Russians Turn To Western News Sources For Information On War In Ukraine
New statistical evidence from Cloudflare has shown that Russians are bypassing website blocks to access information from Western news sources. The Russian government blocked access to Western media and social websites, but information showed that the most downloaded apps in Russia in March were VPN tools, Telegram, and Cloudflare “WARP/1.1.1.1.” WARP is a privacy-oriented recursive […]
VMware Release Security Updates To Fix Spring4Shell RCE Flaw
VMware has released security updates to fix the critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw known as Spring4Shell. The bug affects several of the company’s cloud computing and virtualisation products. The bug, which is tracked as CVE-2022-22965, was found in the Spring Core Java framework and can be exploited without authentication. The vulnerability has a severity […]
GitHub Can Now Block Secret Leaks Automatically
GitHub has expanded the secret scanning capabilities of its code hosting platform for GitHub Advanced Security customers. The new feature, known as push protection, enables Advanced Security customers to automatically block secret leaks and is designed to prevent accidental disclosure of credentials before code is transferred to remote repositories. “With push protection, GitHub will check […]
Hackers Breached MailChimp, Send Phishing Emails To Trezor Crypto Users
Mailchimp, an email marketing platform, has confirmed a data breach in which hackers stole data from more than 100 of its customers. This follows a warning from Trezor hardware cryptocurrency users who claim to have been the target of a sophisticated phishing email campaign. According to Mailchimp CISO, Siobhan Smyth, the company discovered the breach […]
Trump’s Truth Social Faces Several Challenges
Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has faced several challenges since its launch on February 21. Among the challenges that limit the popularity and motive of the platform is the fact that the app is not available on Android devices, web browsers, and also for most people outside the United States. Those who downloaded […]
Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Group Head Leaves
Microsoft Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie has announced the departure of Digital Transformation Group James Phillips. The email confirming Phillips’ departure said the executive was leaving for an unspecified “external opportunity.” Microsoft Digital Transformation Group focuses on Microsoft’s Cloud and AI businesses. The group includes Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure AI Platform, Azure Data Platform, […]
Spending On Cloud Infrastructure Leaps In 2021, Continues In 2022
According to the technology research company IDC, spending on cloud infrastructure reached a total of $73.9 billion in 2021. This shows that expenditure on cloud computing was 8.8% higher than in 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2021, $21.1 billion was spent on cloud infrastructure, a jump of 13.5% compared to the previous year. Only […]
UK Royal Mint To Issue Its First NFT In 2022
Britain’s Royal Mint has given Her Majesty’s Treasury the green light to create the country’s first official NFT sometime this summer. The Royal Mint in the United Kingdom is a government mint that produces coins for the United Kingdom and is wholly owned by Her Majesty’s Treasury. The move to create the nation’s first official […]
Hertz To Buy Up To 65,000 Electric Vehicles From Polestar
Car rental company Hertz Global Holdings has announced plans to buy up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar over a five-year period. Hertz announced that Polestar vehicles will be available in Europe this spring and later in North America and Australia in 2022. Hertz will begin purchasing Polestar electric vehicles with […]
AMD To Acquire Cloud Startup Pensando For $1.9 billion
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced plans to acquire cloud startup Pensando for $1.9 billion. Upon completion of the deal, AMD will expand its processor and graphics chip line to include Pensando’s platform, with the deal expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. Pensando CEO Prem Jain and the entire team will join […]
