sets of applications using … Read more

How State and Local Governments Can Serve Citizens More Securely

October 23, 2023 at 03:19PM The US National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released its 2023 State CIO Top Ten Policy and Technology Priorities. The priorities include cybersecurity and risk management, digital government and services, workforce training, legacy modernization, identity and access management, cloud services, consolidation and optimization, data and information management, broadband … Read more

Simpson Manufacturing Launches Investigation After Cyberattack

October 12, 2023 at 03:33PM Simpson Manufacturing has reported a cyberattack that caused disruptions to its IT infrastructure on Oct. 10. Some systems have been taken offline while the company investigates the nature and scope of the attack. Third-party cybersecurity experts have been enlisted to assist. Operations will be disrupted until the incident is resolved. … Read more

Critical SOCKS5 Vulnerability in cURL Puts Enterprise Systems at Risk

October 11, 2023 at 12:06PM Patches have been released for a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the cURL data transfer project. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-38545, affects the SOCKS5 proxy handshake process in cURL, allowing remote exploitation in certain configurations. The bug can lead to heap buffer overflow, and affected versions are 7.69.0 to 8.3.0. … Read more