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Why MSPs and MSSPs must partner on security, not compete
5 months ago by Lucy CinderIn a business world increasingly dominated by IT, the demand for managed services providers (MSPs) is showing no signs of slowing down. While many companies, large and small, seek the skills and support that MSPs offer, however, the role that MSPs need to play today is significantly changing. The days of MSPs simply managing office devices and hardware are long gone. Innovat...
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Hacker who launched DDoS attacks on Sony, EA, and Steam gets 27 months in prison
5 months ago by Lucy CinderA 23-year-old man from Utah was sentenced this week to 27 months in prison for a series of DDoS attacks that took down online gaming service providers like Sony's PlayStation Network, Valve's Steam, Microsoft's Xbox, EA, Riot Games, Nintendo, Quake Live, DOTA2, and League of Legends servers, along with many others. Named Austin Thompson, but known online as DerpTrolling, the...
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Mac webcams at 750,000 companies vulnerable to Zoom video conference hack
5 months ago by Lucy CinderSecurity researcher Jonathan Leitschuh has disclosed a vulnerability in the Zoom video conferencing app on Macs that essentially allows a website to enable the camera without the user's permission. The vulnerability requires an attacker to send a specially-crafted meeting request to the Mac user, which is handled by a web server installed by Zoom, running on port 19421. This...
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Symantec gains on report that Broadcom has secured funding to acquire the cybersecurity firm
5 months ago by Lucy CinderShares of Symantec gained more than 4% at their peak on Monday after a report that Broadcom had gotten the necessary financing to acquire the cybersecurity firm in an all-cash agreement. The deal could value the cybersecurity firm at more than $22 billion including debt, Bloomberg reported. A deal between the two companies could be reached in mid-July, according to anonymous...
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Over 1,300 Android apps scrape personal data regardless of permissions
5 months ago by Lucy CinderSmartphone operating systems have ramped up their privacy settings in recent years to let users pick and choose what information apps can get, but it seems those permissions aren’t ironclad. A new study revealed that over 1,300 Android apps can scrape certain personal data anyway, even if a user explicitly denied access to it. Researchers at the International Computer Scienc...
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2019 Thales Access Management Index Finds Almost Half of Businesses Believe Cloud Apps Make Them Target for Cyber-Attacks
5 months ago by Lucy CinderAccording to new research from Thales, almost half (49%) of businesses believe cloud apps make them a target for cyber-attacks. Surveying 1,050 IT decision makers globally, Thales’ 2019 Access Management Index revealed that cloud applications (49%) are listed in the top three reasons an organization might be attacked, just behind unprotected infrastructures such as IoT devic...
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UK privacy watchdog threatens British Airways with 747-sized fine for massive personal data blurt
5 months ago by Lucy CinderThe UK Information Commissioner's Office has warned British Airways it faces a whopping £183.39m fine following the theft of customer records from its website and mobile app servers. The record-breaking fine - more or less the lower end of the price of one of the 747-400s in BA's fleet - under European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), represents 1.5 per cent of BA’...
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Vodafone flicks 5G switch in the UK
5 months ago by Lucy CinderTelco promises 5G roaming in four European countries this summer; set to launch 5G unlimited data plans next week, priced based on speed Vodafone on Wednesday become the second UK operator to launch 5G services, bringing the technology to market in seven cities. The telco follows in the footsteps of rival EE, which launched 5G in six cities just over a month ago. Industry wa...
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France's Orange to sell remaining stake in BT
5 months ago by Lucy CinderBT Group said on Thursday its third-biggest investor Orange would sell its remaining 2.5% stake, valued at over $600 million, in the former British telecoms monopoly. BT said it intended to repurchase up to 80 million pounds of shares offered by Orange. The French group said it would offer approximately 248 million shares to eligible institutional and qualified investors. Or...
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Equinix launch $1bn joint venture to secure more European hyperscale colocation spend
5 months ago by Lucy CinderColocation giant Equinix is embarking on a $1bn joint venture with Singapore-based investment fund GIC that will see it directly court the hyperscale market through the creation of a series of tailor-made datacentres in Europe. The facilities will be sited on or near to existing Equinix facilities, the pair confirmed in a joint press statement and will be specifically design...
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