Day: January 28, 2020

Lifesize updates its admin console with analytics, video conferencing metrics

Lifesize Admin Console that offer real-time reporting, live meeting statistics, network performance monitoring, usage and call quality data. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10

John Gruber: Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad on stage at the Yerba Buena theater in San Francisco. […] Ten years later, though, I don’t think the iPad has come close to living up to its potential. […] Software is where the iPad has gotten lost. iPadOS’s “multitasking” model is far more…


Google Chrome users: You can thank Microsoft for this new feature

New tab-management feature demonstrates how Microsoft and Google are collaborating to improve Chromium. …read more Source:: ZDNet


CEOs are deleting their social media accounts to protect against hackers

PwC report finds that cyber attacks are the biggest worry for business – to such an extent some CEOs are deleting social media accounts to help personally avoid falling victim to criminals. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Government Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure To Recommend Facial Recognition Ban

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent agency, is coming under increasing pressure to recommend the federal government stop using facial recognition. Forty groups, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, sent a letter Monday to the agency calling for the suspension of…


Huawei allowed limited role in UK 5G network projects

But ‘high risk vendors’ like Huawei are banned from core of 5G networks and limited to 35% cap in other areas, says government. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Huawei ban: Full timeline as Britain gives Huawei approval to build its non-core 5G network – CNET

We break down the saga of the controversial Chinese telecom giant and phone maker. …read more Source:: CNet


The duke of URL: Zoom meetups’ info leaked out through eavesdrop hole

Now patched, but yikes. For our next meeting, let’s dial in from a phone box Video-conferencing outfit Zoom had a major vulnerability in its URL scheme that miscreants could exploit to eavesdrop on private meetings.… …read more Source:: Register


UK gives Huawei green light to build country’s non-core 5G network – CNET

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the UK’s National’s Security Council finally decide on the role Huawei is allowed to play in the country. …read more Source:: CNet


LoRaWAN Encryption Keys Easy to Crack, Jeopardizing Security of IoT Networks

New research from IOActive has found that “blindly” trusting the encryption of the widely adopted device protocol can lead to DDoS, sending of false data and other cyber attacks. …read more Source:: Threatpost