Now that platform models offer greater economic value than traditional modes, and since sport is a microcosm of society, sports business guru and educator Stephen Bourke argues that the sports industry has become a virtual platform for economic businesses. …read more Source:: ZDNet

How much do companies really gain from offloading security duties to the cloud? Let’s do the math. …read more Source:: DarkReading

A prolific espionage group, which the U.S. government believes is Chinese, compromised billion-dollar business service provider Visma in 2018, according to a report by Recorded Future, a threat intelligence firm. From a report: The attack was part of what Western countries said in December is a global hacking campaign by China’s Ministry of State Security…

The elevated privilege flaw exists in Microsoft Exchange and would allow a remote attacker to impersonate an administrator. …read more Source:: Threatpost

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While social media may feel like a trash heap at times, Microsoft released a new study on Tuesday that claims civility is spreading on the Internet… at least slightly. From a report: Microsoft’s Digital Civility Index fell two points, to 66, in 2018, signaling that Internet users around the world are treating each other slightly…

If yer name’s not on Azure’s list, you ain’t coming in Microsoft has said it is killing off Azure Party Clusters, the software giant’s free trial for Service Fabric workloads, so engineers can concentrate on stopping the rest of the stack from toppling.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Today’s financial cyber-rings have corporate insider and management roles — cybercrime is not just just for hackers and coders anymore. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The Blue Oval’s new midsize pickup is just hitting dealers now, but there’s a potential problem with its shifter interlock. …read more Source:: CNet

Cyber-criminal groups are exploiting a Gmail feature to file for fraudulent unemployment benefits, file fake tax returns, and bypass trial periods for online services. From a report: The trick is an old one and has been used in the past. It refers to Gmail’s “dot accounts,” a feature of Gmail addresses that ignores dot characters…