200 Vendors Impacted By DNS Poisoning Flaw
Researchers from security firm Nozomi Networks have uncovered a critical vulnerability in third-party code libraries used by hundreds of vendors. The vulnerability is a DNS poisoning flaw. DNS poisoning allows attackers to replace the legitimate DNS lookup for a site with malicious IP addresses that can disguise as the real sites as they try to […]
U.S. ISPs Ordered To Block Three Pirate Streaming Services
A federal judge has ordered ISPs in the U.S. to block three pirate streaming services including Israel.tv, Israel-tv.com, and Sdarot.tv. The orders also contain permanent injunctions against the defendants themselves and other types of companies that provided services to the defendants or could do so in the future. The orders were issued after the three […]
Russian Hacker Group APT 29 Target Diplomats And Government Agencies
Researchers at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant have uncovered a new campaign from state-sponsored Russian hacker group APT 29. The malicious campaign targets diplomats and government agencies using spear phishing to deploy a novel strain of malware. Victims are tricked into downloading the malicious files via spear-phishing emails disguised as embassy administrative updates. To bypass spam […]
Amazon To Introduce Robots In Warehouses
Big retailers including Amazon will roll out robots to support human activities in their warehouses. Agility Robotics, one of the companies in charge of producing the robots designed to work alongside people in logistics and warehouse environments will deploy the robots at customers’ sites later this year The funds for the project are part of […]
AMD Forecast Strong Revenue Output For 2022
AMD forecasts strong revenue output for 2022 with revenue for the full year pegged at $26.3 billion, up about 60%. The revenue projection is ahead of analysts’ estimates of $25.145 trillion. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is banking on its data center boom which it says will boost demand for its chips thereby adding a positive […]
Logitech Cuts 2023 Sales Growth Forecast
Swiss-U.S. tech company, Logitech has made a rare downgrade by cutting projected 2023 sales growth. The company now expects sales growth in constant currency of 2 to 4% in the 12 months to the end of March. Logitech has previously pegged expected revenue growth to be around mid-single digit. Despite the downgrade, the computer mouse […]
Samsung Signs Deal With Dish For 5G Devices
Samsung has signed a multi-year deal with Dish to supply the company 5G radios, and phones. “This is greater than a billion-dollar agreement for Samsung Networks. We will be delivering our first products to Dish later this year,” Alok Shah, vice president at Samsung. The company is also testing its 5G network using Samsung Galaxy […]
Meta Opens Access To AI Large Language Model
On Tuesday, Facebook’s parent company, Meta announced plans to open up access to a large language model for AI research. The company stated that restricting access to such models in the past had been “hindering progress on efforts to improve their robustness and mitigate known issues such as bias and toxicity.” Therefore, making the “Open […]
Cyber Security Today, May 4, 2022 – Advice to IT managers and individuals for World Password Day
This episode reports on taking advantage of World Password Day, tactics of an updated ransomware strain and warnings to toughen email security
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