Mind your MANRS as politics meets network security China Telecom has joined the global routing security group MANRS, just as America’s communications regulator decided to formally investigate whether the company was a national security threat.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Nation-state attackers used poisoned SolarWinds network management software updates to distribute malware; US government orders federal civilian agencies to immediately power down the technology. …read more Source:: DarkReading

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The board of directors for British developer Codemasters has reached a purchase agreement with Electronic Arts which would sell the company to the mega-publisher for an estimated $1.2 billion (or just under $8 a share) in early 2021. The deal would put Codemasters’ popular racing-game franchises…

The world’s most closely watched AI conference didn’t have its usual scenic backdrop of Vancouver or Barcelona, but it was a nicely organized six-day virtual affair that delivered on all the usual fascinating talks and presentations. …read more Source:: ZDNet

One of the biggest challenges facing the aspiring blacksmith is procuring the tools of the trade. And that means tackling the unenviable task of finding a decent anvil. Sure, one can buy an ASO — anvil-shaped object — at Harbor Freight, but a real anvil is much harder to come by. So perhaps the beginner…

Only joking – we’re surely still below Gawker in his estimations Tim Cook reportedly intervened personally to stop Apple TV from producing a series loosely inspired by the antics of Gawker – the controversial and infamously combative blog, which routinely lambasted figures in media, tech, and entertainment.… …read more Source:: The Register” >TheRegister

This is the third breach in the past few weeks for the world’s most popular streaming service. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Miscreants threaten to make files, source code public within 72 hours The Pay2Key ransomware group on Sunday posted what appear to be details of internal files obtained from Habana Labs, an Israel-based chip startup acquired a year ago by Intel.… …read more Source:: Register

The insider threat will go to jail for two years after compromising Cisco’s cloud infrastructure. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Chocolate Factory hopes it will ‘lead to greater productivity, collaboration and well-being’ for staffers Google will allow the majority of its staffers to work from home until September 2021, and the search giant will experiment with a hybrid model that combines office-based and remote working after that.… …read more Source:: TheRegister