If you’re wondering why some websites disappeared today Updated Akamai’s Edge DNS service went down on Thursday morning, US West Coast time, knocking over its customers’ websites as it fell.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The nation’s big TV companies are calling for a new yardstick. From a report: A trade organization representing Disney, ViacomCBS, NBCUniversal, Fox Corp. and other media giants is calling for the organization that signs off on Nielsen’s methodology for measuring TV viewership to yank accreditation, an aggressive maneuver in an era when media outlets and…

Wildfire smoke in the skies could turn the full moon into an orange or red lantern. …read more Source:: CNet

The acquisition will give Uber Freight access to substantially more customers and speed up the business segment’s path to profitability. …read more Source:: ZDNet

At least Redmond is taking some security seriously Microsoft has snapped up cloud security outfit CloudKnox while researchers continue to poke holes in its down-to-earth Windows operating system.… …read more Source:: Register

Many websites — including banking pages, brokerages, and gaming services — have been affected by what looks to be a major internet outage. From a report: As website owners and companies that run services that provide the backbone of the web scramble to solve the issue, consumers have been left unable to access services like…

A sneak peek of some of the main themes at Black Hat USA next month. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Update now: The ream of bugs includes some remotely exploitable code execution flaws. Still to come: a fix for what makes iPhones easy prey for Pegasus spyware. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Nauka? More like ‘Borka!’ Geddit? Russia’s latest contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), successfully launched yesterday, but appears to have run into problems on orbit.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Steve Grewal, Cohesity Federal CTO and former U.S. Department of Education CISO/CTO/CIO, shares his insights into how organizations can leverage modern data management strategies and technologies to ensure they are prepared to reduce the impact of ransomware attacks while being ready for audit and reporting processes to remain compliant with increasing state-by-state regulations. …read more…