U.S.-based cyber insurance broker expands to Canada
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Microsoft Outlook Crashes When Reading Emails With Tables
Microsoft has issued a security alert for a bug that causes the Outlook email client to crash when opening and reading emails with tables such as Uber receipt emails. Emails with the same table content also cause the Microsoft Word app to stop responding. While the Microsoft Word team has already developed a solution to […]
Visa Accused Of Conspiring To Benefit From Pornhub’s Child Porn
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the US District Court of the Central District of California has confirmed that there is reason to believe that Visa knowingly processed payments that allowed Pornhub to monetize “a substantial amount of child porn.” In order to decide Visa’s involvement, the court is asking for more evidence of legal […]
Instagram Pauses Rollout Of TikTok-like Features
Instagram has announced plans to suspend the launch of new features after a backlash from top-rated users on the platform. Controversial features include an increase in recommended videos mimicking rival app TikTok, which users criticized for preventing them from seeing photos of friends and family. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said the trial version of the […]
Oracle Cuts Marketing And Customer Experience Unit Jobs
Oracle has laid off employees in its marketing and U.S. customer experience division. According to four people with direct knowledge of the matter, some employees have been told that their jobs have been axed. Those dismissed from their roles include junior sales staff and a division sales director. Rumors of imminent cuts had circulated through […]
Over 4.5 Million Stolen Credit Cards Up For Sale On The Dark Web
Although the report represents a significant 68% decrease from the more than 14 million stolen cards detected in the last half of 2021, it shows that the security vulnerabilities that lead to stolen credit cards are not yet fixed. While 45% of the cards up for sale on underground markets were issued in the United […]
2022 Q2 Marks A Sharp Decline In Chromebook Shipments
Chromebook sales continued their downward trend in demand and shipments in the second quarter, with year-over-year shipments down 51.4%. Only 6 million units were shipped during Q2 2022 below the 12.3 million units shipped in 2021 according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC). For the second quarter, the top five companies in the […]
Check Point Q2 Revenue Exceeds Analyst Estimates
Software security company Check Point’s second-quarter profit beat analyst estimates by 2% thanks to double-digit revenue from cloud protection offerings and other networks security. Between April and June, Check Point earned US$1.64 per diluted share (excluding one-off items) up from US$1.61 a year earlier. The company’s revenue grew 9% to US$571 million. Analysts had forecast […]
U.S. Could Restrict Supply Of Chip Products To Memory Chipmakers In China
According to four people familiar with the matter, the U.S. is considering restricting the shipment of American chip products to memory chip manufacturers in China. The move, if approved, would prohibit the shipment of US chip production equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips. NAND chips are critical for storing data in […]
