Day: May 5, 2020

If at first you don’t succeed – IBM finds Watson a new job: IT ops and cloud-to-the-edge computing in the 5G era

Big Blue hopes solution in search of a problem might have finally found one Since it burst onto the scene as a Jeopardy-winning AI in 2011, IBM’s Watson has been top of the league for interesting solutions in search of a problem.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Spear-Phishing Attack Spoofs EE To Target Executives

Researchers say spear-phishing emails purporting to be from telecom giant EE are being sent to top corporate execs. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Elon Musk likely $700M richer as Tesla hits value targets – CNET

Tesla’s market value hit a six-month average value of over $100 billion, triggering a massive stock option for its CEO. …read more Source:: CNet


Frontier Will Charge Up To $89 For Social Distancing On Flights

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: No two airlines are handling the uncertain future in quite the same way. Frontier Airlines, though, is going all in on the industry’s worst nickel-and-diming impulses and is happy to let you gain a few precious inches of space from your neighbor and their bodily fluids…


Instacart Patches Security Bug That Would Have Let Attackers Spoof SMS Messages

Attackers could have exploited the issue to lead online shoppers to malicious websites or to get them to download malware, Tenable says. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Surprise surprise! Hostile states are hacking coronavirus vaccine research, warn UK and USA intelligence

Just ask us if you need help, urge NCSC and CISA Foreign state hackers are trying to brute-force their way into pharmaceutical and medical research agencies hunting for a COVID-19 vaccine, British and American infosec agencies are warning.… …read more Source:: Register


Facebook says fake accounts used coronavirus content to attract followers – CNET

The company pulled down 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups in April tied to different countries. …read more Source:: CNet


Scientists Say a Now-Dominant Strain of the Coronavirus Appears To Be More Contagious Than Original

Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. From a report: The new strain appeared in February…


VPN Concerns with Unplanned Remote Employees

Maintaining visibility and availability when you suddenly have a large remote footprint takes planning. …read more Source:: Threatpost


California sues Uber and Lyft over driver classification – CNET

The two ride-hailing apps made a ‘calculated’ decision to classify drivers as independent contractors instead of employees, the lawsuit alleges. …read more Source:: CNet