Border police accused of loading visitors’ mobiles up with snoop app in Muslim area Authorities in a tumultuous region of China have been accused of loading spyware onto the phones of people visiting.… …read more Source:: Register

It debuted as part of a new engineering center opening in Silicon Valley. …read more Source:: CNet

The Google Earth team recently released a beta preview of a WebAssembly port of Google Earth. The new port runs in Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, including Edge (Canary version) and Opera, as well as Firefox. From a report: The port thus brings cross-browser support to the existing Earth For Web version, which uses the…

A new survey points to a surprising lack of knowledge on the part of iPhone owners. Or is it so surprising? …read more Source:: ZDNet

Balloon longevity is a thing …read more Source:: CNet

For most organizations, putting great cybersecurity in place requires a massive uphill trek. Many forms of change are required – technology, process, talent, and more. Here, cyber leaders focus inward, working to get capabilities in place and reduce identified risks. But fundamentally, you need externally-driven change too, where other enterprise leaders (and key partners outside…

The conventional wisdom about ransomware is that when local governments pay the ransom, it encourages more criminals to launch more attacks. But that’s not necessarily the case, experts say. From a report:The costs of recovering from a ransomware attack are often greater than the cost of the ransom. The victims of ransomware attacks are typically…

Also: Still rocking SQL Server 2008? The end is near The brave souls in Microsoft’s SQL Server 2019 Early Adopter Program can now get their hands on Windows-based container images for the company’s venerable database server.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

While cybersecurity should be a primary concern for all organizations, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Mid-market businesses have different security needs and concerns than large enterprises. To meet these needs, CISOs must meet with business leaders to discuss what technology is required to safeguard digital assets. Cloud adoption only heightens the need for this conversation….

Like the Defender of old, you’ll be able to get your Defender as big or as small as you want, but unlike the old one, the numbers don’t match up to wheelbases. …read more Source:: CNet