Day: December 18, 2020

Let the chips fall where they may: US Commerce dept whacks Middle Kingdom firm SMIC on naughty list

At the SMIC of a flitch, biggest China semi foundry’s on the entity list The US government has added SMIC — China’s largest domestic semiconductor foundry — to a Treasury Department entity list.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Microsoft offers Cyberpunk 2077 refunds to unhappy Xbox customers – CNET

The gaming giant said it’s already granted refunds to a majority of people who’ve asked. …read more Source:: CNet


FBI & Interpol disrupt Joker’s Stash, the internet’s largest carding marketplace

Four threat intel firms, Digital Shadows, Intel 471, Gemini Advisory, and Kela, said the disruption was temporary. …read more Source:: ZDNet


GitHub Plans To Eradicate Password Usage Next Year

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Add Microsoft To The List Of SolarWinds Victims

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Five Russian Hacks That Transformed US Cybersecurity

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NSA Warns Of Federated Login Abuse For Local-To-Cloud Attacks

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Rethinking your investment plans post-COVID? Win big by starting with high-value low-risk procurement applications

Join Basware’s webinar to find out how you can start small and deploy best-of-breed modules for a quick ROI Promo Basware, with research and advisory firm Gartner, has looked at how businesses are rethinking their investment plans in light of the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. They produced a report earlier this year that…


Insider Threats: What Are They, Really?

“Insider threat” or “human error” shows up a lot as the major cause of data breaches across all types of reports out there. But often it’s not defined, or it’s not clearly defined, so people conjure up their own definition. …read more Source:: Threatpost


5 Key Takeaways from the SolarWinds Breach

New details continue to emerge each day, and there may be many more lessons to learn from what could be among the largest cyberattacks ever. …read more Source:: DarkReading