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Cisco Reports Hacker Attack
Unknown persons penetrate the company's network. Beforehand, they hacked the Google account of a Cisco employee and obtained VPN access data. The ransomware group Yanluowang claims responsibility for the attack.
Google Patches 77 Security Holes in Android
The August patchday brings fixes for five critical vulnerabilities. All supported Android versions up to and including Android 12 and 12L are vulnerable. Samsung starts distributing the August updates already in July.
ZTE Introduces Privacy Protection Brand for Mobile Phones
The company is committed to strengthening information security across all its products and services.
Who Wins the Battle for IT Talent: Tech Giants or Smaller IT Companies?
Freedom and a personal working atmosphere are decisive for job changes to smaller companies.
WhatsApp to Allow “More Than Two Days” to Delete Messages
The "Delete for all" option is going from being available for just over an hour after sending the message to two days and a half.
Globant Automotive Studio and the “Ultimate Reinvention of Mobility”
This Studio is part of the Reinvention Studios and will offer eight different practices on aspects such as metaverse, autonomous driving and sustainability.
Mobile Security Index: Cyber Risk Increases Due to Hybrid, Mobile Working
Three quarters of respondents believe recent changes in working practices have had a negative impact on their company's cyber security.
Report: Apple Postpones iPadOS 16
The release will reportedly not take place until October. iOS 16, meanwhile, is to be released as early as September. According to Bloomberg, Apple is still struggling with problems with new multitasking functions.
Cellnex Submits Half-Year Financial Statements and Recalls that it has 7.6 Billion to Invest
Over the next eight years Cellnex wants to invest €6.5 billion in the deployment of 22,000 new towers.
Intel’s Earnings Plummet 109%
Pat Gelsinger points to the "sudden and rapid decline in economic activity" as the cause, but also to the company's own execution problems.
Avoid Paying Digital Ransom in Case of Ransomware Attacks
"It's not worth paying", says Reiner Dresbach of Cybereason in his commentary on ransom demands after ransomware attacks.
A Bug on AMD’s Website Provides a Glimpse of its Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 Processors
AMD mistakenly published on its website information about its upcoming Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPUs with which it would seek to compete with Intel Core i9-13900 CPUs.
Ransomware Gang BlackCat Uses Pentesting Tool Brute Ratel as Attack Tool
Series of attacks shows how cybercriminals are infecting computers worldwide via unpatched firewalls and VPN services.
Almost Every Company in the Financial Sector Affected by Cyber Attacks
Current study by YesWeHack shows status quo in terms of cyberattacks on banks, insurance companies and financial service providers in the DACH region.
European Data Center Sector Continues to Grow in the First Quarter of 2022
The demand for data centers in Europe will boost to 300MW of take-up during 2022.
Volume of Security Alerts Fatigues Businesses
Seventy percent of enterprises struggle to keep up with the volume of security alerts.
Samsung Introduces Second Generation of its SmartSSDs
Samsung's proposal processes data directly, minimizing transfers between processor, graphics and RAM.
Telekom And Google Cloud Have Expanded Their Partnership
Cloud performance to move closer to mobile and connected devices.
Cyber Attack From The Charging Socket
Researchers are attacking touchscreens of mobile devices via charging cables and power adapters and manipulating smartphones and tablets.
Heat Wave In The UK Disrupts Cloud Services From Google And Oracle
Both companies report cooling failures at their data centers in the Greater London area. The disruptions begin in the early evening and last into the night.
The Hybrid and Open Cloud, according to Red Hat
The software manufacturer and main promoter of open source brings to Spain the innovations shown at the Red Hat Summit congress. We review them in this article.
Stripe’s Latest Report Details How Businesses Can Address the Rise of Online Retail Fraud
Nearly two-thirds of global business leaders say it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight fraud.
OKTA – The World’s Best Identity Platform
Ranked as a "Leader" multiple times by key analysts. More than 15,800 customers trust OKTA to protect digital interactions and accelerate innovation.
India’s Central Bank Intends To Ban Cryptocurrencies
The Government of India announces before the Parliament the intentions of the Central Bank of India to ban cryptocurrencies in the country, considering them a pyramid scam.
Tokenized Payments to Grow by Nearly 50% in the Next Four Years
The increased use of click-to-pay solutions and payments linked to the internet of things will drive the growth of tokenized payment transactions, which will exceed one trillion transactions by 2026.
Prime Day: Amazon Sells More Than 100,000 Products Per Minute
In total, Amazon sold more than 300 million products in two days. The discounts add up to around 1.7 billion dollars worldwide.
Kokomo: How Canon Intends to Revolutionize the World of Video Calls
The company is working on a platform that will allow callers to immerse themselves in a virtual reality environment, see each other face-to-face and hear each other live.
Schools And Universities Targeted By Ransomware Attacks
The education sector suffers from the highest data encryption rate and the longest recovery time worldwide.
Failed Takeover: Twitter Sues Elon Musk
The lawsuit accuses Musk of actually canceling the acquisition only because of changing market conditions. Twitter also accuses Musk of a long list of "fundamental breaches of contract".