Day: October 13, 2021

SonicWall Secures Mix of Cloud, Hybrid and Traditional Networks

Company’s virtual offerings, cloud services match with on-premises deployments to solve real-world security challenges for SMBs, enterprises, governments, and MSSPs. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Cisco Wants To Climb Back the Way Microsoft Did

The networking giant says it has turned a corner in its attempt to adapt to the cloud era. From a report: Cisco is hardly a failure. It produces billions of dollars in annual profits and is generally regarded as stable and well-run. But investors feared that its steady operations could lead to a slow-motion descent…


What Does a Chief Product Security Officer Do?

A CPSO bridges the gap between developers and security to ensure products are built securely and safely. …read more Source:: DarkReading


AlmaLinux Foundation chair says he stepped down to highlight value of community status

Close ties with CloudLinux remain, including former chair as ‘guest attendee’ at board meetings Igor Seletskiy, the founder of the AlmaLinux distro created in December 2020 as an alternative to CentOS, has explained that he stepped down as chair of the AlmaLinux Foundation in an effort to strengthen its community status – though his company…


Activision Unveils Ricochet Anti-cheat System for Call of Duty

Activision unveiled its Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty games as it tries to attack a longstanding cheating problem that has frustrated a lot of players. From a report: The new system will get rid of players cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone later this year and it will debut with Call of Duty:…


Brazilian e-commerce firm Hariexpress leaks 1.75 billion sensitive files

The marketplace integrator serves some of the country’s largest online retailers …read more Source:: ZDNet


Shatner breaks the age barrier, goes where no nonagenarian has gone before with Blue Origin rocket trip

Gives classic monologue upon landing Four travelers successfully flew to the edge of space and back on Blue Origin’s second commercial spaceflight including William Shatner, making the 90-year-old Star Trek actor the oldest person to leave Earth yet.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


FreakOut Botnet Turns DVRs Into Monero Cryptominers

The new Necro Python exploit targets Visual Tool DVRs used in surveillance systems. …read more Source:: Threatpost


China’s Solar Power Has Reached Price Parity With Coal

Like everywhere else, China has seen the cost of solar power dive over the last decade, with a 63 percent drop between 2011 and 2018 alone. In line with that, the installation of solar has risen dramatically. From a report: Currently, a third of the entire planet’s new solar capacity is being commissioned in China;…


Judge in UK rules Amazon Ring doorbell audio recordings breach data protection laws

Relax, this isn’t a binding precedent – but it puts down a marker A judge in England has ruled that an Amazon Ring doorbell’s functions broke the Data Protection Act after a neighbour dispute, over claims of a gang of armed robbers trying to steal an Audi, ended up in court.… …read more Source:: TheRegister