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Gigjets It's been over two years since Google has released the Nexus 6, the first phablet built in collaboration with Motorola. At that time, the device ran on Android 5.0 Lollipop and every time a new version came out, it was delivered to it in short time … |
Waratek is introducing a feature to its Java-protection platform that enables upgrading to the current version of Java without having to install Java updates or touch the apps running within the Java virtual machine.
The latest version of its AppSecurity for Java uses secure virtual containers around the entire Java application stack to apply the security and performance features of the current Java 8 platform’s security and performance levels without having to install Java 8, the company says.
The alternative would be to replace the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and upgrade the application code directly. That would involve taking the application offline while the upgrades are performed.
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LightCyber is upgrading its endpoint detection and remediation platform so when it discovers bad behavior on the network it can also identify the machine and exact process that’s causing it, then shut the malware down.
LightCyber Magna 3.0 makes an important step in the evolution of endpoint security in that network behavior can by synched with endpoint telemetry to definitively say what’s behind the problem, says Lawrence Pingree, an analyst with Gartner. The big upside is that it saves time nailing down the cause and shutting down the exploit, which minimizes the damage, he says.
The company calls this new technology Network-to-Process Association (N2PA). Before, when the platform found bad behavior, security pros had to track down the cause of it manually, which isn’t 100% effective. “A human may not connect the dots,” Pingree says.
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Rumors about the next major version of Windows continue to trickle out in the run up to an anticipated public preview in September.
Neowin reports that internal builds of the operating system currently sport a one-click upgrade feature to update from one build to the next. While there’s no guarantee that such a feature will necessarily ship, it would be consistent with Microsoft’s move to more rapid releases and continuous improvement rather than infrequent major updates.
Currently, upgrading Windows is a major undertaking. During betas and previews, there’s often no good ability to move from one build to the next without performing a full reinstall. Even when moving between stable versions, upgrading can be failure-prone and time-consuming. While it’s possible that the upgrade capability will be limited to previews, it looks like a strong indication that Microsoft wants to make this process easier.
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