Google says its Quantum AI team is determined to build an error-corrected quantum computer within the next decade despite it being seen as a highly-experimental area of tech development. According to the company, it’s making progress towards building an error-corrected qubit hardware prototype. It outlines three long-term commitments: Demonstrate that quantum computers can outperform supercomputers […]
Zoom has acquired assets from Liminal, a startup company that offers event production solutions built largely on Zoom’s SDK. Liminal’s solutions will help bridge Zoom with traditional and emerging event control applications and hardware to help theaters, broadcast studios, and other creative organizations address complex technical production needs, and collaborate and create online effectively. Liminal […]
In 2012 Reshma Saujani founded the non-profit Girls Who Code after realizing a growing gender gap in entry-level tech jobs, particularly when it comes to women in tech. In 1995, women represented 37% of computer scientists; that figure has now plunged to 24%, according to Girls Who Code. Most girls drop out of computer science […]
Multinational furniture maker Ikea announced it is investigating a cyber incident which took place on its Microsoft Exchange server. Malicious emails were sent around the company appearing to be a genuine “reply all” to an email chain, according to documents shared with BleepingComputer. No customer data was compromised as result of the incident. Other Ikea […]
Security researchers from Unit 42, the research arm of cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, set out a honeypot infrastructure of 320 nodes globally to better understand the attacks against exposed services in public clouds, and 80% of the 320 honeypots were compromised within the first 24. According to the company’s report, all honeypots were compromised […]
Stock trading platform Robinhood announced that certain customer support systems were hacked in early November. The unauthorized party was able to gain access using social engineering through a customer support employee by phone. The hacker was able to obtain access to a list of email addresses of about five million people, and full names of […]
More than half (59%) of workers are using corporate email for personal use, but Gen Z is the biggest offender at 93%, according to identity security company SailPoint, Trust Issues survey. With work and home increasingly blurring amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sailpoint set out to determine how users behaviors when conducting these activities could put […]
CISOs are starting to express dwindling confidence in protecting all attack vectors, according to research by Check Point. Check Point’s global survey of CISOs indicated “CISOs’ confidence in security goes down as the number of cyber attacks, assets to secure, and the number of vendors’ solutions used in their environment increases.” At least 92% of […]
As ransomware continues to be an increasing threat to the US financial sector, businesses, and the public, the U.S. Treasury’s Crimes Enforcement Network (FInCEN) has identified six money laundering typologies related to ransomware payments: 1. Threat Actors Increasing Request Payments in AECs Ransomware-related payments are initially requested in Bitcoin, however threat actors may also ask […]
Every organization with internet-exposed workloads is vulnerable to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, especially those who are adopting cloud services in the wake of the pandemic. Bad actors will look for ways to take applications offline. The last week of August, Microsoft observed 2.4 terabits per second (Tbps) of DDoS attacks targeting Azure customers in Europe. […]
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