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Below we list the ten most popular stories at BleepingComputer during 2020 with a summary of each. With the public exploit released, Microsoft warned that threat actors quickly adopted them and exploited the ZeroLogon vulnerability in attacks.
The United States Department of Homeland Security has published a guide to the terrifying risks that businesses will expose themselves to if they use tech created in the Peoples' Republic of China or engage in any business activity with the Middle Kingdom. The fifteen-page "Data Security Business Advisory" [PDF] opens by warning "Businesses expose themselves and their customers to heightened risk when they share sensitive data with firms located in the PRC, or use equipment and software developed by firms with an ownership nexus in the PRC.".
The prospect of bigger players digitizing the distribution of pharmaceuticals would spark excitement in an alternate business reality, but you're likely more nervous about the additional security measures or protocols that might be necessary to pursue new partners. As the COVID-19 vaccine nears distribution - and with hackers already trying to undermine the process - the steps you take now to shore up security can pay dividends later as more major new players enter the market.
Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp has received new high-caliber support in its case against Israeli intelligence company NSO Group. The court case aims to hold NSO Group accountable for distributing its Pegasus spyware on the popular WhatsApp messaging service with the intent of planting its spyware on phones of journalists and human rights workers.
Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub, Google, LinkedIn, VMware and the Internet Association have filed an amicus brief in support of WhatsApp in the legal case against the NSO Group. Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp filed the lawsuit in October 2019 in California, accusing Israeli technology firm NSO Group of spying on journalists, human rights activists and others.
Tom Merritt lists five tech skills to master in the coming year. TechRepublic's Veronica Combs talked to online course providers, tech experts, and chief people officers to find out what skills will be most in demand.
If you want to improve or expand your current skill set, there are a few options you can focus on. Tom Merritt lists five tech skills to master in the coming year.
A company hailed as the UK's top tech employer tried to diddle a former trainee out of £2,000 in unlawfully withheld back pay - and a judge was startled when he discovered how Sparta Global treats its new hires. The £22k demand could be reduced depending on how long the trainee had worked for Sparta Global before quitting.
As many as 25 private companies - including the Israeli company NSO Group and the Italian firm Hacking Team - have sold surveillance software to Mexican federal and state police forces, but there is little or no regulation of the sector - and no way to control where the spyware ends up, said the officials. The cyberweapons arms business is immoral in many ways.
Big tech companies face hefty fines in the European Union and Britain if they treat rivals unfairly or fail to protect users on their platforms, in proposed regulations unveiled Tuesday by officials in Brussels and London. Big tech companies won't be allowed, for example, to stop users from uninstalling preinstalled software or apps, nor will they be able to use data from business users to compete against them.