Three incidents demonstrate how cybercriminals leverage the scourge of black-hat search engine optimization to manipulate search results. …read more Source:: DarkReading

What Redmond is calling Ground-Station-as-a-Service Ignite “Ground-Station-as-a-Service” is what Microsoft is calling its Azure Orbital service (a shame because GaaS would have been a far more puntastic set of letters), unveiled in preview at vendor’s Ignite shindig, but if you’re hoping for a Natick-style data centre being sent into space, there’s bad news.… …read more…

Security service JupiterOne spins off from a healthcare service provider’s homegrown technology. …read more Source:: DarkReading

“CISA has observed a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by malicious cyber actors since July 2020.” …read more Source:: ZDNet

Plans HPC play with AMD, Intel silicon, too Oracle will add Arm-powered servers to its cloud and tout them as delivering “the best price-performance compared to any other x86 compute instance on a per core basis with an order of magnitude of cost savings.”… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Oracle on Tuesday outlined its cloud roadmap, announcing a series of hardware and compute updates and a continued focus on HPC workloads. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Some makers of smart speakers, video doorbells and other hardware hit roadblocks buying key ads in search results on Amazon; gadgets made by e-commerce giant get edge. From a report: Amazon.com is limiting the ability of some competitors to promote their rival smart speakers, video doorbells and other devices on its dominant e-commerce platform, according…

Facebook executive Nick Clegg tells the Financial Times that the social network has plans ready for a range of outcomes to the November election. …read more Source:: CNet

Microsoft announced a new Security Guide to help cybersecurity professionals more quickly untangle relevant bugs in its monthly security bulletins. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The requirements being placed on colleges and universities for the 2020-2021 academic year are unprecedented. In addition to providing education, housing, and recreational activities, they’re now also being tasked with mitigating the spread of COVID-19. To make their situation more complex, they are also facing budgetary challenges. Many higher education institutions have seen a decline…