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Today’s topics include a flaw in Cisco switches that allows hackers to attack critical infrastructure and TERiX’s CEO sentenced and fined for his role in his company’s Oracle IP fraud. Attackers are taking aim at critical infrastructure in multiple countries by exploiting a software flaw in some Cisco switches that has been a point of […]

Today’s topics include a new report alleging that Facebook sought access to medical records for pharmaceutical ads and more consumers victimized by a third-party data breach.  After Facebook’s acknowledgment that nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have had their profile data scraped at one time or another, a report Friday noted that Facebook sent […]

Today’s topics include Google banning crypto-currency mining extensions from the Chrome store, and worldwide converged systems revenue increasing by 9 percent in 2017. Effective immediately, Google will no longer allow developers to upload crypto-currency mining browser extensions to the Chrome Web Store, and those already in the store will be delisted in late June. Google […]

Today’s topics include Panera Bread’s website leaking customer data, and Microsoft buying Forerunner Software technology for Power BI reporting. In an April 2 post on Medium, security researcher Dylan Houlihan said he discovered an issue last year in restaurant chain Panera Bread’s website that could have enabled anyone to access personally identifiable information about customers. […]

Today’s topics include Google releasing Stackdriver Profiler for managing application performance, and Microsoft Excel getting new AI-powered data types. Google has released Stackdriver Profiler, a tool that enables developers to quickly identify and address potential code performance issues while an application is running and without disrupting user experience. Stackdriver Profiler works with Google’s Stackdriver Monitoring […]

Today’s topics include Facebook easing user access to privacy tools, and Apple releasing iOS 11.3 and macOS 10.13.4 updates to improve security. Following the data breach at the hands of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook is making it easier for its users to control privacy settings. A new menu item that says “Privacy Shortcuts” provides a central […]

Today’s topics include an Under Armour data breach affecting 150 million accounts, and Microsoft reorganizing its engineering groups while its Windows chief steps down.  Under Armour reported a massive data breach on March 29 that impacted 150 million user accounts of the fitness vendor’s popular MyFitnessPal application, which provides exercise, diet and calorie counting capabilities.  […]

A report from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team provides a detailed look at how alleged Russian attackers planned and executed a long-term cyber-attack against unprepared energy installations.  The US-CERT report explains that the “DHS and FBI characterize this activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities’ […]

Today’s topics include the latest version of Zoho’s low-code business app builder with support for iOS and Android, and the Kubernetes 1.10 release provides new storage and security capabilities. Zoho on March 17 released its low-code app builder Zoho Creator 5, which Zoho Creator lead Tejas Gadhia said “will enable users to build fully native […]

Today’s topics include calls for social media regulation after a Facebook massive user data breach, and Huawei and Xiaomi introduce new high-end smartphone models. On March 26, Tom Pahl, the FTC’s acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, confirmed they are investigating Facebook for violations of a 2012 consent decree that established requirements for […]