Palo Alto Networks on Dec. 26 released a patch for a denial-of-service (DoS) flaw in the DNS security feature of the company’s PAN-OS firewall software. The high-severity 8.7 bug — CVE-2024-3393 — lets an unauthenticated attacker send a malicious packet through the data plane of the firewall that actually reboots the device. Palo Alto said … Read more
I reviewed Richard de la Tour’s Opinion in C-526/23 VariusSystems digital solutions GmbH v GR Inhaberin B & G here. The CJEU held at the end of November, essentially following it and being very brief in doing so. The operative part of the judgment reads The second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of … Read more
Only a handful of small businesses have likely never used the Google platform. So, the biggest selling point of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is just how familiar users will be with Google’s collaborative Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Chat and Meet tools. For most small businesses, this means teams will be able to hit … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China’s national technology champion Huawei is poised to launch its first flagship phone that can run its own apps on a fully homegrown operating system, in the latest sign of how technology is splintering into … Read more
2023 has seen several high-profile software failures in the USA, including affecting financial markets and air traffic suffering “its largest and most catastrophic disruption of service since 9/11.” Separately, recent research independently conducted by Dr Junade Ali found that 71% of software engineers agreed to a great or moderate extent that software reliability at their … Read more