2018

National Elections

At least three US states have activated and put National Guard cyber-security units on standby for midterm elections. The three states are Washington, Illinois, and, more recently, Wisconsin.

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NSW Police readies for major mainframe digital transformation October 26, 2020
But it's not the only project the force's IT team will be working on.
Vietnam's cyber risks make it a mixed bag October 26, 2020
Vietnam's economy is still growing rapidly, and it has big tech ambitions, but some factors work against it being a safe environment for investors.
TAFE NSW to provide health professionals hands-on blood testing training using VR pilot October 26, 2020
Meanwhile, UniSA is using VR technology to teach skills to children with intellectual disabilities.
Singapore's worst-ever data breach prompted the nation to bolster its cyber defences October 26, 2020
Singapore is a global business hub, which means it's a prime target for cyber attacks. Its response has included mandatory cyber standards and a focus on basics.
Australian Takeovers Panel orders 5GN's Webcentral takeover to be pushed back October 26, 2020
The acquisition can now only be closed on November 3 at the earliest.
Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer October 26, 2020
Here's the list of 1,156 sites you won't be able to open in Internet Explorer anymore.
Four more European nations sign onto US 5G security agreements October 25, 2020
Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and North Macedonia sign up to US initiative to only use 'trusted' telco equipment suppliers.
Not in America? Forget about a mmwave 5G handset this year October 25, 2020
Remember the bad old days of needing to scan phone specifications to note supported spectrum bands? They're back.
Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78 October 25, 2020
Chairman Lee Kun-hee built Samsung Electronics into a global giant in tech and electronics.
AT&T thinks I'm not good enough for iPhone 12 and I think I'm insulted October 25, 2020
You'd think carriers would want all customers to upgrade to the latest models. Not, it seems, AT&T.

Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer October 26, 2020
Here's the list of 1,156 sites you won't be able to open in Internet Explorer anymore.
AT&T thinks I'm not good enough for iPhone 12 and I think I'm insulted October 25, 2020
You'd think carriers would want all customers to upgrade to the latest models. Not, it seems, AT&T.
Microsoft did some research. Now it's angry about what it found October 25, 2020
There are times when corporations lose their temper. Well, they're people too. In Microsoft's case, it's people and politics that are driving the company crazy.
Totallee case for Apple iPhone 12: Subtle scratch protection October 24, 2020
Apple released the iPhone 12 with new color options and instead of covering it up with a case, you can add some basic protection with an ultra thin Totallee case.
Aftermath: software delivery now laser-focused on supporting 'contactless enterprises' October 24, 2020
Digital transformation, DevOps and delivery mechanisms now front and center for software teams. And unexpected effect: bursts in productivity.
United and American just got a chilling reality check (from a big flyer) October 24, 2020
Airlines have been making quiet mutterings about business travel improving and loud noises about Zoom's inadequacies. Suddenly, a brutal truth from a powerful figure.
Facebook demands NYU Ad Observatory stop collecting data on site’s political ads, says WSJ October 23, 2020
Facebook said an effort by NYU to track who is shown what political ads violates Facebook's rules against bulk data collection.
RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos October 23, 2020
Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.
Microsoft announces tech training partnership with Brazilian government October 23, 2020
The expectation is to train 5,5 million people in areas such as data science, cloud and artificial intelligence until 2023.
US Treasury sanctions Russian research institute behind Triton malware October 23, 2020
US imposes sanctions against Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM).

NSW Police readies for major mainframe digital transformation October 26, 2020
But it's not the only project the force's IT team will be working on.
Vietnam's cyber risks make it a mixed bag October 26, 2020
Vietnam's economy is still growing rapidly, and it has big tech ambitions, but some factors work against it being a safe environment for investors.
Singapore's worst-ever data breach prompted the nation to bolster its cyber defences October 26, 2020
Singapore is a global business hub, which means it's a prime target for cyber attacks. Its response has included mandatory cyber standards and a focus on basics.
Four more European nations sign onto US 5G security agreements October 25, 2020
Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and North Macedonia sign up to US initiative to only use 'trusted' telco equipment suppliers.
Microsoft did some research. Now it's angry about what it found October 25, 2020
There are times when corporations lose their temper. Well, they're people too. In Microsoft's case, it's people and politics that are driving the company crazy.
US Treasury sanctions Russian research institute behind Triton malware October 23, 2020
US imposes sanctions against Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM).
Apple notarizes six malicious apps posing as Flash installers October 23, 2020
Apple notarization process bypassed for the second time in six weeks.
AI security: This project aims to spot attacks against critical systems before they happen October 23, 2020
Microsoft has unveiled a new open-source "matrix" that hopes to identify all the existing attacks that threaten the security of machine learning applications.
Phishing groups are collecting user data, email and banking passwords via fake voter registration forms October 23, 2020
With the election window closing, phishing groups are striking the iron while it's hot.
Nvidia tackles code execution flaws, data leaks in GeForce Experience October 23, 2020
The worst of the bugs is an uncontrolled search path issue with severe, exploitable consequences.

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