Cybersecurity skills gap continues to worsen, research shows.
For four years now, the cybersecurity industry has posted depressing numbers concerning skills shortage. In a recent report by the Information Systems Security Association and Enterprise Strategy Group, the gap is again growing.
A majority of organizations (up to 70%) report that they are affect... Read more
Amazon commits more than $10 billion to Project Kuiper
Project Kuiper is an initiative led by Amazon that will set up 3,236 satellites in low-Earth orbit for internet connectivity. Amazon reported on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted the regulatory approval to launch Project Kuiper while providing other details conce... Read more
Apple’s new iPhones will be released later than usual this year
If you are an iPhone user, you might have to wait a little longer for a new model release this year. That’s to be expected, of course, with the pandemic shutting down production across multiple industries.
During the release of Apple’s third-quarter earnings, Luca Maestri, the CFO, said that... Read more
Mimecast buys MessageControl to increase the security of emails
Mimecast, an email security provider, has recently acquired MessageControl messaging security provider, which wa owned by eTorch. MessageControl service uses AI to detect and control social engineering activities by securing messages.
The acquisition offers Mimecast the opportunity to enh... Read more
North Korean hackers target U.S. aerospace and defence industry
Hackers from North Korea are directing their attacks to target U.S. defense and aerospace industries. “Operation North Star” is the name given to the malicious attacks which targeted employees and other sensitive parties affiliated to the sectors.
The operation used documents, advertising jo... Read more
Atlassian acquires Mindville, a Swedish asset tracking company
Atlassian announced that they acquired Mindville, a Swedish company that deals in asset tracking and configuration management. The terms of the deal were not revealed.
Mindville’s work focuses on making it easy for enterprises to have full visibility into their assets and services. The departm... Read more
Apple is facing a new probe over iPhone throttling allegations
Apple is under a new investigation following a claim that it is throttling old iPhones. Arizona’s Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leading the investigation, and initial reports indicate that he will soon be joined by Texas AG, to push the lawsuit to court.
The probe was launched in October 2... Read more
Cognizant acquires New Signature, their fifth acquisition in 2020
On Tuesday this week, Cognizant Technology Solutions, said that it was acquiring New Signature. New Signature deals in app development and cloud migration in Microsoft Azure environments.
In just this year, Cognizant has made five acquisitions of companies that deal in cloud-related business. Th... Read more
CyberArk launches tool for identifying Shadow Admin accounts
CyberArk, a cybersecurity company, launched an open-source tool to identify shadow Admin accounts in AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft Azure clouds. The tool will help organizations that use the cloud, detect and prevent Shadow Admins through targeting and securing the legitimate Admins in AW... Read more
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has released the RHEL 8.3 beta to users
Red Hat's updates are usually spaced six months apart, and the new update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is here. The beta for RHEL 8.3 will work on all major RHEL architecture, including IBM Power, IBM Z, AMD, Intel 64-bit, and 64-bit ARM.
For users who have the AMD architecture, Secure En... Read more