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Understanding the cybercrime ecosystem has never been more important than in 2024. Ransomware attacks and data breaches continue to proliferate, and it’s imperative that executives understand what’s driving the increase and more importantly how to prevent oneself from becoming a victim.

The nature of threat intelligence is changing

Cyber threat intelligence has historically focused on identifying major cybercrime groups and state actors (dubbed “Advanced Persistent Threats” or “APTs”). However the vast majority of breaches are not caused by these highly sophisticated actors.

Instead, organizations are breached by relatively low-sophistication actors that often operate on social media sites or dark web forums. For this reason, cyber threat intelligence has gotten a bad reputation for “low actionability.” If you concentrate all of your efforts on actors and tactics that only perpetrate a tiny proportion of attacks, it isn’t going to be all that useful to the average company.

It’s not that cyber threat intelligence can’t be useful. However, it has been focused on the wrong things. Take for example, the often underlooked trend that drives thousands of major breaches annually: breached identities compromised through infostealer malware. Steering more attention toward these less sophisticated actors will make a huge impact.

Breached identities and the value of intelligence

Right now, more than 70 million breached identities are being traded in the cybercrime ecosystem. This is largely due to infostealer malware, which steals all the credentials, session cookies, browser history, and even crypto wallet data from a single use.

Breached identities went from a minor nuisance in the 2010s, to one of the leading causes of data breaches in 2024. Yet many organizations are still not aware, and not properly responding to this threat. It is much more likely that an employee accidentally downloads infostealer malware onto their computer than an APT attempting a mass cyber attack on your organization.

With a single misclick or bad download, cybercriminals can sell incredibly sensitive data from a user for just a few dollars. That’s one of the reasons that the 2024 IBM-Xforce report states that “in this era, the focus has shifted to logging in rather than hacking in”.

Imagine you have an employee who falls victim to this malware, and dozens of credential pairs to third-party applications, internal systems, and networks, are leaked onto the dark web. Ransomware groups and threat actors will then purchase these credential sets and use them to stage an attack.

By our estimation, around 10% of breached identities contain credentials to corporate IT systems, amounting to millions of corporate credentials currently in the hands of cybercriminals. Back in 2023, Flare conducted a study that showed hundreds of thousands of breached identities with corporate access, including credentials to corporate VPNs, Single Sign-On environments, CRMs and accounting software have been sold by criminals in the past two years.

The future of continuous threat exposure management

Breached identities are just one threat vector that exposes thousands of companies to breaches. Legacy CTI providers are failing to provide adequate depth to their findings. That’s why the future of cybersecurity intelligence is using Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). CTEM products focus on two major priorities:

Identifying High-Risk Exposure: The first priority is to identify specific high-risk data exposure that leaves an organization at risk of suffering a major incident, ransomware attack, or data breach. Exposure could be anything from a breached identity to exposed data in a misconfigured S3 bucket.

Identifying Key Trends that Enable Strategic Decision Making: An effective CTEM solution should also present the latest trends in cyberattacks and data breaches in a way that is both actionable and enables effective strategic decision making.

By leveling up from cyber threat intelligence to CTEM, organizations can substantially reduce their risk of data breaches and ransomware attacks while focusing their security spend on intelligence that drives actionability.

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Who's ready for another month full of new movies and TV shows to stream? The answer, of course, is you – and you better be a Netflix subscriber this week, otherwise your streaming offerings will be comparatively piecemeal. For one, the usually reliable Prime Video doesn't have anything new to offer this weekend, so it's up to other top streaming services to fill the void.

And fill the void they have. Whether it's the return of critically-acclaimed Apple TV Plus and Hulu shows, or the arrival of Studio Ghibli's latest masterpiece on Max, there's still plenty to wrap your eyeballs around. Here, then, is what's worth watching on the world's best streaming services this weekend.

Rebel Ridge (Netflix)

When I first saw the official trailer for Netflix's Rebel Ridge, I couldn’t help but think it sounded like a modern take on the classic action flick Rambo: First Blood, which spawned an entire franchise built around its PTSD-laced lead character. Once you learn one of September's new Netflix movies' plot is about an ex-Marine passing through a small town who ends up having a run-in with corrupt local police that escalates with every passing minute, you'll understand why it sounds so familiar, too.

Rebel Ridge is Jeremy Saulnier’s first new project since he directed two of True Detective's first season. And, after reading an interview with him on Netflix Tudum, I can understand why he wrote the screenplay given that he’s a fan of "80s and ’90s action films that not only deliver on spectacle, but succeed in tying on-screen mayhem to a real and true emotional component". At the time of publication, Rebel Ridge sounds like one of the best Netflix movies of 2024, with critics giving it a stupendous 98% score. To say it seems like a promising watch is something of an understatment!

Amelia Schwanke, senior entertainment editor 

Slow Horses season 4 (Apple TV Plus)

It boggles my mind that Slow Horses hasn't enjoyed more mainstream success over the past few years. It's easily one of the best Apple TV Plus shows around, yet it continues to pass many people by.

Well, no more, I say! With its perfect 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Slow Horses season 4 is the acclaimed spy thriller series' best entry yet. Simply put, you don't have a valid reason not to check out this Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, and Kristin Scott Thomas-led TV show anymore. It's action-packed, dramatic, and comes equipped with that quintessential British humor that I love. Okay, you'll need to stream the other three seasons first, but they're only six episodes apiece, so you'll gallop your way through them, plus season 4, in a couple of days. You won't regret sticking this Apple TV Original on, trust me.

Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter

The Boy and the Heron (Max)

Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, you've done it again. Just when I think the legendary director and his animation studio cannot outdo themselves again, they go and prove me wrong with The Boy and the Heron. 

The latest cinematic masterpiece from Miyazaki-san is based on Genzaburō Yoshino's 1937 novel of the same name, albeit it doesn't adapt the story that unfolds in its pages. Nonetheless, Ghibli's take on The Boy and the Heron, which sees its young protagonist Mahito Maki transported to a typically magical land (typical for a Ghibli film, anyway) with a peculiar grey heron's help, is a visually gorgeous, thematically rich, and wonderfully realized movie that deserves to be seen. If it doesn't join our best Max movies guide with immediate effect, I'll be shocked.

Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter

Tell Me Lies season 2 (Hulu/Disney Plus)

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the next installment of Tell Me Lies, it's out now on Hulu (US) and Disney Plus (internationally). The Emma Roberts-produced series follows the turbulent relationship between Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) over the course of eight years.

Season 2 picks up with Lucy beginning her sophomore year and, if the trailer is anything to go by, it’s off to an explosive start. Here, we see her trying to just get on with her all important second year of college, only to have plenty of spanners thrown in the works, including trying to avoid Stephen despite him being around every corner. It’s the messiest relationship on TV right now so, even if it's unlikely to make our best Hulu shows and best Disney Plus shows lists, you’ve still got front row seats to all the drama this weekend.

Lucy Buglass, senior entertainment writer 

The Perfect Couple (Netflix)

I’ve been raving about The Perfect Couple for a while now (you may have seen me praising Nicole Kidman’s shady matriarchial character). I do love a good whodunnit, especially when you’ve got an ensemble of truly awful characters that could all be capable of committing whatever the crime is at the heart of its story. Trying to piece together the clues and figure out who the culprit is before the show does is always satisfying, too, although I’ve had mixed results so far.

If you’re in the mood for playing detective this weekend, get stuck into this six-episode series focusing on Kidman's Greer Garrison Winbury, who makes visitors sign an NDA before spending time there. She’s meant to be begrudgingly watching her son marry his fiancée, but a dead body on the beach takes precedent. 

The Perfect Couple hasn't got off to the best start, with its mixed critical reception seeming like a turn off. But hey, when have we ever listened to them? Try it out for yourself and see if it's worthy of a spot on our best Netflix shows guide.

Lucy Buglass, senior entertainment writer 

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (Max)

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney sits down with The Sopranos creator David Chase in this must-see two-part documentary. With talking heads from some of the cast as well as archive footage, including clips of the late, great James Gandolfini, this is the perfect companion piece for those wanting to know more about not only one of HBO’s most successful TV shows, but one of the best series ever made.

And, honestly, who could blame you? The Sopranos is still so ingrained in pop culture almost two decades (!) after its final season aired, it frequently appears on best HBO Max shows lists and is very quotable – “all this from a slice of gabagool?".

Lucy Buglass, senior entertainment writer 

Selling Sunset season 8 (Netflix)

With eight seasons now under its belt, Selling Sunset is one of a few Netflix reality shows that just keep on giving. It seems there's no shortage of expensive, luxuriously designed homes in Los Angeles so, if you like your architectural digest to be paired with celebrities and cutthroat real estate brokers, this is the series for you.

I can say this with authority, too, because it's one of TechRadar entertainment writer Grace Morris' all-time favorite reality shows to stream on Netflix. Indeed, she's a fan of the agents from The Oppenheimer Group who are "style icons with their jaw-dropping outfits in every episode" – and she's not alone, with critics giving season 5 a perfect 100% rating. As one of the highest-rated new Netflix shows arriving in September, I'm sure there are plenty more fans that can't wait to stream the 11 new episodes, which are all now available. So, what are you waiting for? 

Amelia Schwanke, senior entertainment editor

For more streaming coverage, check out our guides on the best Prime Video movies, best Disney Plus movies, best Paramount Plus shows, and best Hulu movies.

Applied Digital, a Texas-based firm that describes itself as a “designer, builder, and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure” for HPC applications, has confirmed a multimillion-dollar investment from industry leader Nvidia.

The company announced that it had entered into an agreement with Nvidia worth $160 million.

With the capital, Applied Digital will bring its data center and GPU cloud solutions to market “at scale” in order to deliver a “proprietary, purpose-built, hyper-efficient platform for the world’s most advanced HPC and AI workloads.”

Nvidia invests $160m in Applied Digital

The Texas-based company is known for building water-cooled data centers optimized for AI workloads as well as for other cloud computing purposes.

Last quarter, Applied Digital reported a net loss of $64.8 million on a revenue of $43.7 million – it attributed much of the loss to expenses related to equipment and facilities that were not yet operational or generating revenue.

Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins commented: “We’re proud of our strong relationship with Nvidia, and the confidence that both they and Related Companies, along with institutional investors, have placed in us. Our team is eager to bring to market the vital capacity and contiguous, liquid-cooled IT environments that are tailor-made for AI, HPC, and other accelerated compute workloads.”

The $160 million deal will see 49.4 million shares transfer to Nvidia ownership at a price of $3.24 per share – the last closing price on September 4. In the days following the announcement, share prices climbed to $5.59.

Nvidia has not commented on the deal.

However, the company’s investment may later form part of an investigation if the US DOJ decides to go ahead with an antitrust probe into the company’s alleged habits of stifling competition.

Previously, Nvidia affirmed: “Nvidia wins on merit, as reflected in our benchmark results and value to customers, and customers can choose whatever solution is best for them.”

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If you like the idea of using a smart speaker to control devices like your thermostat, lights, and switches but aren't enthusiastic about the idea of a device constantly listening in your home, smart home company Aqara may have a solution. 

Rather than passively waiting for you to speak a wake phrase (like 'Hey Google' or 'Alexa'), Aqara's button-like device with a microphone will not begin recording until you pick it up.

Smart speakers don't work by constantly recording everything in your home. Instead, they use software that spots the distinctive acoustic patterns of their wake phrase and ignore everything else. However, not everyone feels comfortable with having a hot microphone in their room.

The AI-enabled Voice Mate H1 gets around that problem by requiring a physical interaction. That does mean you can't use it hands-free, which is one of the main appeals of smart speakers, but it should help ease the privacy worries that continue to surround even the best smart speakers and put many people off trying one.

Although the wireless puck-style design is unusual, it makes the device simpler to operate than a button and allows you to easily carry it between rooms throughout the day.

Compatibility check

The Voice Mate H1 works with Aqara's voice assistant, Copilot, which launched earlier this year. The button requires the Aqara Hub-M3 to work, and according to The Verge, voice commands are cleared from the hub once they're completed.

Of course, all of this is only useful if the Voice Mate H1 works with the rest of your smart home tech. The Hub-M3 supports Aqara's own Matter-compatible Zigbee devices and works as a Matter bridge, but according to the company, it's currently only compatible with third-party sensors (presence, light, and contact), light bulbs, switches, thermostats, and plugs for the time being.

The Voice Mate H1 should work just fine if you stick with Aqara's own range of devices. However, if you want to mix and match your smart home tech, you'll need to make sure they're all compatible with the Hub-M3 first. Cautious homeowners will also want to check Aqara's full privacy policy to see what information the company collects and how it's used.

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Data backup and cloud data management company Veeam said it released multiple patches which fix more than a dozen flaws impacting different products. In a security advisory published earlier this week, Veeam said that it fixed a total of 18 bugs, five of which were deemed critical in severity.

The first one is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability found in Veeam Backup & Replication. It is tracked as CVE-2024-40711 and carries a severity score of 9.8. The second and third flaw are found in Veeam ONE. CVE-2024-42024, with a severity score of 9.1, allows threat actors owning Agent service account credentials to run remote code execution.

CVE-2024-42019, on the other hand, has a slightly lower severity score (9.0), and allows threat actors to access the NTLM hash of the Veeam Reporter Service account.

Secure versions

Then there is a 9.9 severity bug in Veeam Service Provider Console, which grants low privileged attackers access to the NTLM hash of the service account on the server. This one is tracked as CVE-2024-38650. Finally, CVE-2024-39714, also a 9.9 flaw, is found in the same software, and grants low-privileged users the ability to upload arbitrary files.

Other 13 flaws are mostly high-severity, granting multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass, privilege escalation, remote code execution (RCE), and more.

To ensure the security of their infrastructure, users are advised to update their software to the following versions:

• Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 (build 12.2.0.334)
• Veeam Agent for Linux 6.2 (build 6.2.0.101)
• Veeam ONE v12.2 (build 12.2.0.4093)
• Veeam Service Provider Console v8.1 (build 8.1.0.21377)
• Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Plug-In v12.6.0.632
• Veeam Backup for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization Plug-In v12.5.0.299

Via The Hacker News

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Netflix is adding two new documentaries to its content library at the end of the month that tackle very different subjects. So if you can't get enough factual content, or you're looking for something to watch after devouring our list of the best Netflix documentaries, you won't want to miss these.

One is a heartwarming feature where comedian and actor Will Ferrell goes on a road trip with his friend, who has recently transitioned to live as a trans woman. The other focuses on the former CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon, chronicling the rise and fall of the controversial figure across six episodes.

There's plenty to learn about thanks to these two new documentaries. Here's what you need to know about both the new documentaries arriving on the best streaming service.

Will & Harper

Release date: September 27

Directed by Josh Greenbaum, this emotional documentary explores the friendship between Will Ferrell and former Saturday Night Live head writer Harper Steele. When Will gets an email from his long-time friend, where she comes out as a trans woman, the two head off on a road trip to reconnect, and learn more about Harper's identity and experience transitioning later in life and in the United States, something she has complex feelings about. She says in the trailer: "I love this country so much, I just don't know if it loves me back right now." You'll definitely need tissues for this one, I've already cried!

Mr. McMahon

Release date: September 25

Elsewhere, Tiger King filmmaker Chris Smith told Tudum that he's "pulled back the curtain to reveal the true Vince McMahon obscured beneath the persona he presented to the world" in this docuseries. Across the six-part series, there are more than 200 hours of interviews with McMahon himself (prior to his resignation), as well as his family members, business associates, and some of the most iconic names in wrestling history, alongside the journalists who uncovered McMahon's allegations. While this will no doubt be a tough watch, it feels like an important one.

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In early August, cybersecurity researchers from Cybernews discovered an unprotected database containing sensitive information on hundreds of thousands of Chinese individuals. To this day, they haven’t figured out who the database belongs to, or why it was generated and left open in the first place.

Using Elasticsearch, a search engine for databases, the Cybernews team found a database containing details on 762,000 car owners, and their vehicles. The archive contained people’s names, ID numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, birth dates, vehicle identification numbers (VIN), car brand, car model, engine number, and vehicle color. In other words, there was more than enough information to engage in identity theft or even worse - grand theft auto.

“The exposure of this database is particularly alarming due to the detailed nature of the personal and vehicle information involved. The breach could have severe consequences for the affected individuals, including identity theft, financial fraud, and potential physical security risks,” Cybernews researchers said.

Mystery owners

The owners of the database remain a mystery. The archive was hosted on a US-based IP address, and after it was discovered on August 4, it was locked down after 48 hours.

The researchers speculate foul play here. They don’t believe that a legitimate company was gathering and storing the information, but rather that this was the work of a threat actor. The argument is that no company would need such a specific combination of information, while cybercriminals would. Still, no one has come forward to claim ownership over the database.

Unprotected databases remain one of the most common reasons for data leaks and spills. Nowadays, the majority of sensitive data is stored in the cloud, and in many cases, the administrators simply forget (or can’t be bothered) to protect it with a password, or multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your gaming PC I’d suggest waiting a little bit longer, as a new rumor suggests that Nvidia could launch its next-gen RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 graphics cards in a matter of weeks.

The rumor comes from Chinese website Benchlife – and reported by PC Gamer – which says (translated) "If all goes well, the GeForce RTX 5090/D and GeForce RTX 5080/D with the Blackwell GPU architecture are scheduled to officially launch in September."

This is both exciting and surprising. Nvidia’s current flagship GPU, the RTX 4090, launched back in October 2022, and while it remains one of the best graphics cards ever made, and very few games even come close to making use of all its power, there are plenty of enthusiasts (including me) who are excited to see how Nvidia improves upon it.

While Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series of graphics cards, built on its new Blackwell architecture, has been expected for a while now, previous rumors had us preparing for a late 2024 or early 2025 launch. So, if this rumor is correct – and that’s a big if at the moment – then we’re getting the two high-end Blackwell GPUs earlier than expected.

Hold your PC building horses

While I’m not entirely convinced that this rumor is accurate, as we’ve had no other leaks suggesting a launch is imminent, it’s not out of the question, either. As I mentioned above, the RTX 4090 launched in October 2022, so a September 2024 announcement for its successor is possible.

Regardless, we’ll likely see new Blackwell graphics from Nvidia sooner rather than later, and that’s why I feel right now is the wrong time to build or upgrade your gaming PC. We’re so close to a likely launch that it’s worth holding on a little longer to see what these new GPUs have in store.

If they blow our socks off, then you can build your PC around the new GPUs and have a cutting-edge gaming rig that will play the best PC games with ease for years to come.

On the other hand, if they are a disappointing upgrade over the RTX 4000 series, you could end up saving money, as the prices of the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 will likely drop once newer models are out.

We won’t know for sure until the new GPUs are officially announced, though recent rumors suggest the RTX 5090 in particular could be a real power guzzler. Hopefully, we won’t have much longer to wait, then we can crack open our gaming PCs and get upgrading.

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Amazfit has become a great pick for anyone looking for a cheap fitness tracker or a cheaper rival to one of the best Garmin watches, but its next release could be its most ambitious yet.

The company has revealed the T-Rex 3, which it dubs the "ultimate outdoor GPS smartwatch" at the IFA Berlin event, following leaks late last month.

The latest addition to the Amazfit Adventure lineup has a 25-day battery life with 100 hours of continuous support in GPS mode. It also has a 1.5-inch AMOLED display comprised of Corning Gorilla Glass, and a 2,000 nit brightness rating that certainly makes it competitive with other options.

The watch will include over 170 sport modes covering everything from fishing to skydiving, and will once again pair with the Zepp app on iOS or Android. It'll also play nicely with the Amazfit Helio Smart Ring.

The watch will retail for a suggested retail price of $299 (around £230 / AU$440), making it a more premium option in the Amazfit portfolio, but still a far cry from the almost four-figure price tag of other adventure watches like the Garmin Fenix 8.

The Amazfit T-Rex 3 will come in Black, Cangshan Green and Red Rock colorways.

Amazfit's move into premium territory?

The AmazFit T-Rex 2 smartwatch, as tested in 2022 (Image credit: Future)

"The T-Rex 3 exemplifies Amazfit's dedication to advancing wearable technology for active and adventurous individuals," Wayne Huang, CEO of Zepp Health said via a press release.

"Its rugged design, extensive features, and unmatched battery life make the T-Rex 3 perfect for those who live an active lifestyle and are always ready for their next adventure."

We've already taken a look at the Amazfit T-Rex 2 way back at the end of 2022, praising its durable design and battery life, but there were a few accuracy issues here and there. While we were less impressed by the Zepp app, the app has seen big improvements throughout 2023 and 2024.

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Apache released a patch for a critical severity vulnerability in its OFBiz software. The bug is an arbitrary code execution flaw, allowing threat actors to run any code on either Windows, or Linux servers.

Apache OFBiz (short for Open For Business) is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that provides a suite of applications designed to automate and manage a wide range of business processes. It offers a comprehensive platform for businesses to handle operations such as customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management, inventory management, accounting, e-commerce, and more.

According to cybersecurity researchers Rapid7, the bug stems from a forced browsing weakness that exposes restricted paths to unauthenticated direct request attacks. "An attacker with no valid credentials can exploit missing view authorization checks in the web application to execute arbitrary code on the server," the researchers explained.

Mitigations and fixes

The vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2024-45195, and carries a severity score of 7.5 (high). All versions prior to 18.12.16 were vulnerable, and in the latest version, Apache addressed the issue by adding authorization checks. Users are advised to apply the patch without hesitation.

The researchers further explained that this is not the first vulnerability, or the first patch, to address the very same kind of flaw. Last year, Apache released three patches for three flaws that all had the same root cause: CVE-2024-32113, CVE-2024-36104, and CVE-2024-38856.

That being said, CVE-2024-45195 is a patch bypass for the three older ones.

“All of them are caused by a controller-view map fragmentation issue that enables attackers to execute code or SQL queries and achieve remote code execution without authentication,” the researcher concluded.

Earlier this month, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that one of the three flaws - CVE-2024-32113, was being exploited in attacks, and added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Via BleepingComputer

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Apache released a patch for a critical severity vulnerability in its OFBiz software. The bug is an arbitrary code execution flaw, allowing threat actors to run any code on either Windows, or Linux servers.

Apache OFBiz (short for Open For Business) is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that provides a suite of applications designed to automate and manage a wide range of business processes. It offers a comprehensive platform for businesses to handle operations such as customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management, inventory management, accounting, e-commerce, and more.

According to cybersecurity researchers Rapid7, the bug stems from a forced browsing weakness that exposes restricted paths to unauthenticated direct request attacks. "An attacker with no valid credentials can exploit missing view authorization checks in the web application to execute arbitrary code on the server," the researchers explained.

Mitigations and fixes

The vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2024-45195, and carries a severity score of 7.5 (high). All versions prior to 18.12.16 were vulnerable, and in the latest version, Apache addressed the issue by adding authorization checks. Users are advised to apply the patch without hesitation.

The researchers further explained that this is not the first vulnerability, or the first patch, to address the very same kind of flaw. Last year, Apache released three patches for three flaws that all had the same root cause: CVE-2024-32113, CVE-2024-36104, and CVE-2024-38856.

That being said, CVE-2024-45195 is a patch bypass for the three older ones.

“All of them are caused by a controller-view map fragmentation issue that enables attackers to execute code or SQL queries and achieve remote code execution without authentication,” the researcher concluded.

Earlier this month, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that one of the three flaws - CVE-2024-32113, was being exploited in attacks, and added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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Beyerdynamic is legendary in headphone circles: I bought my beloved mixing headphones, the DT 770 Pro, after reading our review and being recommended them by stacks of serious studio pros. So I'm quite excited by the news that Beyerdynamic has not one but two new flagship products coming out: one pair of true wireless earbuds and one pair of high-end headphones.

The over-ears are the Aventho 300, which take their place as Beyerdynamic's new flagship headphones. And the in-ears are the Amiron 300. Both products will go on sale this fall.

Here's what you need to know. 

Beyerdynamic Aventho 300 and Amiron 300: key features and price

(Image credit: Beyerdynamic)

Let's start with the over-ears. The Aventho 300 are made with high-grade swivel and foldable aluminum yokes, ultra-light materials and an ergonomic design made for long-wearing comfort. That's important: one of the things I like about my own Beyerdynamics is that I forget they're there.  And thanks to the 50-hour battery life you could be wearing these for a very long time indeed.

Feature-wise there's Bluetooth 5.4 with AAC, LE Audio, aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless, and you can also use them as cabled headphones. There's hybrid ANC for when you're out and about and Dolby Head Tracking for immersive audio, and the drivers are the STELLAR.45 drivers we previously saw in the Pro X range of open- and closed-back studio headphones. Those headphones have attracted rave reviews – Sound on Sound called them "outstanding" – so these new ones should be something quite special. 

The Amiron 300 are the latest version of Beyerdynamic's true wireless earbuds, and their 10mm dynamic drivers promise pristine audio that, according to the company, "sets the benchmark for true wireless earbuds". There are six microphones for the customizable, adaptive ANC, 10 hours of battery life plus another 28 from the Qi-compatible case, and a shape that's designed to be comfortable even if you're lying down or leaning against the window of an airplane. Bluetooth is 5.3 with multipoint pairing.

The new Aventho 300 over-ears are $399.99 (so around £300 or AU$593) and the Amiron 300 earbuds are $279.99 (which is roughly £212 or AU$415). Both will be available in the fourth quarter of 2024 from Beyerdynamic's e-shop and from Amazon – and we'll certainly be considering them as some of the best earbuds or best noise-cancelling headphones, once we can give you a full review. 

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Security researchers have found yet another critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that allows threat actors to take over websites.

Four months after patching an unauthenticated cross-site scripting flaw, the popular optimization plugin was found vulnerable to a bug described as an “unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability”. In other words, an unauthenticated malicious visitor could abuse the hole to gain access to any logged-in user, including admin accounts. That, as you may presume, grants the attacker full access to the website to do with it as they please.

The bug is tracked as CVE-2024-44000, and carries a severity score of 7.5. Version 6.4.1, and all versions before, were said to be vulnerable. A patch has been deployed which brings LiteSpeed Cache to version 6.5.0.1, and users are advised to install it as soon as possible.

Low severity score

Describing how the flaw works, researchers from Patchstack said that LiteSpeed Cache has kept the debug.log file publicly exposed, allowing unauthenticated individuals to view sensitive information found inside. Besides login credentials, the file includes cookie information from HTTP response headers, and more.

The flaw was given a relatively low severity score since the debug feature must be enabled on WordPress, for the flaw to be abusable. It is disabled by default.

"This vulnerability highlights the critical importance of ensuring the security of performing a debug log process, what data should not be logged, and how the debug log file is managed," Patchstack explained.

LiteSpeed Cache is a plugin for the website builder WordPress promising faster page load times, better user experience, and improved Google Search Results Page positions. It is designed to improve website performance by reducing page load times, which it achieves by storing static versions of dynamic content. When a user requests a page, LSCache serves the cached version, minimizing the need for the server to regenerate the page repeatedly. This results in faster response times and reduced server load.

Via The Hacker News

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KitchenAid is famous for its candy-colored Artisan stand mixers (as featured on shows like The Great British Bake Off), but its latest model is something a bit different, with a matt green chassis and real wooden bowl rather than the usual stainless steel. The arboreal look is all finished off with soft brass accents, and small leafy details on the mixer's body.

It's a striking combination, with an equally striking price tag: the Design Series 4.7L Artisan stand mixer in Evergreen will cost home bakers £899 in the UK, or AU$1,149 in Australia (about $1,200).

To put that into context, the regular 4.8L tilt-head Artisan stand mixer (available in a range of soft pastel shades) usually costs $449.99 / £469 / AU$1,049, and is currently discounted to £375.20 / $379.99, AU$879 when bought directly from KitchenAid.

If wood isn't your thing, you might prefer the Design Series Blossom stand mixer from 2022, which had a thyme-green body and a hammered copper bowl with a food-safe interior. It's equally attractive, and currently discounted from £799 to £599.25 in the UK, and from AU$1,149 to AU$999 in Australia. It sells for $699.99 in the US, with $35 off if you sign up for a KitchenAid account.

The Design Series Blossom stand mixer has a hammered copper bowl and a food-safe interior (Image credit: KitchenAid) Shelling out for walnut?

The use of real walnut means each Evergreen mixer's bowl will be slightly different, and will need special care to keep it in good condition. You certainly can't toss it in the dishwasher like I've been doing with my stainless steel bowl for the last 11 years. Instead, KitchenAid advises regular treatment of the bowl with food-safe wood conditioners to keep it looking and working well.

It's supplied with a stainless steel whisk, dough hook and flex edge beater, and is compatible with other mixer attachments including pasta makers, vegetable shredders, meat grinders, and cookie presses.

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KitchenAid is famous for its candy-colored Artisan stand mixers (as featured on shows like The Great British Bake Off), but its latest model is something a bit different, with a matt green chassis and real wooden bowl rather than the usual stainless steel. The arboreal look is all finished off with soft brass accents, and small leafy details on the mixer's body.

It's a striking combination, with an equally striking price tag: the Design Series 4.7L Artisan stand mixer in Evergreen will cost home bakers £899 in the UK, or AU$1,149 in Australia (about $1,200).

To put that into context, the regular 4.8L tilt-head Artisan stand mixer (available in a range of soft pastel shades) usually costs $449.99 / £469 / AU$1,049, and is currently discounted to £375.20 / $379.99, AU$879 when bought directly from KitchenAid.

If wood isn't your thing, you might prefer the Design Series Blossom stand mixer from 2022, which had a thyme-green body and a hammered copper bowl with a food-safe interior. It's equally attractive, and currently discounted from £799 to £599.25 in the UK, and from AU$1,149 to AU$999 in Australia. It sells for $699.99 in the US, with $35 off if you sign up for a KitchenAid account.

The Design Series Blossom stand mixer has a hammered copper bowl and a food-safe interior (Image credit: KitchenAid) Shelling out for walnut?

The use of real walnut means each Evergreen mixer's bowl will be slightly different, and will need special care to keep it in good condition. You certainly can't toss it in the dishwasher like I've been doing with my stainless steel bowl for the last 11 years. Instead, KitchenAid advises regular treatment of the bowl with food-safe wood conditioners to keep it looking and working well.

It's supplied with a stainless steel whisk, dough hook and flex edge beater, and is compatible with other mixer attachments including pasta makers, vegetable shredders, meat grinders, and cookie presses.

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The Narwal Freo Z Ultra is a new robot vacuum that has been unveiled at IFA 2024. It's "designed to tackle complex home messes", and to do so, Narwal has packed in a whole load of AI features... and added a little fluffy tail. 

I'll start with the techy bits. The Freo Z Ultra uses AI to avoid obstacles, adapt its cleaning process to the type and amount of dirt there is on the floor, and to choose which temperature to mop at. All that intelligence requires some serious processing power, and Narwal says it's equivalent to an Xbox in that respect. It comes with two separate CPUs – a main one and another dedicated just to AI.

Today's best robot vacuums are increasingly clever, but the Freo Z Ultra has some features we've never seen before. For example, it's the first robovac on the market to feature two RGB cameras, rather than your standard 'one camera and a light' setup, enabling it to capture an 136-degree view at 1,600 x 1,200 resolution. That combines with dual AI chips to offer superior object identification (and avoidance, if necessary). 

(Image credit: Future)

Alongside those cutting-edge smarts is a more old-school addition: a baseboard cleaning tool, which is essentially a little fluffy tail that clips on to the side of the robovac and gently dusts your baseboards when it gets close to the edge of the room. It's an optional extra rather than being included as standard. I saw a demo and it's a super-simple but clever little innovation that adds an extra level of cleaning power. It also looks really cute.

Better identification

Back to the techy bit. Lots of high-end robovacs are designed to recognize common objects, but the Narwal's object-identification list is far longer than most, taking in over 120 common objects, from furniture legs to toys and even plastic bags. 

That means it can apply human-like cleaning decisions in response, delivering a more complete clean because it's not giving everything a wide berth by default. So if it identifies a chair leg, it knows to get as close to it as possible. In contrast, if the mess is a pet poop, it will navigate around it and absolutely not try to get as close as possible. For things like tissues and cables, it knows to retract the roller brush so it doesn't end up in a tangle. 

(Image credit: Future)

Better obstacle avoidance means you shouldn't have to tidy up before launching your robovac (good news, because the benefits of remote control are somewhat negated when your robovac ends up tangled in a rogue charging cable and in need of manual rescue 10 minutes into its cleaning routine). For the times when you do want to use it when you're home, it's designed to be even better at operating around people and pets, again thanks to AI.

There's even a mode you can use where the robot will see a pet in one area of your home, and delay cleaning that area until the pet has moved on. It'll then deep-clean that area to get rid of any extra hair or general messes your pet might have made on its travels.

Clean bandit

There are more human-like features in the Freo Z Ultra's approach to cleaning. For example, it knows if the mess is dry or wet, and chooses the best cleaning approach in response. For dry cleanup jobs, it can unleash up to 12,000 PA of suction (about the highest we've seen on any robovac).

In line with its aquatic name, Narwal has put more effort than most into the mopping side of things. Its rotating mops will applying downward pressure – up to 'an industry leading 12N' of it – to scrub off dirt. It'll also approach different floor types in different ways, so it'll add more water and apply more pressure when cleaning a ceramic tiled floor compared to a wooden one. 

If your hard floor is super dirty, it'll sense that, and extend mopping times in response. If that spillage is a heavy, dirty liquid, it'll just mop it and return to the dock to clean the mop pads afterwards. Alternatively, if it's clean enough to just need a light mop, it'll use less water too. 

Mopping temperature adjusts automatically between 45C and 75C, depending on the type of mess. So cooler water for dusty messes, hotter for greasy spillages. After cleaning, the temperature will rise to the maximum 75C anyway, to kill off bacteria (a process that Narwal refers to, accurately but unsettlingly, as 'pasteurization').

(Image credit: Future)

The smarter your home appliances get, the more security concerns start to seem like a real threat. To try and put people's minds at ease, Narwal's storage and computation chip operates entirely offline, with all information being stored within the robot itself (main CPU computation does use an internet connection, but is handled separately). 

The Narwal Freo Z Ultra is available to buy in the US for a list price of $1,499.99 (current early bird price $1,099.99) and Australia for AU$2,499 (current early bird price AU$2,099).

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The Narwal Freo Z Ultra is a new robot vacuum that has been unveiled at IFA 2024. It's "designed to tackle complex home messes", and to do so, Narwal has packed in a whole load of AI features... and added a little fluffy tail. 

I'll start with the techy bits. The Freo Z Ultra uses AI to avoid obstacles, adapt its cleaning process to the type and amount of dirt there is on the floor, and to choose which temperature to mop at. All that intelligence requires some serious processing power, and Narwal says it's equivalent to an Xbox in that respect. It comes with two separate CPUs – a main one and another dedicated just to AI.

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(Image credit: Future)

Alongside those cutting-edge smarts is a more old-school addition: a baseboard cleaning tool, which is essentially a little fluffy tail that clips on to the side of the robovac and gently dusts your baseboards when it gets close to the edge of the room. It's an optional extra rather than being included as standard. I saw a demo and it's a super-simple but clever little innovation that adds an extra level of cleaning power. It also looks really cute.

Better identification

Back to the techy bit. Lots of high-end robovacs are designed to recognize common objects, but the Narwal's object-identification list is far longer than most, taking in over 120 common objects, from furniture legs to toys and even plastic bags. 

That means it can apply human-like cleaning decisions in response, delivering a more complete clean because it's not giving everything a wide berth by default. So if it identifies a chair leg, it knows to get as close to it as possible. In contrast, if the mess is a pet poop, it will navigate around it and absolutely not try to get as close as possible. For things like tissues and cables, it knows to retract the roller brush so it doesn't end up in a tangle. 

(Image credit: Future)

Better obstacle avoidance means you shouldn't have to tidy up before launching your robovac (good news, because the benefits of remote control are somewhat negated when your robovac ends up tangled in a rogue charging cable and in need of manual rescue 10 minutes into its cleaning routine). For the times when you do want to use it when you're home, it's designed to be even better at operating around people and pets, again thanks to AI.

There's even a mode you can use where the robot will see a pet in one area of your home, and delay cleaning that area until the pet has moved on. It'll then deep-clean that area to get rid of any extra hair or general messes your pet might have made on its travels.

Clean bandit

There are more human-like features in the Freo Z Ultra's approach to cleaning. For example, it knows if the mess is dry or wet, and chooses the best cleaning approach in response. For dry cleanup jobs, it can unleash up to 12,000 PA of suction (about the highest we've seen on any robovac).

In line with its aquatic name, Narwal has put more effort than most into the mopping side of things. Its rotating mops will applying downward pressure – up to 'an industry leading 12N' of it – to scrub off dirt. It'll also approach different floor types in different ways, so it'll add more water and apply more pressure when cleaning a ceramic tiled floor compared to a wooden one. 

If your hard floor is super dirty, it'll sense that, and extend mopping times in response. If that spillage is a heavy, dirty liquid, it'll just mop it and return to the dock to clean the mop pads afterwards. Alternatively, if it's clean enough to just need a light mop, it'll use less water too. 

Mopping temperature adjusts automatically between 45C and 75C, depending on the type of mess. So cooler water for dusty messes, hotter for greasy spillages. After cleaning, the temperature will rise to the maximum 75C anyway, to kill off bacteria (a process that Narwal refers to, accurately but unsettlingly, as 'pasteurization').

(Image credit: Future)

The smarter your home appliances get, the more security concerns start to seem like a real threat. To try and put people's minds at ease, Narwal's storage and computation chip operates entirely offline, with all information being stored within the robot itself (main CPU computation does use an internet connection, but is handled separately). 

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Motorola has already unveiled a couple of flip foldables this year – our Motorola Razr Plus 2024 review will get you up to speed on one of them – but it looks like another model is on the way, based on newly spotted regulatory filings.

A device known as the Motorola Razr 50s has shown up for HDR 10+ certification, as spotted by MySmartPrice, so at least we know one of the HDR (High Dynamic Range) formats that the new handset is going to support.

What we don't get are any more details about what this phone might bring with it. However, the 's' in the name suggests this might be an even more affordable version of the Motorola Razr 2024 (known as the Motorola Razr 50 outside the US).

The Motorola Razr 2024 (or Motorola Razr 50) retails for $699.99 / £799.99 (about AU$1,050, though you can't buy it in Australia at the moment), so we're hoping the new version manages to come in at a significantly more affordable price point.

Flip foldables for 2024

The Galaxy Z Flip 6 (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

You'd be forgiven for being a little confused by the current flip foldable offerings from Motorola: this year we've seen the tech manufacturer launch the Razr 2024 and the more advanced Razr Plus 2024, both sharing the same dimensions and 6.9-inch screen size.

If you're not in the US, you'll see those phones marketed as the Motorola Razr 50 and the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra. It's not clear exactly where the Razr 50s might fit in – last year we got two Moto flip phones, including the Motorola Razr 2023, with no 's' variant.

The main competitor here is of course the flip foldable made by Samsung, and our Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 review will tell you all you need to know about that particular device. It's a formidable competitor too, with not much to complain about.

Samsung's handset does retail for $1,099.99 / £1,049 / AU$1,799 and up however, so Motorola is already undercutting it on price – and may take that even further with the Razr 50s, which should be officially unveiled before too long.

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According to new research from ServiceNow, the UK job market could be set to undergo a major transformation with the creation of 610,000 new roles by 2028 thanks to advancements in AI.

The research, based on the analysis of data from various work markets via machine learning, explores the effects of artificial intelligence across different sectors.

ServiceNow reveals the technology’s impact on the technology, media and telecomms sectors, which will collectively account for an estimated 320,000 roles by 2029.

AI to have major effect on UK jobs market

Moreover, education (190,000) and healthcare (90,000) could be set for added roles.

Alarmingly, the study depicts artificial intelligence’s negative effects on the job market too, which many workers seemingly facing a threat from the technology. The retail sector could see the loss of 240,000 jobs by 2028, with manufacturing (90,000) and financial services (50,000) also losing out considerably.

Daniel Stirrett, Group VP & GM UK & Ireland, said: “Like other technologies before it, on one hand AI will disrupt the workforce, and on the other, create a net-positive gain in employment.”

Besides the creation of new jobs, ServiceNow’s report highlights the productivity benefits that existing workers could unlock. In the tech sector, the company estimates that the average system administrator could gain up to 12.6 hours weekly.

These emerging technologies will need implementation and maintenance, which is why a further 400,000 roles are expected to be created. Those looking to upskill in anticipation of new role creation should consider getting into computer and information system management, development, and data engineering.

On the whole, ServiceNow believes that the global workforce will mostly grow, except for ageing populations such as Germany and Japan. By tackling the perception that AI could be taking human jobs, the report reveals emerging markets and a shift in workforces, rather than eliminating workers entirely.

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Hisense has unveiled some seriously impressive smart home tech at this year's IFA exhibition. With clever, cutting-edge solutions for smart laundry, smart air care and smart kitchen the new Hisense ConnectLife scenarios are here to make your everyday easier. 

In August, Hisense announced that it's a regional partner of Real Madrid in Spain, Africa, and the Middle East. Hisense and Real Madrid will jointly launch a limited edition 100-inch television, offering unprecedented picture quality and immersive sound to enhance the experience for fans around the world. At IFA 2024, Hisense demonstrated its unwavering dedication to leading the industry in providing top-quality entertainment solutions, with the commitment to "User-centric Technology" and "Ultimate Quality," Hisense strategic upgrades in brand, scenarios, industrial structure, and globalization, positioning the consumer electronics giant for continued growth in the global market.

The smartest way to care for your clothes

Let's start with laundry. Smart laundry means less effort, longer lasting clothes and lower energy, water and detergent usage, so it's not just a win/win scenario: it's a win/win/win laundry assistant that's good for you, your pocket and the planet. 

Hisense's smart laundry technology combines innovative engineering and design with  AI technology to optimise every wash for incredible results. Take the Hisense Washing Machine Series 7i, which comes with iPlay intelligent laundry, iJet Pro superior cleaning and iFit design to ensure it's the perfect fit for your home. 

It's clever stuff, and it's all controlled via the ConnectLife app and the washer's 6.86-inch TFT touchscreen to make every wash easy. AI Super Wash constantly monitors your wash, optimising its settings to deliver the best results each and every time, and the iJet Pro delivers perfectly mixed bubbles of water, detergent and/or softener to really penetrate the fabrics and deliver exceptional stain removal even at very low temperatures. And in the Series 7 tumble dryer, AI Super Dry uses multiple smart sensors to deliver completely dry clothes.

(Image credit: Hisense) The smartest solutions for your kitchen

Hisense ConnectLife gives you an unprecedented, intelligent cooking experience that includes AI health care, AI recipes, AI master cooking, AI smart clean and  AI eco. It's like having your own catering crew on call 24/7.

Hisense's Smart Kitchen uses multi-screen interlinking to make your kitchen super-connected, enabling your fridge to tell your oven how best to cook your meal, for your oven to tell your dishwasher how best to clean the cookware afterwards, and for your fridge to update your shopping list when you're running low on key ingredients. It can even suggest recipes based on what's in the fridge for those evenings when you just can't decide what to cook and provide recommendation of the wine based on what you eat.

The Hisense Refrigerator PureFlat Smart Series is a great example of how Hisense's smart kitchen system delivers "my fresh choice". As the ConnectLife hub, a control center of all appliances in your home, It gives you intelligent food storage that knows expiry dates for everything inside, and its 21-inch built-in TFT display is great for AI-suggested recipes: forget squinting at your phone screen when you're cooking something special. 

You don't need to miss anything when you're in the kitchen – the football, a concert or anything else you might normally view on your mobile. That's because your fridge can mirror your phone and show it on that big screen. 

(Image credit: Hisense)

Hisense's smart fridge goes really well with the Hi8 series oven, which is a really clever multi-cooking system that doesn't just roast and grill but bakes, air fries, cooks pizza and delivers the power of steam cooking too. Steam cooking is a fantastic technology: it makes your favourite recipes even better, retaining all the flavours, colours and textures to bring out the best in every ingredient and lock in all of their taste and nutrients. It's a cleaner way to cook too, delivering crisp outsides and perfectly cooked insides without spattering or creating unwanted crusts – and that means less clean-up afterwards. 

The Hi8 series includes cool-touch doors and a massive 77L capacity that's ideal for even the hungriest families or friends. And it's smart too. The cutting edge VisionPlus TFT colour display enables you to reach new culinary heights thanks to its intelligent culinary helper, which can manage all the timings and recommend the best settings for truly memorable meals. 

(Image credit: Hisense) The smartest Air Care for your home

By using the ConnectLife platform, you can remotely control your air conditioner, providing you with a smarter experience. With ConnectLife, many functions can be easily managed, making your life more convenient and efficient.

Through the ConnectLife platform, you can remotely control your air conditioner, integrating the advanced AI Smart technology. This allows you to precisely manage temperature and humidity from anywhere, ensuring your home remains perfectly comfortable with just a few taps. 

Smart Eye uses infrared sensing to automatically recognize your position and activity. When you’re exercising, you can use the ConnectLife platform to select the ‘airflow Follow you’ mode to keep you cooler. When you’re reading, you can choose the ‘airflow avoid you’ mode to avoid discomfort.

With the ConnectLife platform, you can remotely activate the HI NANO sterilization function. It releases a large number of dual ion groups, quickly killing and removing bacteria and viruses through indoor air circulation. These healthy, high-concentration ions effectively remove airborne dust and viruses, inhibiting bacteria, and ensuring your environment stays fresh and healthy—all controlled effortlessly from wherever you are.

The Air Care on the ConnectLife platform brings intelligent control to your home environment. It divides your rooms into different scene and intelligently monitors the temperature, humidity and air quality in each scene. When adjustments are needed, Air Care automatically modifies the AC settings to ensure you stay comfortable. Additionally, you can easily select different modes through the ConnectLife platform to meet your specific needs, providing a personalized and seamless living experience.

Smarter tech to help you live a smarter life

Hisense isn't just about the smart home. It's about your smart life. By bringing all kinds of clever smart home tech together via its ConnectLife platform, Hisense is showing the future of the smart home – a future where your smart devices work together to make your life easier, your food tastier and your air cleaner and more comfortable.

Click here to discover how ConnectLife can help you enjoy your smart lifestyle.