All told, Cisco’s Q2 non-GAAP earnings per share came to 84 cents on revenue of $12.7 billion, up 6% year over year. Wall Street was expecting second-quarter earnings of 81 cents per share on revenue of $12.65 billion. “We continue to see incredibly strong demand across our portfolio, emphasizing the criticality and relevance of Cisco’s innovation,” CEO Chuck Robbins said in a statement. “Our robust order strength, record backlog and double-digit growth in annual recurring revenue position us well to deliver growth....

The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security added Israeli companies NSO Group and Candiru as well as Russia-based Positive Technologies and Singapore-based Computer Security Initiative Consultancy (COSEINC) to the Entity List “for engaging in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.” The US said NSO Group and Candiru were added to the list because officials had found “evidence that these entities developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments that used these tools to maliciously target government officials, journalists, business people, activists, academics, and embassy workers....

On Wednesday evening, New Mexico’s Bernalillo County – which covers the state’s most populous cities of Albuquerque, Los Ranchos and Tijeras – officially reported that it was hit with a ransomware attack that began between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on January 5. County officials have taken the affected systems offline and cut network connections but most county building are now closed to the public. Emergency services are still available and 911 is still operating, but a Sheriff’s Office customer service window was closed....

Worth AU$7 million, the deal will see CSO Group deliver a fully-managed security monitoring service, security operations centre (SOC), and managed security information and event management, which will be delivered through a sovereign architecture via Macquarie Government’s protected cloud and government-certified environment. “Working with enterprise-grade Australian cybersecurity companies that house the data in a protected Australian data centre is a highly valuable requirement.” NSW DCJ CISO Matthew Fedele-Sirotich said. “Furthermore, the services offered enables our internal teams to conduct the in-depth threat hunts to continuously validate the secure nature of our environment....

Organisations that already are set up to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), though, have a good foundation on which to work towards PIPL adherence. Passed in August, the Chinese legislation came into force last month, laying out ground rules around how data should be collected, used, and stored. It outlines data processing requirements for companies based outside of China, which included passing a security assessment conducted by state authorities....

Under the amendment to article 5 of the country’s Constitution, which relates to individual and collective rights, a new section has been added, noting “the right to protection of personal data, including in digital media, is ensured under the terms of the law.” The president of the Brazilian Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, said that the enactment of the amendment focused on personal data protection is a demonstration of Congress’ commitment “to the non-negotiable value of individual liberty....

The DPC says the light is a “very small” indicator and questions whether it effectively gives other people notice that they might be recorded. Consequently, it has asked Facebook to demonstrate its effectiveness. Facebook’s New Smart Sunglasses under Review Facebook announced its smart sunglasses earlier this month. The device might look like a pair of ordinary sunglasses, but it has two 5 MP cameras mounted on the front. This lets the user take a photo or a video of whatever they are looking at and upload it to a new Facebook app called “View....

With that in mind, we tested both VPNs on six essential categories. Here’s the winner for each category: Security: Surfshark Speed: Surfshark Privacy: Surfshark Price: Surfshark Ease of use: ExpressVPN Customer Service: Surfshark Surfshark gets the win as we believe it’s a more complete service. Even though Surfshark triumphed in the end, ExpressVPN still remains a better option for VPN beginners. Surfshark dominates all other categories at the moment. Although both VPN providers have their respective audiences, we wanted to see which one comes out on top....

Facebook’s Q2 net income came to $10.4 billion, with earnings of $3.61 per diluted share. Revenue came to $29.08 billion, up 56 percent year-over-year. Analysts were expecting earnings of $3.02 on revenue of $27.82 billion. “We had a strong quarter as we continue to help businesses grow and people stay connected,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. “I’m excited to see our major initiatives around creators and community, commerce, and building the next computing platform coming together to start to bring the vision of the metaverse to life....

When photos and videos are shared on WhatsApp, they are automatically saved to a recipient’s camera roll. The view once feature allows users to send photos and videos that disappear from a WhatsApp chat after a recipient has opened it once. Users will be unable to forward, save, star, or share the media that was sent as a view once media. When the media has been viewed, the message will appear as “opened”, which Facebook said will “help avoid any confusion about what was happening in the chat at the time”....

Facebook Shops, launched in 2019, enable businesses to set up their own digital storefronts within Facebook or Instagram. Facebook is now bringing Shops to WhatsApp and Marketplace on Facebook, a move that CEO Mark Zuckerberg said will make it easier for people to find the products or brands they want to engage with. Facebook is also introducing Shop ads, which is essentially a personalized ads experience based on a person’s shopping preferences....

Demand for A Jury Trial Millennium Funding, Hunter Killer Productions and Voltage Holdings have sued 1701 Management and its current owner Charles Muszynski for profiting from piracy. The case was filed earlier this week in the US district court in the Southern District of Florida. In a separate case, they are also suing David Cox and his company SMR Hosting, the previous owner of 1701. The group of film companies have released many blockbusters and award-winning motion pictures, including Automata (starring Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith), Survivor (with Milla Jovovich and Pierce Brosnan), Hunter Killer (Gary Oldman, Linda Cardellini), I Feel Pretty (staring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams and Rory Scovel) and Shock and Awe (with Woody Harrelsen and James Marsden)....

Mentoring is here to help you reach your desired destination. Harvard Business Review suggests a transformational mentorship creates powerful benefits for the mentee and the mentor, helping both to express their ideas and to grow professionally. So, how can mentoring help you get the expertise and knowledge you require? Five business leaders give us their tips for making the most of mentorships. 1. Gain exposure to fresh business challenges Danny Gonzalez, chief digital and innovation officer (CDIO) at London North Eastern Railway, says one of the big pluses of mentoring is that it brings awareness of business concerns that might otherwise have remained hidden....

Also, be sure to check out our picks for best smartwatches that you can buy today, too. And, if you’re still in the market, don’t forget that the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 is also $20 off the original price right now. You’ll get a Daily Readiness Score to help you track those fitness goals with 20 Goal-Based Exercise Modes that include activities like running, biking, swimming, and more. You can see the distance traveled on GPS when paired with the phone....

It might be a missing document, lost paragraphs, formatting issues, or even being unable to open a document. Over the last 25 years, I’ve pretty much run the gamut of issues when collaborating. Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, one of the biggest issues was finding a middle ground with a document file-type format that everyone could use. I was working with StarOffice, OpenOffice, Corel, AbiWord, and any other word processor I could install on Linux....

On February 14, FTC Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said the termination “of what would have been the largest semiconductor chip merger will preserve competition for key technologies and safeguard future innovation.” “This result is particularly significant because it represents the first abandonment of a litigated vertical merger in many years,” Vedova commented. Nvidia announced the purchase of Arm from SoftBank in 2020 for $12 billion in cash and $21....

The rise of ecommerce has presented an opportunity for retailers to analyze consumer needs and tailor their offerings to maximize revenue. Stor.ai, a digital commerce solution for grocers, believes gas station owners can jump on this trend and move from a vehicle-centric model to a customer-centric one. Gas stations today are already repurposing their store space to enable shoppers to receive deliveries at their convenience. I reached out to Mendel Gniwisch, CEO of Stor....

Surface Web, Deep Web and Dark Web The internet as we know it today consists of various layers. First of all, there is the surface web. This includes all websites that can be visited by you, me and everyone else via a web browser or via search engine results. These are the news portals, web stores, forums, video platforms, and so on. When we talk about “the internet” we actually mean the surface web....

Retailers Are sports your thing and do you want some more sports memorabilia to add to your fan cave? Score a $50 gift card to Fanatics for just $40. Old Navy is offering a $10.50 discount on their $50 gift cards. Get clothes for the whole family, or keep it a secret for yourself, and score savings on this gift card. Make your house smell good this summer and fall with a $50 gift card to Yankee Candle for $10....

HITB originally started as an information resource and public repository of happenings within the security industry. We’ve always believed that knowledge should be accessible to everyone, which is why we go out of our way to ensure conference slides and materials are released almost immediately after the speaker leaves the stage, video recordings are not sold but uploaded to our Youtube channel and we even live-stream our CommSec track as well....