Day: January 3, 2020

You Could be a Manufacturing Engineer If You Could Only Find the Time

Let’s be honest, Ruth Grace Wang can’t teach you how to be a manufacturing engineer in the span of a twenty minute talk. But no-one can. This is about picking up the skills for a new career without following the traditional education path, and that takes some serious time. But Grace pulled it off, and…


Is Fry’s Electronics in Trouble?

The tagline “Your best buys are always at Fry’s” once blanketed Bay Area airwaves, but that’s no longer true of the computer retailer’s Palo Alto store. From a report: A temple of electronics known as “ground zero for geek culture,” the Portage Avenue Fry’s Electronics closed last week after almost 30 years in business. “The…


Travelex Suspends Services Post Malware Discovery

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Google Boots Security Camera From Nest Hub After Private Images Go Public

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Ransomware Attack Topples Telemarketing Firm, Leaving Hundreds Jobless

Days before Christmas, employees found out that The Heritage Company had been hit by a ransomware attack and was “temporarily suspending operations.” …read more Source:: Threatpost


Company Shuts Down Because of Ransomware, Leaves 300 Without Jobs Just Before Holidays

An Arkansas-based telemarketing firm sent home more than 300 employees and told them to find new jobs after IT recovery efforts didn’t go according to plan following a ransomware incident that took place at the start of October 2019. From a report: Employees of Sherwood-based telemarketing firm The Heritage Company were notified of the decision…


3 Critical Bugs Allow Remote Attacks on Cisco NX-OS and Switches

Cisco patched three authentication bypass bugs tied to its DCNM platform used to manages NX-OS. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Cybercriminals Fill Up on Gas Pump Transaction Scams Ahead of Oct. Deadline

Gas stations will become liable for card-skimming at their pay-at-the-pump mechanisms starting in October. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Two truths and seven lies retailers heard in the 2010s

As the 2010s end, let’s reflect on what retail trends were rightfully chased and what retail claims were counterproductive distractions. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The Quadratic Equation Solution a Few Thousand Years in the Making

Everyone learns (and some readers maybe still remember) the quadratic formula. It’s a pillar of algebra and allows you to solve equations like Ax2+Bx+C=0. But just because you’ve used it doesn’t mean you know how to come up with the formula itself. It’s a bear to derive so the vast majority of us simply memorize…