IT spending levels expected to dip in 2020, despite ease of economic lockdown
Business confidence in IT spending levels declined in the last week of May, according to IDC. IT buyers in the US, Western Europe, and some parts of Asia/Pacific indicated …
PoC RCE exploit for SMBGhost Windows flaw released
A security researcher has published a PoC RCE exploit for SMBGhost (CVE-2020-0796), a wormable flaw that affects SMBv3 on Windows 10 and some Windows Server versions. The PoC …
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How technology impacts building health
Employee health and safety have always been important, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made them more important than ever. Employers are concerned about the wellness of their …
OPTIMUSCLOUD: Cost and performance efficiency for cloud-hosted databases
A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help organizations and users get the most for their money when it comes to cloud-based databases. Her …
Global enterprise WLAN market fell 2.2% year over year in 1Q20
The combined consumer and enterprise WLAN market segments rose 2.3% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), according to IDC. The enterprise segment fell 2.2% year …
How does COVID-19 impact cloud adoption?
99% of IT professionals worldwide indicated an impact on their business today related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a MariaDB survey reveals. The situation only slightly improves …
Tell us what you think: (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Survey
(ISC)², the world’s largest association of certified cybersecurity professionals, is launching its annual Cybersecurity Workforce Survey, and they want to hear from you. …
Week in review: Zoom end-to-end encryption, 5G adoption and security, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: VMware Cloud Director vulnerability enables a full cloud infrastructure takeover A …
June 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast: Steady as she goes
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Attackers tried to grab WordPress configuration files from over a million sites
A threat actor that attempted to insert a backdoor into nearly a million WordPress-based sites in early May (and continued to try throughout the month), tried to grab …
New infosec products of the week: June 5, 2020
Checkmarx SCA: New SaaS-based software composition analysis solution CxSCA leverages Checkmarx’s source code analysis and automation capabilities, empowering security and …
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