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Login VSI adds application compatibility testing to its digital workspace testing solution
2020-04-10 01:00

This release adds application compatibility testing to its digital workspace testing solution. The new version integrates application compatibility testing, load testing, as well as performance and availability testing into a single platform.

Ransomware scumbags leak Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX documents after contractor refuses to pay
2020-04-10 00:49

Internal confidential documents belonging to some of the largest aerospace companies in the world have been stolen from an industrial contractor and leaked online. The sensitive documents include details of Lockheed-Martin-designed military equipment - such as the specifications for an antenna in an anti-mortar defense system - according to a Register source who alerted us to the blueprints.

Cisco, Altiostar and World Wide Technology to accelerate deployment of 4G/5G OpenRAN solutions
2020-04-10 00:30

Cisco, Altiostar, an innovator in open virtual RAN technology, and World Wide Technology, a market-leading $12 billion technology solution provider, announced the companies are working together on an Open vRAN blueprint that will accelerate the deployment of 4G/5G OpenRAN solutions in service provider networks. The combined solution will help service providers deploy fully integrated open, cloud-based virtualized RAN solutions based on technologies created by Cisco and Altiostar and that will be brought to market using the sales, integration and deployment capabilities of WWT. "Innovation in mobile networking and open virtualized RAN is continuing at a rapid pace," said Bob Everson, Senior Director of 5G Architecture, Cisco.

Blancco and Data Agility Group partnership increases Erasure as a Service sales opportunities
2020-04-10 00:00

Blancco Technology Group, the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, announced that due to its close partnership with Data Agility Group, which delivers collaborative and innovative world-class technology solutions to businesses across the world, DAG's Erasure as a Service sales opportunities increased by 200% year-over-year. Blancco's Erasure as a Service offering enables MSPs like DAG - as well as distributors, VARs and MSSPs - to add secure, auditable data erasure to their product suites.

Number of VMware Virtual Cloud Network customers now exceeds 15,000
2020-04-09 23:30

VMware's Virtual Cloud Network solution is an integral component of VMware Cloud Foundation, which is offered on all major hyperscale cloud providers - AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle Cloud - and uniquely enables VMware to make private clouds as efficient and agile as public clouds and support business continuity efforts. "Our Virtual Cloud Network solution is helping our customers provide the public cloud experience on-premise, removing the inefficient IT ticket requests and long waits for networking and security changes," said Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager, Networking and Security Business Unit at VMware.

Teamworks raises $25M to continue its momentum and global growth
2020-04-09 23:00

The latest round of financing will allow Teamworks to continue its momentum and global growth. "Now more than ever, we're seeing how Teamworks empowers organizations to be successful, throughout any circumstances. We're thrilled to partner with Delta-v and use these resources to deepen our commitment to athletes and those who serve them."

Nancy Patel joins Immuta as Vice President of Public Sector
2020-04-09 22:30

Immuta, the automated data governance company, announced it has appointed Nancy Patel as Vice President of Public Sector. Patel will be responsible for helping the U.S. public sector and global agencies accelerate advanced analytics and data science initiatives, providing data governance at the speed of the mission.

Cloudflare Axes Google reCAPTCHA Due to Privacy, Price
2020-04-09 20:42

Cloudflare is nixing Google's reCAPTCHA tool and replacing it with what the network services company's CEO calls "a better CAPTCHA" service, hCaptcha. Cloudflare said the main driver for the swap was that Google is now charging for use of its reCAPTCHA tool - but customer privacy and availability were other factors.

Unique P2P Architecture Gives DDG Botnet ‘Unstoppable’ Status
2020-04-09 20:34

The coin-mining botnet known as DDG has seen a flurry of activity since the beginning of the year, releasing 16 different updates over the course of the past three months. Proprietary P2P. In its latest version, the DDG botnet still uses IP or DNS for static C2 communications, but its new P2P network acts as "a fall-back [failsafe] that even if the C2 is taken down, the infected devices are still going to keep going and perform the mining tasks," analysts said in a blog on Wednesday.

How to secure a Kubernetes cluster by preventing unwanted modules from loading
2020-04-09 20:33

One very crucial task you can undertake is to prevent unwanted kernel modules from loading on your containers. You'd be surprised at how many modules load at boot-many of them you probably don't need to be using within your containers.