90% of pre-owned storage devices contain business and personal data
About 90% of resold storage media devices (mainly hard drivers & USB sticks) contain private or business data, put there by former users. The conclusion comes from a new study conducted by the security firm Kaspersky.
The data could be anything from finance-related documents and work emails ...
Google updates Chrome to fix weak passwords easily
Protecting passwords is hard. Remembering them is even harder. Using the same password for everything is very dangerous, and one needs to have strong measures to stay safe. We have all had passwords that were subpar in the past.
Recently, there have been tools and services to protect your passwo...
GDPR fines increased by 40% last year, but they will get bigger
Despite a slow start for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) two and a half years ago, the fines are starting to grow as the laws begin to gather serious momentum. There are larger fines on the way for non-compliance, according to historical data.
In a new report relea...
Hackers stole and changed Pfizer’s vaccine research to damage reputation
One of the most promising coronavirus vaccine makers reported that hackers stole confidential information submitted by the company to the EU's regulatory body. On Friday, it became clear that the hackers falsified some of the information on the submissions' contents before posting it to the interne...
European decision on data-sharing between Facebook and Whatsapp is coming
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Saturday that the long-running investigation of Facebook and WhatsApp's conduct in the European Union, concerning transparency of data-sharing between the two platforms, is headed for a resolution.
In what many are saying is a significant...
Nutanix added support for Google Anthos
Nutanix HCI added support for the Google app management platform, Anthos for users who run GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) on their servers. Since Anthos runs on all three of the biggest public clouds, it means that containerized apps can be moved between the environments with just one management to...
Biden wants former Obama officials for top antitrust job
Two officials who served under Obama's administration have emerged as the front-runners for the top antitrust job at the United States Department of Justice. That is what the incoming administration under President-elect Joe Biden is aiming for.
The news was revealed to Reuters by two sources cl...
Amazon’s AWS opens its first office in Greece
Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS, has opened its first office in Greece. The official opening happened on Friday and aims to support AWS's goal; to grow the number of companies and public sector agencies that use its cloud services.
In Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki is ramping...
Microsoft increases file size limit for Teams and OneDrive
It was not easy to move massive files from a desktop to Microsoft's cloud services. That just changed with the introduction of capabilities that now allow this to happen. The company has increased the upload file size limit to 250GB, from 100GB.
The limit will apply to the Microsoft 365 platform...
Hackers use Covid-19 vaccine to spread malware
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that uses the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine news to spread malware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The attacks target people in businesses by pretending to be organizations involved in the manufacture of vaccines, the WHO, and DHL...
Nokia and Google to collaborate in building a cloud-based 5G network
Nokia and Google Cloud partnered to build the 5G core network infrastructure and offer businesses the capability to give customers services like automated manufacturing and smart retail.
Cloud computing units owned by big tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon are also coming together with tel...
Trump administration now puts Xiaomi on an investment blacklist
Under outgoing President Trump, the Department of Defence has put nine Chinese companies on a blacklist, saying they have military connections. In what has come across as a surprising move, tech giant Xiaomi is included on the list.
The blacklist prevents US citizens and companies from investing...