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Google Project Zero details active Windows zero-day vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Nov 1, 2020

Researchers at Google LLC’s Project Zero have disclosed a new Windows vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass security to install malicious software. Detailed late last month by researchers Mateusz Jurczyk and Sergei Glazunov, the zero-day or heretofore undiscovered…

Cloud

Analysis: In an epic pivot to the cloud, Microsoft makes Azure the linchpin of its future

By Dave Vellante Oct 31, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud computing service is the linchpin of the tech giant’s innovation strategy. As we reported last week, we believe that in the next decade, changes in public policy will restrict the…

Big Data

AWS open-sources toolkit for modeling the spread of COVID-19

By Maria Deutscher Oct 30, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced an open-source toolkit that researchers can use to simulate how COVID-19 spreads in communities and estimate what results different kinds of government responses might produce. The toolkit includes…

Emerging Tech

Daimler teams up with lidar maker Luminar for self-driving trucks

By Maria Deutscher Oct 30, 2020

Daimler AG’s truck business, the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles, today said it’s teaming up with lidar maker Luminar Technologies Inc. to develop self-driving trucks. Under the partnership Daimler will take an undisclosed minority…

Apps

Google One gets a built-in virtual private network

By Maria Deutscher Oct 30, 2020

Google LLC will roll out a virtual private network service for Google One users to help them browse the web more securely. Google One is a subscription bundle introduced in 2018 that gives customers…

Security

$2.3M stolen from Wisconsin Republicans in phishing attack

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2020

Hackers have stolen $2.3 million form the Republican Party of Wisconsin following a phishing attack. The phishing attack was detected Oct. 22 and involved those behind the hack obtaining the funds through doctored invoices under…

Apps

Facebook mistakenly took down thousands of political ads

By James Farrell Oct 29, 2020

Facebook today said that “technical flaws” caused thousands of approved political ads to be blocked from the platform this week. The social media giant was roundly criticized by the Biden campaign, which said thousands…

Security

Government warns Ryuk ransomware is targeting hospitals and healthcare providers

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2020

A joint advisory from various U.S. government agencies is warning that hospitals and healthcare providers are actively being targeted by ransomware attacks and that there’s an imminent threat of further attacks. The advisory, issued Wednesday…

Apps

Twitter shares plunge on weak user numbers, increasing expenses

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2020

Shares in Twitter Inc. plunged in after-hours trading after the microblogging service delivered mixed third-quarter earnings results today. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Twitter reported a profit of 19 cents per share on…

Infra

StorCentric buys former flash storage darling Violin Systems

By Mike Wheatley Oct 29, 2020

Data management software company StorCentric Inc. said today it has acquired the flash storage software provider Violin Systems LLC for an undisclosed price. StorCentric is already a strong player when it comes to block storage and…

all stories

Google Project Zero details active Windows zero-day vulnerability

AWS open-sources toolkit for modeling the spread of COVID-19

Daimler teams up with lidar maker Luminar for self-driving trucks

Google One gets a built-in virtual private network

$2.3M stolen from Wisconsin Republicans in phishing attack

Facebook mistakenly took down thousands of political ads

Government warns Ryuk ransomware is targeting hospitals and healthcare providers

Twitter shares plunge on weak user numbers, increasing expenses

StorCentric buys former flash storage darling Violin Systems

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