Canadian Cyber Centre now ranks threats with SecurityScorecard solution
The Canadian government’s cyber authority has started using a U.S. company’s security ratings platform to rank cyber threats to the country’s critical infrastructure. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said Thursday it has contracted to use SecurityScorecard’s security ratings platform. Under an arrangement with the company, the scoring will help the Cyber Centre educate critical
Microsoft overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company
In a notable shift in the tech industry, Microsoft has recently overtaken Apple to become the world’s most valuable public company by market value. According to a MacRumors article, Apple’s share price experienced a slight drop of just one percent, allowing Microsoft to edge ahead with a market value of $2.87 trillion. This isn’t the […]
Broadcom shakes up VMWare partner network
Broadcom’s hefty $61 billion acquisition of VMware is turning the virtualization world upside down, especially for Cloud Services Providers (CSPs). The big shake-up comes as Broadcom gears up to fold VMware into its own divisions, as reported by The Register. What’s grabbing headlines is Broadcom’s decision to pull the plug on the VMware Cloud Services […]
Google announces new layoffs and cuts to voice assistant
In a sweeping move, Google has announced significant layoffs across various divisions, notably impacting its Voice Assistant unit, hardware team, and central engineering team. The hardware division, responsible for the development of Google’s flagship products like Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit, is facing substantial cuts, with the augmented reality (AR) team bearing the brunt of these […]
Hospital funding may be tied to compliance: US sets new cybersecurity standards
In a bid to combat the alarming rise in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, the US government is gearing up to introduce stringent cybersecurity standards for hospitals. The new rules, spearheaded by the White House and set to be announced soon, will link federal funding to strict compliance with these cybersecurity measures. The Centers for […]
Warning issued to admins of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways
Admins urged to immediately install mitigations in advance of patches bein
Mandiant admits hacked X account didn’t have 2FA
Mandiant says the loss of control of its X/Twitter account last week was likely caused by a brute force password attack on one employee’s account by a cryptocurrency scammer. Normally, two-factor authentication (2FA)would have mitigated the attack, the Google-owned division said in a tweet on Wednesday, “but due to some team transitions and a change
Hashtag Trending Jan.11- OpenAI’s GPT store; AI and disinformation top WEF’s list of global risks; Research links brain cells to computer chip
It’s here – OpenAI has launched the GPT store and I have more questions than answers at this point. AI and disinformation make it to the top of the World Economic Forum’s list of global risks, ahead of climate change and researchers publish a paper on how they have linked brain cells to a computer
Researchers claim to put a “human brain on a chip”
Researchers from Indiana University of Bloomington, the University of Florida, and the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine have made a groundbreaking advancement in AI hardware with the development of “Brainoware,” a human brain on a chip. This innovation, detailed in their paper “Brain Organoid Computing for Artificial Intelligence,” represents a significant leap in biocomputing. […]
