5,500 Miles of Pipeline Taken Hostage The Colonial Pipeline is a 5,500-mile (8,850 km) long pipeline network stretching from Texas to New Jersey on the east coast. It transports more than 100 million gallons of fuel daily to meet the energy needs of consumers in no less than 14 states. This accounts for nearly half (45%) of the fuel used on the US east coast by more than 50 million people....
What are Industrial Control Systems ICS is a general term used for several types of control systems, and their associated instrumentation, used for controlling industrial processes. These systems come in varying levels of complexity, from basic controllers mounted on equipment to large interconnected and interactive Distributed Control Systems (DCS). All these systems, regardless of complexity, receive data from remote sensors and use this data to control processes. ICS systems are used in industries such as chemical processing, pulp and paper manufacture, power generation, oil and gas processing and in mining....
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is not alone in warning companies to take action. Last week, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also warned all organizations to take “near, urgent steps” to mitigate critical cyber threats in response to last week’s cyberattacks on Ukraine government websites and IT systems. This advice comes amid growing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. CISA raised the alarm after Microsoft discovered wiper malware, dubbed “WhisperGate”, on several Ukraine systems....
The company will be renamed ZeroFox Holdings once the deal goes through and will have the ticker symbol “ZFOX.” The companies expect the deal to close in the first half of 2022. Monarch Alternative Capital LP and several other firms are also investing $170 million in the deal to merge the companies. James Foster, chairman and CEO of ZeroFox, said the transaction allows them to create “the industry’s first publicly traded company that is focused on providing an enterprise external cybersecurity SaaS platform....
The going notion is that serverless simplifies and can reduce the cost of running databases for highly variable traffic loads. With globally distributed databases, the costs of overprovisioning quickly add up. Astra DB joins a very select group of serverless databases and can span more than one region to varying extents. It’s currently the only one running on multiple clouds that’s in GA. Others include PlanetScale, which we covered just over a year ago that allows you to share MySQL across one or more regions selectively, but it is still currently in beta....
Basically, edge picks up where there are gaps in cloud computing and packs in a lot of extra functionality. Though it has had a loosely coordinated edge strategy for a few years, Dell Technologies today clarified this part of its massive overall business by previewing a new development called Project Frontier, which will result in a stand-alone edge operations software and hardware platform sometime next year. Frontier will help users better manage, secure, and orchestrate edge applications and infrastructure for deployments at global scale, company founder and CEO Michael Dell told analysts and reporters at a Dell Technologies press event....
The findings were released as part of the non-profit, non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) annual Freedom on the Net 2021report [PDF], which found that 48 out of 70 countries covered in the report – which account for 88% of the world’s internet users – have pursued new rules for tech companies on content, data, or competition over the past year. “While some moves reflected legitimate attempts to mitigate online harms, rein in misuse of data, or end manipulative market practices, many new laws imposed excessively broad censorship and data-collection requirements on the private sector,” the report said....
The extent of this demand is reflected in a booming tech jobs market. According to CompTIA’s June 2021 European Tech Hiring Trends report, employers posted just shy of 900,000 ads for new tech roles in Q1 2021, representing a 40% increase compared to the third quarter of 2021. Software developers were listed as the most in-demand occupation category, accounting for almost 250,000 job ads posted in the quarter. Developers wanted The call for developers has been consistent throughout the pandemic, and is likely to present one of the biggest recruitment challenges for employers over the coming months....
A research team at Payless Power ranked around 50 popular websites based on environmental impact. How much CO2 does a single site visit represent, anyway? Are any of these websites using servers and infrastructure that run on sustainable energy, and how does that change the equation? The findings represent an interesting bit of consumer consciousness raising. While consumers may not outright avoid, say, a major e-commerce platform because of the footprint of its digital storefront, it’s a welcome reminder that small choices consumers make, from the brands they support to things like packaging and delivery times and methods, add up....
“We are monitoring a global issue related to a partner Edge DNS that is impacting access to many internet resources, including Oracle cloud properties,” Oracle said. Akamai and Oracle are two key providers of internet infrastructure services. Akamai’s Edge DNS supports the internet by helping route web browsers to their correct destinations, as well as providing some security. For more information read our article, What is a DNS Server....
According to a release from the DOJ, a San Diego federal grand jury returned the indictment of all four in May and it was unsealed on Friday. The indictment says Ding Xiaoyang, Cheng Qingmin and Zhu Yunmin were members of the Hainan State Security Department working covertly within a front company called Hainan Xiandun Technology Development Co., Ltd. The goal of the operation, according to the Justice Department, was to steal information from companies that would help enterprises in China....
What happens when organizations who play to win for a living unite to conquer a common competitor: COVID-19? Salesforce, Karen Mangia and I hosted senior leaders from five Boston professional sports teams to discover how they’re adapting their playbooks to succeed at the future of engagement and experience built on a scalable enterprise architecture. In addition to the panel, I had the opportunity to have fireside chat with Rob Hale, CEO of Granite Telecommunications and an owner of the Boston Celtics and the Boston Cannons, about life, leadership and business lessons that matter most in today’s times of uncertainty and disruption....
The monitor extender provides two 12" Full HD (1920x1080) IPS displays. The refresh rate is allowable at 60Hz, which is suitable for work, email, and most daily tasks – but wouldn’t be suitable for fast-paced gaming. The monitors connect via either USB or HDMI ports and stay in place with a back support framework connecting to your laptop. Read on: Meet espresso Display V2, the world’s thinnest portable monitor You can choose to mirror or extend your laptop’s display and most 13" to 16" laptops (both Windows and Mac) are compatible with a 210-degree viewing angle....
Now you can learn all about what the future holds for this currency and technology combination. And, best of all, you can do it at your own pace. If you are a complete novice, you will probably want to start with the “Solidity Smart Contracts: Build DApps in Ethereum Blockchain’’ class. It will take you from beginner to expert at using the Solidity language to create smart contracts in the Ethereum ecosystem, even if you know absolutely nothing about Solidity or any programming at all....
Just because it’s a fountain of beneficence, not because it has too much stuff in stock. So you’re unreasonably excited to see whether you can buy something you don’t really need for less than when you still didn’t really need it. I’d like you, therefore, to consider your options. Well, no, I wouldn’t, but eBay would. I did, too, until I saw this wonderful attempt by eBay to attract your attention....
Read what she has to say. Its interesting, important and…right. All yours, Celia! I’m a fan of detective shows. And I’ve enjoyed a lot of them – Broadchurch, Homeland, True Detective, even Veronica Mars, to name a few. I’ve spent many hours watching how characters from these series go to great lengths to pursue the truth; often using somewhat unconventional methods to uncover it. Today, in our post-pandemic customer engagement landscape, I’d argue a similar approach must be taken – a relentless search for the truth that involves going beyond the realms of our normal investigative techniques to press past the limits of our current understanding....
Zhang stole the trade secrets while preparing to work for Chinese electric vehicle startup Xiaopeng Motors, also known as XPeng. The FBI arrested Zhang at San Jose airport, California, on 7 July, while he was en route to China. Zhang was hired by Apple in 2015 where he would eventually work on hardware for Apple’s secretive autonomous vehicle project. SEE: Apple told staff to return to the office. Its timing couldn’t be worse According to CNBC, Apple suspected Zhang of stealing trade secrets after he took paternity leave and traveled to China with his family....
I’ve previously covered the difficult road FTX had ahead of it when it initially announced that it was founding a division focused entirely on offering a “blockchain-as-a-service” solution to companies across the video game industry. Just how it planned to make its entry successfully became a bit clearer when I later spoke with FTX Gaming Lead Amy Wu on the topic. Now, it’s become clear that this is a task FTX believes can best be accomplished with a little help from its friends....
Why Are Routers Vulnerable? A router deals with internet traffic directly, before it gets to the OS and computer itself. As such, a router is the first line of defense -the most critical component in a connected system. However, oftentimes internal router security is not commensurate with the key tasks a router has to deal with. This is especially true where consumer routers are concerned. One of the reasons for this is that typical ISP routers usually have very lax security by default, lack antivirus protection, and often do not have firewall protection....
“While this vulnerability has not affected us directly and the security of our company systems is intact, we were not content to sit and watch this impact the world. Many of the sites and services our customers rely on are being affected. Given that LDAP is a networking protocol, we saw an opportunity for us as a VPN to provide an essential layer of protection against this vulnerability.” Peter Membrey, Chief Architect of ExpressVPN, says:...
