House Committee Investigates Amazon Over Safety Concerns
A congressional committee is investigating Amazon over safety concerns at the company’s warehouses. The details of the investigation, which was sent via a letter to CEO Andy Jassy, will investigate the deaths of six Amazon workers who were killed when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. The letter calls on Amazon to […]
GitLab Fixes Critical Severity Flaw That Allows Attackers To Take Over Accounts
GitLab has fixed a critical severity flaw tracked as CVE-2022-1162 affecting both GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). GitLab said it reset the passwords of a limited number of GitLab.com users as part of the CVE 2022-1162 mitigation effort. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to take over user accounts with strongly encrypted passwords. […]
LockBit Victim, Atento Lost $42 Million To Ransomware Attack
Atento lost $42.1 billion to ransomware attacks, according to the company’s 2021 financial performance results. The loss includes a revenue loss of $34.8 million and an additional $7.3 million in costs related to mitigating the impact of the attack. These costs include charges for enhancing security, protecting data, detecting threats in good time and implementing […]
Russia To Fine Wikipedia For Contradictory Report On The War In Ukraine
The Russian communications agency Roskomnadzor asked Wikipedia to remove a page that contained “unreliable socially significant materials, as well as other prohibited information” about its operations in Ukraine. The regulator is threatening Wikipedia with a fine of up to 4 million rubles ($47,000) if the online encyclopedia does not remove materials deemed illegal under Russian […]
Users Furious After They Were Locked Out Of Their Facebook Accounts
Facebook users around the world were furious after being blocked from their accounts for reasons that have not yet been explained. As they try to log in to their accounts, Facebook users receive a message saying: “Your Facebook account has been disabled because it did not follow our Community Standards. This decision can’t be reversed.” […]
Industries Most Affected By Ransomware Attacks In February
The three industries that were hit hardest by increased ransomware attacks in February are industrials (35.68%), consumer cyclicals (21.62%), and technology (8.11%). The new edition of NCC Group’s Monthly Threat Pulse also highlighted the region that was most attacked by attackers. North America and Europe were most affected, with each region accounting for 42% of […]
Watercoolr Provide A New Alternative To Zoom and Teams Apps
Watercoolr, a virtual meeting room, has opened up new dimensions for remote/ hybrid workers during virtual meetings. Designed to bridge the gap and restore lost connections between workers, the app is described as “a new way to foster community and informal conversation among today’s virtual workers.” The technology tool allows workers to pair off and […]
Smartphone Demand Decline Will Affect Apple and Qualcomm’s Growth
Analysts at J.P. Morgan have said that a decline in demand for smartphones will affect growth at Apple and Qualcomm. That forecast led the company to remove both Apple and Qualcomm from its list of most preferred shares. J.P. Morgan added network equipment suppliers Arista Networks and Ciena to the list based on the forecast […]
Amazon Workers At New York Warehouse Vote To Form Union
Amazon workers at the company’s warehouse in New York City voted to form the first U.S. union.
China’s BYD Stops Producing Combustion Engine Cars, Focus On Electric
China’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD, has ceased production of internal combustion engine vehicles. The company disclosed that it will focus exclusively on the production of electric and highly electrified plug-in hybrid cars. BYD’s move is a response to Beijing’s pledge to promote green energy with the goal of gradually reducing CO2 emissions by 2030. […]