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HyperIntelligence, Voice Access Come to MicroStrategy 2019

Today’s topics include MicroStrategy 2019 launching with new HyperIntelligence features, and IBM unveiling its Q System One for quantum computing. MicroStrategy released its 2019 version of its namesake analytics platform on Jan. 7 with HyperIntelligence features companies can use to tap more than 200 enterprise data sources, including web applications, Salesforce and Office 365. The […]

Mastercard Launches Identity Check to Improve Fraud Detection

Today’s topics include Mastercard improving fraud detection with Identity Check, and Huawei coming out with an Arm-based server CPU. In an effort to reduce fraud while making it easier for merchants to accept online payments, Mastercard is implementing its Mastercard Identity Check technology, based on the EMV 3-D Secure 2.0 specification that provides a layer […]

GitHub Makes Open-Source Code Service More Accessible to Developers

Today’s topics include GitHub launching unlimited free private repositories and a new enterprise offering, and Protego Labs boosting serverless security with an open-source project. GitHub on Jan. 7 announced two major updates to make its online open-source code service more accessible to developers: unlimited free private repositories and a simplified, unified enterprise offering. GitHub Free […]

How to Protect Your Enterprise From Ryuk Ransomware Attack

Today’s topics include the right strategy to help enterprises avoid the Ryuk ransomware, and CastHack exposing Google Chromecast users to risk. Professional North Korean attackers are using the Ryuk malware to slowly and methodically penetrate networks and carry out ransomware attacks, including ones on DataResolution.net and Tribune companies. According to Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4, […]

Mozilla Sees a ‘Bright’ Future for Thunderbird Email Client

Today’s topics include Mozilla focusing on its Thunderbird email client, and Microsoft unveiling and updating SharePoint web parts for users. Mozilla is renewing focus on its Thunderbird email client after pulling much of the focus and funding for the project back in July 2012. According to Ryan Sipes, community manager for the Thunderbird project, there […]

Microsoft Adds New AI Capabilities to Word, PowerPoint

Today’s topics include Microsoft 365 gaining AI-powered tools and features, and USB Type-C devices becoming more secure with a new authentication standard. Microsoft updated Microsoft 365 in December with several new features, including artificial intelligence capabilities in Word and PowerPoint that give users more ways of connecting with their audiences. Users who speak in other […]

NIST Updates Cyber-Security Policy With New Insight Into Managing Risk

Today’s topics include the National Institute of Standards and Technology releasing the final version of its Risk Management Framework, and Microsoft adding live captioning and subtitles to Skype for improved accessibility. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final version of its Risk Management Framework 2.0 update, providing organizations with new detailed […]

DOJ Seizes 15 Internet Domains Associated With DDoS-for-Hire Services

Today’s topics include the Justice Department shutting down 15 DDoS-for-hire sites, and Microsoft adding an extension pack on Visual Studio. In late December, the U.S Justice Department announced that it had seized 15 internet domains associated with distributed denial of service-for-hire services and filed criminal charges against those involved. The DoJ also filed multiple criminal […]

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear About Cyber-Security, Study Warns

Today’s topics include Symantec’s Norton LifeLock reporting on cyber-security myths, and Nvidia demonstrating its Jetson AGX Xavier Module. A cyber-security study released on Dec. 19 by Symantec’s Norton LifeLock found that there are many myths that Americans believe that simply are not factually accurate. One finding is that 53 percent of Americans don’t know that […]

Washington, D.C., Suing Facebook Over Data Privacy Violations

Today’s topics include Washington D.C., suing Facebook over data privacy, and AT&T making 5G services available in some U.S. cities. According to The New York Times, Facebook allowed other companies essentially unrestricted access to user data, including private messages, at least through late summer 2018 despite Facebook executives promising that it would never sell or […]