Hackers are targeting a vulnerability in Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) after security researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a successful exploit. Positive Technologies SWARM, the security company’s offensive research team, published an exploit PoC for the flaw tracked as CVE-2020-3580 last week. This was originally patched in October 2020 alongside CVE-2020-3581 through to CVE-2020-3583. This […]
Archives for June 2021
AWS buys encrypted messaging app Wickr
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making a big splash in the encrypted messaging market with the acquisition of Wickr, a secure messaging app that’s geared toward government and military use. Wickr uses end-to-end encryption, which means only people on either end of a conversation can decrypt each other’s messages. The app also allows users to set their messages to […]
Report: Data Warehouses/Lakes Converge, Go Mainstream in the Cloud
News Report: Data Warehouses/Lakes Converge, Go Mainstream in the Cloud By David Ramel 06/25/2021 The data warehouse architecture and the data lake design pattern have converged to form a new, richer data architecture, a new report says, and both have already gone mainstream in the cloud. Published May 28 by TDWI, the “Building the Unified […]
PS3 Players Ban: Latest Victims of Surging Attacks on Gaming Industry
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Global Cellular IoT Module Shipments up 50% YoY in Q1 2021 as Demand for 5G, LTE-Cat 1 Modules Soars
Quectel and Qualcomm maintained their top positions in the cellular IoT module vendor and chipset player market shares, respectively. Automotive, router/CPE and industrial are the top three applications in terms of revenue. 5G captured nearly 20% share of the IoT module revenues during this quarter. Global cellular IoT module shipments increased by 50% YoY and […]
Microsoft Teams will be natively integrated into Windows 11 at launch
Microsoft has announced that its business communications platform, Microsoft Teams, will be natively integrated into Windows 11 at launch. The app’s new prominent placement on the operating system’s Start menu was one of the biggest reveals from the ‘What next for Windows’ event on Thursday, with Panos Panay, Microsoft‘s chief product officer, explaining how it […]
Microsoft announces Windows 11 with redesigned UI, third-party app payments, and more
Microsoft officially rolled out Windows 11 today with a slew of features targeting users and developers alike — and a sideways jab at rival Apple. Openness was the key talking point for CEO Satya Nadella when unveiling the new operating system, which will ship later this year. “Windows recognises that there is no personal computing […]
Showing ROI for your Analytics Project
Analytics is no longer an option and no longer a discrete function in the enterprise. If it’s to be measured, it would be in the return on investment increase of the applications. Credit: Looker_Studio via Adobe Stock Many companies are attempting to calculate the business value or return on investment from creating analytics and driving […]
Citymesh acquires Belgian Sigfox IoT network: “Experts in telecommunications, from 0G to 5G”
Telecom operator Citymesh acquires the Belgian Sigfox operator ENGIE M2M With this acquisition, Citymesh completes its wireless portfolio with 0G connectivity. The Sigfox network is ideally suited for IoT projects that use ultra-low bandwidth and need long battery life. The global roaming capabilities will allow Citymesh to support both national and international customers. Citymesh 0G […]
ETSI releases IoT testing specifications for MQTT, CoAP and industrial automation and control systems
The ETSI committee on Methods for Testing and Specifications (TC MTS) has recently completed a first set of seven standards addressing the testing of the IoT MQTT and CoAP protocols, and the foundational security IoT-Profile. Axel Rennoch, Chair of the ETSI working group Testing in TC MTS, says: “These new standards fill the gaps for […]