Day: July 29, 2020

Average Cost of a Data Breach: $3.86 Million

New IBM study shows that security system complexity and cloud migration can amplify breach costs. …read more Source:: DarkReading


‘BootHole’ Vulnerability Exposes Secure Boot Devices to Attack

A flaw in the GRUB2 bootloader affects most Linux devices and some Windows computers using UEFI Secure Boot. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Critical Magento Flaws Allow Code Execution

Adobe has released patches for critical and important-severity flaws in its popular Magento e-commerce platform. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Zuckerberg Goes Off-Script, Blasts Apple and Google in Testimony

During today’s testimony before a Congressional antitrust panel, Mark Zuckerberg went off-script a little bit pointing out how Facebook lags behind a number of competitors, including Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple. From a report: Zuckerberg isn’t hesitating to use some sharp elbows, pointing out that Amazon is the fastest-growing advertising platform and Google is the biggest….


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg saw Instagram as a potential threat, emails show – CNET

Facebook’s Instagram acquisition has been the focus of an antitrust probe into the company. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft Joins the Blender Development Fund

Ton Roosendaal, Chairman of Blender Foundation (which accepts donations to support activities to provide free and open accessible services for all Blender contributors), writes: Microsoft makes use of Blender to generate synthetic 3D models and images of humans that can be used to train AI models. For researchers, having access to high quality free/opensource 3D…


Fans roast George RR Martin over Winds of Winter imprisonment date – CNET

We were supposed to lock him up on an volcanic island on July 29, 2020. …read more Source:: CNet


YOU… SHA-1 NOT PASS! Microsoft magics away demonic hash algorithm from Windows updates, apps

Because no one likes to install spoof system files Microsoft is preparing to once and for all drop support for the SHA-1 hash algorithm.… …read more Source:: Register


Tech titans hammered by Congress in historic antitrust hearing – CNET

The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook appear before a House antitrust subcommittee Wednesday afternoon. …read more Source:: CNet


Arizona Leads Multi-State Probe Into Older iPhones Slowing, Shutting Down

Arizona is leading a multi-U.S. state probe into whether Apple’s deliberate slowing of older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing documents. From a report: Last week, a separate document released by a tech watchdog group showed the Texas attorney general might sue Apple for such violations in connection with a multi-state…