Security News > 2020 > April
Avaya Holdings, a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration, and RingCentral, a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration and contact center solutions, announced general availability of the highly anticipated Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral solution. Avaya Cloud Office enhances the way organizations communicate with customers, partners and with colleagues through an all-in-one solution that delivers seamless collaboration across multiple channels.
SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, announced the acquisition of Test Management for Jira, the #1 user-rated QA and test management app in Jira for enterprise teams, from London-based Adaptavist. TM4J joins a SmartBear portfolio dedicated to enterprise agility at scale with industry-leading tools like Zephyr and CucumberStudio.
"We are proud to have IN Venture and Continental join us and are excited about their and MizMaa's investment in our company, intended to drive greater momentum and growth for our business," said Ofer Tziperman, CEO of Anagog. "The new investment will play a significant role in enhancing our capabilities and future technology offerings. It will help us address the increasing demand for better personalization capabilities and position Anagog as the leader in 'edge-AI.'".
Microsoft has blinked once again and delayed disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1 by default in its browsers until the latter part of 2020. TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will soon be disabled by default in all supported Microsoft browsers, starting with Microsoft Edge version 84.
The FBI has not followed internal rules when applying to spy on US citizens for at least five years, according to an extraordinary report [PDF] by the Department of Justice's inspector general. The failure to follow so-called Woods Procedures, designed to make sure the FBI's submissions for secret spying are correct, puts a question mark over more than 700 approved applications to intercept and log every phone call and email made by named individuals.
A new Windows malware has emerged that makes disks unusable by overwriting the master boot record. Overwriting the MBR is the same trick that the infamous NotPetya wiper malware used in 2017 in a campaign that caused widespread, global financial damage.
Researchers are warning of an upward surge in social-engineering lures in malicious emails that promise victims financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic. This latest trend shows cybercriminals continuing to look to the newest developments in the coronavirus saga as leverage for phishing campaigns, targeted emails spreading malware and more.
Cloudflare, known for free speech advocacy, rolled out a self-styled family-friendly variation of its DNS service to block adult content - and ended up denying access to LGBTQ websites and sex education resources. Cloudflare's initial filter configuration for adult content prevented users from visiting useful and crucial online resources including Stonewall, LGBT Foundation, Outright, Mermaids, Broken Rainbow, Transgender Law Center, Lambda Legal, and various sex education sites.
With so many millions of people working from home, the value of voice control during the pandemic will ensure that this year, voice control device shipments will grow globally by close to 30% over 2019-despite the key China market being impacted during the first quarter of 2020, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. Last year, 141 million voice control smart home devices shipped worldwide, the firm said.
"The Vollgar attack chain also demonstrates the competitive nature of the attacker, who diligently and thoroughly kills other threat actors' processes," the firm said in a statement. Lead researcher Ophir Harpaz said in a research report: "Overall, Vollgar attacks originated in more than 120 IP addresses, the vast majority of which are in China. These are most likely compromised machines, repurposed to scan and infect new victims."