Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing division is bringing changes to the way Olympic content will be transmitted and consumed, marking a significant milestone in the history of sports broadcasting. On July 25,…
Month: July 2024
Google Cloud targeted by PINEAPPLE and FLUXROOT for phishing attacks
Google Cloud serverless projects are being used by a Latin American financially motivated threat group, codenamed FLUXROOT, to orchestrate credential phishing campaigns, the The Hacker News has reported. This event is not…
Alphabet surpasses Q2 revenue and profit expectations amid robust ad demand
Multinational technology conglomerate Alphabet has beaten second-quarter revenue and profit analyst estimates. The company’s performance was driven by a rise in digital advertising sales and healthy demand for its cloud computing services,…
CrowdStrike update chaos: Here’s what happened when 8.5 million Microsoft devices crashed
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike says its recent software update has caused a massive global tech outage, impacting some 8.5 million Microsoft devices worldwide. While still affecting less than one per cent of all…
The day CrowdStrike broke the Internet, China was largely unaffected. Here’s why
On July 19, a routine software update from cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike unleashed digital chaos across the globe, exposing the fragility of interconnected IT networks. Within hours, Windows-based systems worldwide crashed, displaying the dreaded…
Google targets cybersecurity firm Wiz in record $23 billion deal
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire the cybersecurity startup Wiz for about $23 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. If successful, this acquisition…
JumpCloud Survey: Fears around shadow IT and demand for simplification
The newest edition of JumpCloud‘s SME IT Trends Report, “Detours Ahead: How IT Navigates an Evolving World is out today. This biannual survey of IT teams at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reveals…
Silicon Valley’s moral crossroads: Project Nimbus sparks rebellion
In a surge of activism highlighting the moral quagmire inside big tech, students and workers at Google and Amazon are coming together to protest their employers for becoming embroiled in a $1.2…
Big Tech’s bundling dilemma: Microsoft’s Teams in the EU Crosshairs
The European Commission is back to breathing down the neck of Microsoft, the latest big tech firm accused of once again breaking the European Union (EU) antitrust law. Brussels has accused Microsoft of…
US examines security risks posed by China Telecom and China Mobile’s operations
The Biden administration is conducting a review of China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom due to concerns that these companies could take the American data they access through US cloud and…