Tag Archives: Security

A major cybersecurity vulnerability is impacting nearly all of the internet, sending everything from financial institutions to government entities scrambling to patch their systems, before cybercriminals and nation states can launch cyberattacks. Known as the Log4j vulnerability, the flaw impacts a piece of open-source logging software that allows developers to understand how their programs function. The idea is to help companies understand potential bugs or performance issues in their own… Source link

It’s been over two years since our initial response to Google’s Manifest V3 proposal. Manifest V3 is the latest set of changes to the Chrome browser’s rules for browser extensions. Each extensions manifest version update introduces backwards-incompatible changes to ostensibly move the platform forward. In 2018, Manifest V3 was framed as a proposal, with Google repeatedly claiming to be listening to feedback. Let’s check in to see where we stand as 2021 wraps up. Since announcing Manifest… Source link

Senator Bob Dole at the Capitol in Washington DC in 1996. (Yunghi Kim/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Bob Dole, a former Senate majority leader who unsuccessfully ran for president against Bill Clinton, died Sunday. He was 98 years old. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Dole, who was also a U.S. senator, and a daughter, Robin, from a previous marriage. One of the giants of American politics in the 20th century, Dole will be remembered for his heroism in World War II, his time as Senate… Source link

DUBLIN, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Managed and Professional Security Services Market in the Americas, Forecast 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Research and Markets Logo The market demand will shift from legacy managed security services, such as managed firewalls, to the new generation of solutions like MDR/XDR and SOC-as-a-service. The analyst predicts that the transition will happen faster in North America than elsewhere in the world. The demand for… Source link

By Julie Zhu, Kane Wu and Brenda Goh HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese regulators have pressed top executives of ride hailing giant Didi Global Inc to devise a plan to delist from the New York Stock Exchange due to concerns about data security, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. China’s powerful Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has asked the management to take the company off the U.S. bourse due to worries about leakage of sensitive data, said one of the… Source link

If you’re going to install one outdoor security camera at your home, a floodlight camera is the best option. You get lights and a camera in one unit to capture all the action and you don’t have to mess with charging batteries or drilling holes through your walls for power cables — a floodlight cam can go wherever you have existing outdoor lighting. It’s a win-win smart home device. The only downsides are a high upfront price and a more involved installation. Unfortunately, the… Source link

(Reuters) -Robinhood Markets Inc said on Monday a third party had obtained access to the email addresses of about five million of its customers. The fee-free broker said the full names of a different group of about two million people were also exposed in the breach, while 310 people had more personal information, including names, birth, dates and zip codes, compromised. Robinhood said it believed no social security numbers, bank account numbers, or debit card numbers were exposed and that… Source link

Google achieved two new public-sector authorizations that insiders say will prove instrumental in their work helping the government modernize its information technology, security and compliance. On the heels of a long and complex engineering effort, the Google Workspace product reached FedRAMP High authorization, officials announced Wednesday, and the tech giant also earned an Impact Level 4, or IL4, designation from the Defense Information Systems Agency. “Our approach has been different… Source link

Ahead of its launch on October 19, it seems as if retailers and Google are playing a game of chicken about who can leak the most information about its two upcoming flagship phones; the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro. Google’s Pixel line of smartphones has traditionally been the flagship of the Android armada for those of us who like our Android operating system as un-adorned as possible. After a somewhat underwhelming Pixel 5, which meant that the company… Source link

The new Social Security raise will be revealed this week. Will it be enough? As companies struggle with COVID-related shortages of supplies and workers, inflation is soaring at rates not seen in years. Steeper prices for gasoline, food, cars and many other things are squeezing Americans, especially older people living on fixed, often modest incomes. But the inflation spike is likely to provide seniors with their biggest Social Security raise in almost four decades. The government this week is… Source link