The threat group is increasing its espionage activity in light of the current political climate and recent events in the Middle East, with two new backdoors. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Multiple partners are involved in a national skills initiative that will see Microsoft and Generation “upskill” and place tech-enabled jobs for up to 1,000 Singaporeans over two years, who will pick up skillsets such as Java and Python. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Wormable nasty still doesn’t need any user input to pwn target devices A previous patch for Cisco’s Jabber chat product did not in fact fix four vulnerabilities – including one remote code execution (RCE) flaw that would allow malicious people to hijack targeted devices by sending a carefully crafted message.… …read more Source:: Register

Bigger is not always better. …read more Source:: ZDNet

These Asus, HP and Lenovo models have just about everything a student might need, but are fine for most WFH users as well. Plus: Grab a Harmon Kardon Citation One smart speaker for $70. …read more Source:: CNet

Verizon cybersecurity leaders evaluated which states’ businesses fare best after cyberattacks. To determine the odds of a business recovering from a cyberattack in any given state, they analyzed a host of factors, including internet privacy laws and the number of cyberattacks businesses within each state suffer each year. Here’s what they found. …read more Source::…

Open-source API framework aims to make Cassandra a bit easier DataStax, chief commercial cheerleader of Cassandra, has released an open-source API framework for data aimed at easing developer access to the NoSQL columnar database.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

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It’s usually the simple ideas that sprout bigger ones, and this was the case when we saw [gzumwalt]’s single-motor walking robot crawling up a fridge door with magnets on its feet. (Video, embedded below.) The walking mechanism consists of an inner foot and two outer feet, connected by three sets of rotating linkages, driven by…

Ransomware actors behind the attack have breached at least 85,000 MySQL servers, and are currently selling at least compromised 250,000 databases. …read more Source:: Threatpost