“The average person has no idea how software is made,” Clive Thompson, tech journalist, told Saron Yitbarek, founder of the CodeNewbie podcast, at the virtual Red Hat Summit 2020. Never mind the people behind the code. So Thompson interviewed a wide swath of software programmers — from Facebook & Google devs, to the people developing Javascript login pages […]
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Wi-Fi Seekers Turn to Parking Lots in Order to Connect
With restaurants and cafés closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, people without access to wi-fi are parking outside of their usual spots in order to gain internet access.
With restaurants and cafés closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, people without access to wi-fi are parking outside of their usual spots in order to gain internet access.
Survey: Organizations Not Prepared for Increasing COVID-19 Cyber Attacks
According to a new ISACA survey, only half of cybersecurity professionals say they’re prepared for the increasing cyber attacks during the COVID-19 crisis.
According to a new survey, only half of cybersecurity professionals say they’re ready to detect and respond to the increasing rate of cyber attacks targeting vulnerable organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. The data comes from global IT association ISACA, which surveyed more than 3,700 technology professionals about how the coronavirus is affecting the IT industry. […]
Microsoft Increasing Teams Group Text Chat Limit to 250
Microsoft Teams will soon be rolling out a new feature that expands the number of people that can join a text chat to 250.
Ever since COVID-19 forced millions of workers to work remotely or out of their homes, collaboration and communication platforms like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, Google meet, BlueJeans, Slack, GoToMeeting and others have rolled out new features in what has become a competitive market for those providers. Many of the updates and new features have been […]
HID, Fidesmo Give Wearable Devices Security Credentials
Fidesmo & HID’s Seos credential tech now integrate secure element credentials to be used in a wide variety of wearable devices.
HID Global and Fidesmo have teamed up to connect contactless services to wearable tech. Fidesmo has integrated HID’s Seos credential technology into secure element chips that are used in a wide variety of wearables, according to the company. “As wearables grow in popularity, organizations of all types will be confronted with the need to support […]
Open Hybrid Cloud Builds Today, Plans for Future
Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier's virtual keynote at IT giant's annual summit illustates the imperative of moving toward an open hybrid cloud.
Like dozens of other popular tech events, Red Hat Summit 2020 didn’t feature any in-person executive speakers or vendors. Instead, the open-sourced enterprise IT software giant’s annual conference was held virtually due to COVID-19 using the very infrastructure and solutions the company brings to its enterprise customers. In a virtual keynote, newly minted Red Hat […]
NSA Releases Security Criteria for Meeting Platforms
The U.S. National Security Agency has published a security assessment of 13 popular communication and collaboration platforms.
Large parts of the U.S. are essentially running on virtual meeting platforms like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans and others thanks to the coronavirus forcing organizations to quickly shift to remote work. As with any new technology, organizations must take steps to ensure that it is secure and safe from malicious actors and cybercriminals. That’s […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? May 4 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, May 4, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, May 4, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Hackers Are Using Zoom Installers to Mine Cryptocurrency, Report Says
Hackers are taking notice of the demand for meeting platforms and are leveraging Zoom installers to spread a cryptocurrency miner, Trend Micro says.
Hackers are finding all sorts of ways to compromise our systems while we work remotely, and much of that activity is coming through applications currently in demand, like videoconferencing and collaboration platforms. Zoom has become one of the more popular platforms and hackers are taking notice — including leveraging Zoom installers to spread a cryptocurrency […]
Kit Check Now Features Sanitization and Medication Tagging
Kit Check’s RFID solution now features Sanitization Check, a feature to support COVID-19 frontline providers, reaches 100 million medications tagged
Kit Check, the automated medication management solution company, announces a new feature is now available for its RFID-enabled, cloud-based platform, Sanitization Check. This feature was created due to a heightened need for infection control protocols amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and will help frontline providers and medical organizations avoid spreading contamination via medication trays, the company […]
