Zoom has released a new feature that can alert conference organizers when they are at risk of being Zoombombed. Zoombombing attacks can be disruptive, and the only thing needed for one to enter a meeting is a link to the meeting. The feature has been named the 'At-Risk-Notifier,'. It runs in Z... Read more
3 years ago
BlackBerry's security team has come across a group of hackers offering their services for hire. The group calls itself CostaRicto and appears to be based in South Asia. The group is responsible for a series of orchestrated attacks on every continent, although most attacks take place in India, Ba... Read more
3 years ago
Gartner forecasts that the IT spending in EMEA will total $1.075 trillion in 2021. Compared to 2020, that is a 2.8% increase. The same analyst firm says that IT spending in the region will fall 6.5% this year. Combining Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, most organizations have had to cut back on... Read more
3 years ago
Palo Alto Networks has inked an $800 million deal to acquire a security start-up Expanse. Expanse is a well-funded start-up that helps businesses to identify internal systems exposed to the internet. The agreement was announced today. The $800 deal breaks down to $670M in stock and cash and an a... Read more
3 years ago
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is getting more sophisticated and intricate while becoming cheaper and easier to carry out. This trend is fuelled by the sheer amount of insecure internet-connected devices (specifically IoT products) that cybercriminals take advantage of. DDoS attacks aren't... Read more
3 years ago
Security experts have discovered a new malware that can spy and obtain data from 153 Android applications. According to the report released on Monday by security firm Kaspersky, Ghimob (an Android banking Trojan) is believed to have been developed by the same group that developed Guildma (Astaro... Read more
3 years ago
The Federal Trade Commission has said that Zoom Video Communications must apply a new information security program as part of its recommended settlement with United States regulators concerning user privacy issues. There were no financial obligations mentioned in the resolution, but FTC warned t... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has introduced new regulations for companies developing surveillance technologies. From now on, such companies will need a license to do so. Before such a license is issued, companies will first need to investigate how their technology might be used to violate human rights, Si... Read more
3 years ago
Politico recently reported that the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit from the United States Federal Trade Commission against Facebook could be here before the end of this November. The report, which came out on Friday, cites three people familiar with the matter and says that the FTC is considering h... Read more
3 years ago
Atlassian's analysis of user-interface time shows a marked increase in hours worked during the pandemic. The move toward working from home has had the predictable effect of upending the balance of work and life. Now a data science team from Atlassian has quantified just how much that balance may... Read more
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