Day: July 22, 2020

CISA Hires Security Experts to Boost COVID-19 Response

The agency brings in expertise from the private sector to improve its technical capabilities and engagement with industry partners. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Can people who are asymptomatic spread coronavirus? What we know right now – CNET

People can have COVID-19 without knowing it — and that’s a huge threat to public health. …read more Source:: CNet


North Korea’s Lazarus Group Developing Cross-Platform Malware Framework

The APT group, known for its attack on Sony Pictures in 2014, has created an “advanced malware framework” that can launch and manage attacks against systems running Windows, MacOS, and Linux. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Google’s Recommendations AI now in public beta

The fully-managed service enables retailers to use AI to give customers personalized product recommendations. …read more Source:: ZDNet


This electric height-adjustable standing desk converter is $50 off

Go from standing to sitting at the press of a button with the Electric CHANGEdesk. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Appeals Court Blocks Trump Appointee’s Takeover of Web Nonprofit

A federal appeals court has blocked a bid by one of President Donald Trump’s appointees to take over a government-funded nonprofit organization that fosters technology aimed at undermining internet censorship around the globe. From a report, shared by reader transporter_ii: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order Tuesday morning preventing…


Ripple20’s Effects Will Impact IoT Cybersecurity for Years to Come

A series of newly discovered TCP/IP software vulnerabilities pose a threat to millions of IoT devices. Undiscovered since the early 1990s, they highlight the need to improve security in an increasingly precarious IoT supply chain. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Microsoft pulls dust covers off Dataflex: Low-code data access from Teams

New, or just a rebrand of Common Data Service? A bit of both Microsoft has announced Dataflex, a “low code data platform for Teams,” showing off the relational database management technology to its partners at its virtual Inspire event.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Banks in US Can Now Offer Crypto Custody Services, Regulator Says

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is letting all nationally chartered banks in the U.S. provide custody services for cryptocurrencies. From a report: In a public letter dated July 22, Senior Deputy Comptroller and Senior Counsel Jonathan Gould wrote that any national bank can hold onto the unique cryptographic keys for a…


COVID-19-Related Attacks Exploded in the First Half of 2020

COVID-19 as part of a cyberattack increased by more than 3,900% between February and June. …read more Source:: DarkReading