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U.S. CISA adds Multiple Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server, Microsoft Windows Win32k, and Progress WhatsUp Gold flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2025 U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server, Microsoft Windows Win32k, and Progress WhatsUp Gold flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2023-20118 Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers Command Injection Vulnerability CVE-2022-43939 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability…

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Over 70% of marketers and small business owners in the world today use AI for SEO. That’s a staggering amount. Right? Well, AI is changing how businesses approach digital marketing. It enables systems to evaluate massive data, determine patterns, and make decisions with little or no human intervention. So, now businesses can easily automate and optimise key aspects of SEO, such as keyword research, content creation, and website analysis. This allows businesses to get high search rankings and organic traffic more efficiently than with traditional methods. Let’s learn more about this below. The integration of artificial intelligence in SEO As…

Google Cloud, Google’s cloud computing division, had a blockbuster fiscal quarter, blowing past analysts’ expectations and sending Google parent company Alphabet’s stock soaring 13%+ in after-hours trading. Google Cloud revenue jumped 28% to $9.57 billion in Q1 2024, bolstered by the demand for generative AI tools that rely on cloud infrastructure, services and apps. That continues a positive trend for the division, which in the previous quarter (Q4 2023) notched year-on-year growth of 25.66%. Google Cloud’s operating income grew nearly 5x to $900 million, up from $191 million. No doubt investors were pleased about this tidbit, along with Alphabet’s first-ever…

Have you ever visited a site that triggers a “your connection is not private” or “your connection is not secure” error message? Maybe you moved on. Or maybe you found yourself interested enough to continue anyway. Either way, understanding what the error means can keep you safer online. Knowing what the risks are and how you can clear up the error proves yet more important too.  Let’s take a look.  What does “this connection is not private” mean?  A “your connection is not private” error means that your browser can’t determine with certainty that a website has safe encryption protocols…

In this Help Net Security video, Tim Morris, Chief Security Advisor at Tanium, shares practical best practices to help organizations balance innovation and security while leveraging AI. Morris warns of an even riskier shadow AI trend in which departments, unsatisfied with existing GenAI tools, build their solutions using open-source AI models (like DeepSeek). The risk? Sensitive company data could be exposed to external AI systems that could be corrupted or breached. Without proper security controls, shadow AI could become a ticking time bomb for companies worldwide.

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Does Windows 10 or 11 need antivirus software? Absolutely. Every computer needs protection against viruses and other malware. The next question is this: Which antivirus should you use? Windows 10 and 11 come with Microsoft Defender Antivirus, Microsoft’s free version of antivirus software. In the absence of any other antivirus software, it runs automatically. No installation required. What does antivirus do? Now, here’s what that antivirus software does. Antivirus software protects your devices against malware and viruses through a combination of prevention, detection, and removal. For years, people have installed antivirus software on their computers. Today, it can also protect…

To celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2025, we’re spotlighting 25 pivotal moments that reshaped the way the government operates. Visit our anniversary page each week as we look back on these defining moments. In some ways the government barely ever changes. In other ways, the government today is unrecognizable from the one of 25 years ago. Four presidents, seven administrations and 13 Congresses have each left their mark, from institution of the President’s Management Agenda to the advent of data-driven decision making. Constantly evolving information technology has also left its mark, with developments including IP communications, the commoditization of hardware,…